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# Signature feed and updates

With an active Pro license, your site gets automatic updates and a signed feed of new trap patterns and imitation markers, without waiting for a new release.

## The signature feed

Bots keep changing the URLs they probe. The **signature feed** delivers new trap patterns to WP Masquerade Pro (per imitated platform, per URL parameter, generic scanners) along with updated imitation markers, without waiting for a new plugin release.

The feed is **digitally signed** (Ed25519) by the license server: the plugin verifies the signature before using it and ignores any invalid pattern. It is fetched once a day, never while your pages are being served.

## Automatic updates

As long as your license is active, new versions of WP Masquerade Pro show up under **Dashboard → Updates**, just like a plugin from WordPress.org. Priority email support is included for the same period.

## How the license works

- Each site is activated once, with an activation code generated for its address in your member area and pasted under **WP Masquerade → Pro license** (the mask icon in the admin menu). The license key stays in the member area and is not typed into the site. A license accepts at most 5 new site activations per 24 hours.
- The server returns a signed token tied to the site’s domain name and verified locally: no request is made while pages are being served.
- The token is refreshed every day. If the server can’t be reached, it stays valid for 10 days; after that, Pro features pause until the next successful check.

## What happens when an annual license expires?

**Pro features stop. Your site doesn’t break.** Updates, the signature feed, support and Pro features stop; the free version keeps working. An alias plan that has already been verified stays in effect, and accounts already using [two-factor authentication](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/glossary/two-factor-authentication/) keep it. The lifetime license never expires.

If a payment is refunded or disputed, the license is revoked: Pro features stop at the next check, with the same safeguards, and your settings are kept. [See pricing and license terms](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/pricing/).

## Limitations and precautions

- The feed improves traps and imitation; it is not an antivirus signature database.
- Your server must be able to reach the license server at least once every 10 days.
- The data exchanged with the license server is described in the [privacy policy](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/privacy-policy/).

### Related reading

- [Bot traps and banning](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/features/bot-traps/)
- [Imitating another CMS](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/features/cms-imitation/)

## Start free, upgrade to Pro when you’re ready

The free version already hides WordPress, moves the login page, blocks [XML-RPC](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/glossary/xml-rpc/) and counts bots. Pro locks down logins, renames file URLs and monitors your sites for you: known vulnerabilities, core integrity, activity log, email alerts and the update status of all your sites in your member area. From €59 per year excl. tax, far less than the cleanup offers whose prices we checked. [Compare the costs](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/pricing/#cout-piratage).

[See Pro pricing](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/pricing/)

[Download the free version](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/download/)