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Store Owner Guide

Software distribution configuration and release management for store owners and merchants

Merchant & Operations Guide

If you are a store owner, site administrator, or release manager setting up software distribution in WooCommerce, consult the dedicated configuration guide:

Software Distribution Configuration

Configure the protected local vault, complete host verification, manage software products, set entitlement policies, and publish integrity-bound releases.

The merchant guide covers:

  • Enabling Software Licensing and Software Distribution as required, then configuring the protected local vault (woonoow-vault).
  • Establishing fail-closed public root boundaries and hosting-level privacy verification.
  • Associating unique software slugs with published WooCommerce products.
  • Draft-first release publishing with immutable artifact bindings and SHA-256 integrity verification.
  • Detaching native WooCommerce download permissions so customer delivery strictly enforces license and update entitlements.
  • Performing emergency release withdrawals and revoking outstanding download tokens.

Developer Resources

If you are developing a plugin, theme, CLI tool, or client application that consumes updates from a WooNooW store:

Software Updates Integration

Practical step-by-step workflow guide for client bootstrapping, purpose-aware package requests, and SHA-256 byte verification.

Software Distribution API

Normative REST API specification for update checks, package issuance, and atomic token redemption.

Licensing API

Activate, validate, and manage license keys using canonical persistent website identity.

Website Identity

Understand the canonical UUID + normalized domain identity model required for client activations.

Last updated Sep 8, 2026