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Distinguish FREE, PRO, partial and absent capabilities

Use the exact candidate authority instead of inferring availability from a locked preview or planned interface.

Applies to ShopiPress 1.0.0, officially published on Freemius.

Watch the video : From Pro to Free01:31 · English narration

Synthetic narration generated with Microsoft Azure Speech.

Switch from PRO to FREE, compare the fictional catalogue and saved design, then restore PRO. The existing license remains active and PRO stays installed but deactivated during the FREE test. Morrowfield is a fictional local demonstration with no Shopify store connected.

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What remains when a site moves from ShopiPress Pro back to Free? This walkthrough answers that question with one controlled candidate and a disposable WordPress site.

This is a before-and-after verification, not a promise that every future version or configuration preserves the same data and presentation.

Before changing editions, create a database snapshot and identify the exact authorized Free and Pro packages.

With Pro active, save one template, one setting for a smaller screen and one controlled CSS rule. These give the comparison specific things to inspect.

Capture the product page, the relevant administration values and the active edition before the change.

Replace Pro with the exact Free package by following the documented disposable procedure. Never run this experiment first on a live or client site.

Compare the native catalog records and stored settings with the snapshot. Report only what this exact test shows as retained, unavailable or changed.

Inspect the frontend again and identify any Pro presentation that is locked, inactive or absent. Do not infer data loss from presentation alone.

If anything unexpected is lost or changed, stop, preserve the evidence and restore the disposable environment from its snapshot.

Use the edition capabilities guide to interpret the verified result before planning a change from Pro to Free.

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Verified workflow

  1. Identify the capability by its stable authority ID.
  2. Confirm whether its state is delivered, partial or absent.
  3. Do not market a locked FREE preview as an active premium engine.

This guide applies to the ShopiPress version identified in the page header, officially published on Freemius. Confirm the installed version before applying the procedure. Later versions may change screens, defaults or service boundaries.

Expected result

Use the exact candidate authority instead of inferring availability from a locked preview or planned interface.

Read every capability by stable ID and implementation state. FREE includes the never-paywalled publishing core and basic design workshop. PRO contains the delivered builder and advanced design engines. Absent capabilities remain absent even when they are commercially desirable.

Before you begin

  • Identify the capability by its stable authority ID.
  • Confirm whether its state is delivered, partial or absent.
  • Do not market a locked FREE preview as an active premium engine.

Scope and current limits

Keep the responsibility model visible throughout the task: Shopify remains the commercial source and checkout system; ShopiPress connects, synchronizes and renders the catalog according to delivered contracts; WordPress owns the publishing context. A successful WordPress result must not be interpreted as a transfer of orders, customers, payments or inventory authority.

Read every capability by stable ID and implementation state. FREE includes the never-paywalled publishing core and basic design workshop. PRO contains the delivered builder and advanced design engines. Absent capabilities remain absent even when they are commercially desirable.

Procedure

  1. Identify the capability by its stable authority ID. Consult the complete version-bound inventory rendered below and test the smallest representative example before reusing it.
  2. Confirm whether its state is delivered, partial or absent. Consult the complete version-bound inventory rendered below and test the smallest representative example before reusing it.
  3. Do not market a locked FREE preview as an active premium engine. Consult the complete version-bound inventory rendered below and test the smallest representative example before reusing it.

Verify the result

Verify the result in the rendered WordPress page and in the authoritative Shopify surface, not only inside the ShopiPress administration screen. Use a representative product with price, availability, variant and collection data. Repeat the smallest safe operation when idempotence matters, and record any difference before broadening the test.

  • Confirm the exact name or stable ID.
  • Compare the declared context with the rendered page.
  • Test empty, long and unavailable data states.
  • Compare Gutenberg, shortcode, Elementor and WPBakery output only where the coverage matrix declares a component.

Common mistakes

  • Do not infer an attribute, block control or builder component from a similar name.
  • Do not count builder-only components among public shortcodes.
  • Do not describe conceptual coverage as control, markup or behavioral parity.

Troubleshooting

  1. Reconfirm the installed package version and edition.
  2. Reduce the issue to one component, one known catalog record and one WordPress URL.
  3. Compare the exact name, stable ID, context and output with the version-bound inventory below.
  4. Identify whether the failing responsibility belongs to Shopify, ShopiPress or WordPress.
  5. Preserve the rendered response and settings before changing configuration, then repeat the smallest safe test once.

Security and data

Record the installed version, edition, WordPress and PHP versions, active builder or SEO integration, exact URL, viewport and the ordered actions that produced the result. Capture only controlled catalog data. Redact the Storefront token, customer data, order information, private domains and any environment secret before an artifact leaves the validation workspace.

SEO consequences

Reference components can change headings, links, product data and interactive controls. Inspect rendered semantics, accessibility, canonical behavior and the Shopify buying handoff on a representative page.

Evidence to record

Record the installed version, edition, WordPress and PHP versions, active builder or SEO integration, exact URL, viewport and the ordered actions that produced the result. Capture only controlled catalog data. Redact the Storefront token, customer data, order information, private domains and any environment secret before an artifact leaves the validation workspace.

Version and product state

ShopiPress is officially published on Freemius. This guide describes the documented version. Purchase and download links will be added to this site once their destinations are configured.

FREE · delivered

connection.single_store
FREE · delivered
catalog.wordpress_model
FREE · delivered
storefront.default_templates
FREE · delivered
builders.prefixed_shortcodes
FREE · delivered
builders.gutenberg
FREE · delivered
storefront.basic_discovery
FREE · delivered
design.basic_workshop
FREE · delivered
commerce.cart_checkout
FREE · delivered
commerce.no_woocommerce
FREE · delivered

FREE · partial

sync.manual_full_catalog
FREE · partial
seo.baseline
FREE · partial
lifecycle.safe_uninstall_downgrade
FREE · partial

PRO · delivered

builders.elementor_native
PRO · delivered
builders.wpbakery_native
PRO · delivered
design.visual_design_advanced
PRO · delivered
design.component_customization
PRO · delivered
design.responsive_controls
PRO · delivered
design.multiple_templates
PRO · delivered
design.custom_css
PRO · delivered

Not available in 1.0.0

Saved advanced facets and merchandising rules
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Saved design presets
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Settings import and export
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Scheduled background synchronization
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Webhook queues and resumable synchronization
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Local media mirroring
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Shopify metafields and ACF mapping
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Multilingual catalog synchronization
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Multi-store agency tooling
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate
Priority support
Absent from the exact 1.0.0 candidate

Keep the system boundary visible

Shopify remains the commerce source; ShopiPress moves catalog records and rendering contracts; WordPress owns publication.

Shopify · catalog source and checkout

ShopiPress · manual sync and rendering

WordPress · content, templates and SEO surface

Verify before moving on

  • Confirm the result in WordPress, not only in the ShopiPress interface.
  • Keep cart and checkout on Shopify.
  • Record the installed version when reporting a defect.