General Settings

Settings tab overview#

License Cart → Settings has four groups. Paddle credentials are covered in detail under Connecting Paddle.

Group	Setting	Default	Notes
Environment	Active Environment	Sandbox	Which Paddle credential set is used for checkout, product sync and webhook verification.
Live Credentials	Live Client-side Token	empty	live_…
Live Credentials	Live API Key	empty	pdl_live_apikey_…
Live Credentials	Live Webhook Secret	empty	Notification signing secret.
Sandbox Credentials	Sandbox Client-side Token	empty	test_…
Sandbox Credentials	Sandbox API Key	empty	pdl_sdbx_apikey_…
Sandbox Credentials	Sandbox Webhook Secret	empty	Notification signing secret.
License Defaults	Default Activation Limit	1	Used when a license is created manually without a limit.
License Defaults	Default Expiry Days	365	Used by subscription packages whose own Expiry Days is blank.
Webhook URL	read-only	—	…/wp-json/license-cart/v1/paddle/webhook for your site.
Cloudflare R2	R2 Account ID	empty	32-character Cloudflare account ID.
Cloudflare R2	R2 Bucket Name	empty	Bucket used for backups.
Cloudflare R2	R2 Access Key ID	empty	Write-only; never shown again once saved. Leave blank to keep the saved value.
Cloudflare R2	R2 Secret Access Key	empty	Write-only; leave blank to keep the saved value.

Click Save Settings to store Paddle and default settings. The R2 group has its own Save & Test R2 Connection button that saves all settings and then uploads and deletes a small test object in the bucket.

Settings storage#

All settings are stored in a single option, license_cart_settings. The settings tab talks to the plugin through the admin REST endpoints (/admin/settings), which require the manage_options capability and a valid REST nonce.