Title: License Author: mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) Published: April 14, 2011 Last modified: November 22, 2013 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/license.svg) # License By [mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/license.0.5.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/license/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/license/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/license/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/license/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/) ## Description The License plugin gives authors the ability to mark their content with a [Creative Commons](http://creativecommons.org/) license and to display the license along with the content. With Creative Commons licenses, you keep your copyright but share your creativity. By default, the plugin will display a license in the footer of your theme. The license plugin is also a widget, and can be dragged to any widget area. This will supress display of the license in the theme footer and display it instead in the widget area. The site default license is the Creative Commons [Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/) license. Authors can set their own default license using the license settings provided under Personal Options on the edit profile page. The license can also be set for each individual post using the setting provided in the Publish box while creating a new post. Authors can choose how they would like their attribution to be displayed on the site. The author can attribute the work to their display name or their nickname as defined in their profile options. Alternatively, the author can attribute the work to the site as defined in the General Settings of the site. This plugin is a component of the [MIT Educational Collaboration Space](http://ecs.mit.edu) project. ## Screenshots * [[ * License settings appear under Personal Options when user is editing their profile * [[ * A dialog is provided by Creative Commons for choosing a license type * [[ * License setting is available in the Publish Box when creating new content * [[ * A license is displayed in the footer of a page including a Creative Commons license mark, title of the content, and to whom the license is atributed. ## Installation 1. Upload the `license` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. From the Widgets menu, drag the License widget to the widget area in which you would like the license to appear. Otherwise, the license will appear in the WordPress footer area by default. ## FAQ Your question here! Our answer here! ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f738df3e9818d762b676d175774406aad492ada0187fd9d0d0500b1080e2c072? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Only support US CC lisence](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-support-us-cc-lisence/)󠁿 [JinChen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jinchen/) February 7, 2017 I can’t choose country. Is it a BUG? [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “License” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) * [ bmellor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmellor/) [Translate “License” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/license) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/license/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/license/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/license/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/license/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.5 * Fixed a XSS security vulnerability. props duck_. * Now requires the PHP JSON extension, which is normally a standard part of PHP builds. #### 0.4 * removed hard coded styling from license_print_license_html #### 0.3 * Initial public release. ## Meta * Version **0.5** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.7.41** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/license/) * Tags * [CC](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cc/)[copyleft](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copyleft/) [copyright](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copyright/)[creative commons](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/creative-commons/) [license](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/license/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/license/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/license/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) * [ bmellor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmellor/) ## Support Got something to say? 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