How to Connect your Store to receive Plugin Updates

After installing the plugin, it is necessary to connect your store to StoreApps.org in order to receive regular updates for the product(s) you purchased from StoreApps.

Why store connector?

Earlier, we would issue license keys for each of our plugins. Customers had to then validate the license key before using the plugin. Now imagine what if a customer bought multiple plugins? He/she had to validate license keys for each of the plugins.

To avoid it and make onboarding simple, we have introduced Store Connector. Once you connect your store, you don’t need to validate license keys. You also receive future updates of StoreApps plugins that are active on your store.

How to connect your store to enable plugin updates?

Firstly, login to your WordPress site, install and activate StoreApps plugin as explained here if the plugin is not activated.

  1. After activating the plugin, go to the admin/settings page of the plugin you installed. If a plugin doesn’t have an admin/settings page, then go to the WordPress Dashboard > Products page.
  2. There you see a popup of Store Connector. Click on the green ‘Connect’/’I have a working account’ button to connect your store to your account and complete your onboarding
  3. Once your store is successfully connected, go to WordPress admin > Plugins page. Locate the plugin and next to it you will see the ‘Update Now’ link to update the plugin. Click on it to update the plugin. If you don’t see a link, then wait for a few minutes and then refresh the Plugins page to see the ‘Update Now’ link.

That’s it! You have enabled plugin update notifications for all future plugin updates.

What if my StoreApps account password is changed?

If you have changed your StoreApps account password, then you would need to re-connect your site to your account. This is mandatory in order to receive the latest plugin updates on your site. Please follow these steps to re-connect your site.

I don’t have a StoreApps account. My developer bought plugin for me.

If you don’t have a StoreApps account because your developer bought plugins for you, then contact your developer and tell them to complete the store connection process.
It is necessary to complete your store connection because only then you will be notified about future plugin updates.

Troubleshooting – Common Problems

Sometimes, even after a successful store connection, you are notified that please update your plugin to the latest version even though you are using the latest version. Or you don’t see an update link to update the plugin to the latest version.

In that case, go to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins. Locate the plugin & next to it, you will see a ‘Disconnect StoreApps.org’ link. Click on it to disconnect. Refresh that page and then click on Connect StoreApps.org and re-connect your store. Then check if the issue goes away.

Not able to connect your store?

If for some reason you are not able to connect your store, follow these steps:

  1. Open your browser and login to your account on StoreApps.org in one tab
  2. Now open another tab and go to your site and click on ‘Connect StoreApps.org’ either from the Plugins page or individual Admin Settings page of that plugin.
  3. After clicking on the ‘Connect’/’I have a working account’button, your site will get connected.

Login form reloading even after entering the correct credentials?

If for some unknown reason, the login form is reloading & asking for the credentials again & again even after entering the correct credentials, follow these steps:

  1. Try logging with your username/email address and password on the StoreApps account, to verify if the login credentials are correct.
  2. If correct, then follow steps 3-9. Else reset your account password.
  3. Go to some other device. For example if earlier you were doing it on a Desktop computer, switch to a Laptop or a Mobile & vice-versa.
  4. Make sure the new device is using the internet from some other network.
  5. Open your browser’s private mode (In Google Chrome, it’s Incognito, in Mozilla Firefox & Safari, it’s Private & in Microsoft Edge – preferably Mozilla Firefox)
  6. Log into your website’s admin panel
  7. Go through the process of connecting to StoreApps.org again
  8. If it’s still not working, change your browser and try again with the above steps.
  9. It should work now

If none of the above steps are working, please get in touch from here.

How to re-connect your store?

Follow these steps to disconnect and re-connect your store for the installed StoreApps plugin:

  1. Login to your WordPress site and go to the Plugins page
  2. Locate the plugin name and next to it, you will find ‘Disconnect from StoreApps.org‘ link. Click on it to disconnect.
  3. The Plugins page will automatically refresh, wait till the page is fully loaded
  4. Locate the StoreApps plugin and next to it you will see a link title ‘Connect StoreApps.org‘. Click on that link.
  5. After clicking, you see a popup of Store Connector. Click on the green ‘Connect’/’I have a working account’ button to connect your store to your StoreApps account and complete reconnect.

Additionally, you can refer to this as well.

We recommend you update all your StoreApps plugins to simplify the management of your account, plugins, and keys.

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