Getting started
Licence & updates
Turn on automatic updates with a licence key. NovaKit works fully without one — a key only changes how updates reach you.
NovaKit works without a licence key. Every feature, every widget, every setting. A key changes one thing: whether WordPress tells you a new version is available. Without one you update by downloading the latest file and uploading it yourself.
What a key does #
| With a key | Without a key | |
|---|---|---|
| Install and activate | Yes | Yes |
| Every feature and widget | Yes | Yes |
| “Update available” in WordPress | Yes | No |
| Getting a new version | One click | Download and upload by hand |
There is no trial, no expiry that stops the plugin working, and nothing that switches off if a key lapses. A site that was running yesterday keeps running.
Getting your key #
Your key is issued against your purchase. If you bought NovaSpark on ThemeForest, you generate it from your Envato purchase code.
Find your Envato purchase code
- Sign in at ThemeForest.
- Open the menu under your avatar and choose Downloads.
- Find NovaSpark in the list.
- Click Download beside it and choose Licence certificate & purchase code (either the PDF or the text file — both contain the same code).
- The purchase code looks like
8f3b21c4-5d6e-47a9-b0c1-2e3f4a5b6c7d.
A purchase code is not a licence key. They look similar and they are not interchangeable. The purchase code proves you bought the theme; you exchange it for a licence key, and it is the licence key that goes in the Dashboard.
Exchange it for a licence key
- Go to unistudio.co/licence.
- Paste your purchase code and the email address you want the key sent to.
- Your licence key arrives by email. It looks like
NK-A1B2-C3D4-E5F6.
One purchase, one key. Keep the email — the key is shown in full only once, and the Dashboard shows a masked version afterwards so a support screenshot never gives it away.
Bought directly, or had a site built for you? Your key comes from us with the handover. If you cannot find it, open a support ticket with the email address on the purchase.
Entering your key #
- In WordPress, go to NovaKit → Dashboard.
- Find the Automatic Updates card.
- Paste your key and press Activate.
The indicator in the corner of that card turns green and reads On. From then on NovaKit updates like any other plugin — a notice in Plugins, and one click to install.
Staging and development copies. Use the same key. We record which sites a key is used on so we can help when something looks wrong, but nothing is blocked by the count — a staging copy of your own site is normal and expected.
If it does not work #
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| That key was not recognised | Usually a purchase code pasted instead of a licence key, or a partial copy. Check for a missing character at either end. |
| This key has expired | Time-limited keys are issued for some client projects. NovaKit keeps working; only automatic updates stop. Contact us to renew. |
| Could not reach the licence server | A network problem, ours or your host’s. Nothing is lost — an already-active licence stays active and the check retries on its own. |
| No update appears, but the key is valid | WordPress caches update information for up to twelve hours. Press Re-check on the Automatic Updates card to ask again now. |
Updating without a key #
Entirely supported, and nothing nags you about it:
- Download the latest NovaKit Core from your ThemeForest downloads, or from the link in your purchase email.
- In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- Choose the ZIP and press Install Now, then Replace current with uploaded.
Your settings, demos and content are untouched — a plugin update replaces the plugin’s own files and nothing else. Taking a backup first is still good practice.