> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.daftplug.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installation

> Requirements, installing the plugin, and activating a Pro license.

## Requirements

| Requirement         | Minimum               |
| ------------------- | --------------------- |
| WordPress           | 7.0                   |
| PHP                 | 7.4                   |
| AI provider account | Only for Pro features |

The free features need nothing beyond WordPress. Toxicity checking and image alt text run models in the browser, and related posts, smart compose, and the content summary button are handled by your own server.

## Install the free plugin

<Steps>
  <Step title="Search the plugin directory">
    In WordPress, go to **Plugins > Add New** and search for `Generatify`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install and activate">
    Select **Install Now**, then **Activate**. A **Generatify** item appears in the admin menu.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the settings">
    Go to **Generatify > Settings** and turn on the features you want. Nothing is enabled beyond the AI page agent and smart compose.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Install Pro from a ZIP

Pro is a separate plugin rather than an unlock applied to the free one, so it is distributed as a ZIP instead of through the plugin directory.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Download the ZIP">
    Sign in at [daftplug.com/account](https://daftplug.com/account/) and download the Generatify Pro archive.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Upload it">
    Go to **Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin**, choose the ZIP, and select **Install Now**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Activate">
    Select **Activate Plugin**. If the free version is installed and active, Generatify deactivates it for you, so there is nothing to uninstall first.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Your settings survive the switch. Both versions read the same `generatify_settings` option, so everything you configured on free is still there, and going back later loses nothing either.
</Note>

## Activate your license

Pro features stay locked until the license is activated on the site.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the activation screen">
    After activating Pro, WordPress shows an activation notice. You can also reach it from **Generatify > Account**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your license key">
    Paste the key from your purchase confirmation email, then select **Activate License**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Reload **Generatify > Settings**. The **Connectors** tab is now editable, and fields that carried a **Pro** badge are unlocked.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  DaftPlug is sold as one membership rather than as separate plugins. The same license key activates Generatify and every other DaftPlug Pro plugin. Plans differ only in how many sites you can activate on. Deactivating a site you no longer use frees that activation for another site.
</Note>

## Connect an AI provider

A Pro license unlocks the connectors, but the connectors still need a key from a provider, and the provider bills you directly.

<Card title="Choosing and connecting a provider" icon="plug" horizontal href="/generatify/guides/choosing-a-provider">
  What each of the four providers is good at, and how to get a key.
</Card>

## What the plugin stores

| Item                           | Location                               |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| Settings, including API keys   | `generatify_settings` option           |
| Generated alt text             | Standard WordPress attachment alt text |
| Generated meta descriptions    | Post meta                              |
| Conversations with the copilot | Browser storage, not your database     |

<Warning>
  API keys are stored in the options table like any other setting. Anyone with administrator access to the site, or with database access, can read them. Give each site its own key rather than reusing one across sites, so a single key can be revoked without disturbing the rest.
</Warning>

<Card title="Set up in ten minutes" icon="list-check" horizontal href="/generatify/getting-started/quickstart">
  A path through the features that matter first.
</Card>