# License activation

> How to activate your Wovie license in Dbmovies › Updates, what it gives you, and how to check it, move it or remove it.

Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/license-activation

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## Overview

Your Wovie license brings the updates of the theme to your WordPress admin. You activate it in **Dbmovies › Updates**, the license and update center that Dbmovies manages for every Doothemes product on your site. Wovie never connects to the Doothemes server on its own: Dbmovies does it for the theme.

## What the license gives you

While your Wovie license is active:

- **Theme updates** arrive in your WordPress admin, for the time your plan includes.
- **Its daily requests are added** to those of your Dbmovies license for IMDb data: when one license reaches its daily limit, the next one takes over. See [Sharing requests across licenses](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/updates#sharing-requests-across-licenses).
- **You can open support tickets** from your Doothemes account.

If your license expires or is removed, Wovie keeps working exactly the same: nothing on your site is locked. Only the updates stop until you activate a license again.

## Where to find your license key

You receive your license key by email after your purchase. You can also see all your licenses at any time in [Licenses](https://doothemes.com/account/licenses) in your Doothemes account.

## How to activate your license

1. Make sure Wovie is your active theme. The Wovie row only appears while Wovie, or a child theme of Wovie, is active.
2. In your WordPress admin, go to **Dbmovies › Updates**.
3. Click the **Wovie** row, or **Activate** on that row. The License management panel opens.
4. Paste your Wovie key in **License key**.
5. Click **Activate**.

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: Dbmovies › Updates with the Dbmovies and Wovie rows, and the License management panel of Wovie open with the License key field]

When the activation works, the panel shows a confirmation and the Wovie row changes to **Active**, with your key partly hidden.

Use the license of the right product. A Dbmovies license does not activate Wovie, and a Wovie license does not activate Dbmovies: the panel tells you if the key belongs to a different product.

## Check your activation

- The Wovie row shows **Active** in **Dbmovies › Updates**.
- When a new version of Wovie is out, it appears in **Dashboard › Updates** and in **Appearance › Themes**.

Dbmovies checks your licenses with the server every hour, so a renewal or a change of plan shows up on its own. To check it right away, open the Wovie panel and click **Check now**.

## Move, deactivate or remove the license

The Wovie license works like the Dbmovies license. See the Dbmovies documentation:

- [Move your license to another site](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/license-activation#move-your-license-to-another-site).
- [Deactivate or uninstall a license](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/license-activation#deactivate-or-uninstall-a-license).
- [Local sites](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/updates#local-sites): `localhost` and domains that end in `.local`, `.test` or `.localhost` do not use an activation.

## Troubleshooting

| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| There is no Wovie row in **Dbmovies › Updates** | Activate Wovie in **Appearance › Themes**. The row only appears while Wovie, or a child theme of Wovie, is your active theme |
| The Wovie row shows a generic theme icon | Update Dbmovies. The Wovie icon appears from Dbmovies 1.3.36 |
| *This license belongs to a different product.* | You pasted the key of another product, such as your Dbmovies key. Use your Wovie key from [Licenses](https://doothemes.com/account/licenses) |
| The license is active, but no update appears | Open the Wovie panel and click **Check now**. Then go to **Dashboard › Updates** and click **Check again** |
| Any other message in the panel | See [Activation problems](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/license-activation#activation-problems) in the Dbmovies documentation |

If the problem continues, [open a support ticket](https://doothemes.com/account/tickets/new) with your license key and the exact message you see.