WordPress Plugin Developement rule

  • Hi!

    I’m sure this must have asked many time before but i want someone to advice me on this again !

    There are some wordpress wonderful plugin which the author no longer supports – stop developing ….
    – Can i copy the source code and develop a better version !
    – Can i make a premium version of the same and sell it online.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    The license the code is released under is GPL, and many of the plugins are on public code sharing things like Github or SVN.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    – Can i copy the source code and develop a better version !

    Yes. But you must maintain the credits and copyright. You can modify the code and distribute the code without restrictions but you cannot claim that the code is all yours if you start with an existing plugin.

    – Can i make a premium version of the same and sell it online.

    Sure, but see above.

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