Requirements

Before installing the BallinKit Plugin and Licensing Portal, please ensure your system complies with the minimum software and hardware specifications listed below.

BallinKit Plugin Requirements

WordPress Environment

• WordPress 5.0 or higher
• WooCommerce 3.0 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+

PHP Extensions

• ImageMagick or GD2: Required for image processing operations
• zip: Required for import/export templates and fonts
• curl: Required for license verification pingbacks
• mbstring: Required for multi-byte font encoding

PHP Settings

Ensure these PHP parameters are modified in your php.ini to support large file uploads and high-resolution image rendering:

memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_size = 64M
max_execution_time = 300

Directory Permissions

Ensure the following directories are writable:

• wp-content/uploads/kit-uploads/ - For customizer assets
• wp-content/uploads/kit-previews/ - For generated previews
• wp-content/uploads/kit-print-files/ - For print-ready files
• wp-content/cache/kit/ - Alternative cache location

BallingKit License Portal Requirements

Server Environment

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Composer 2.x
• Node.js and NPM
• MySQL 5.7+ or SQLite
• Web server (Apache/Nginx)
• SMTP server for emails

PHP Extensions

• OpenSSL: For encryption and secure connections
• PDO: For database operations
• MBString: For string manipulation
• Tokenizer: For template parsing
• XML: For XML parsing
• CType: For character type checking
• JSON: For JSON encoding/decoding
• cURL: For HTTP requests

Directory Permissions

Ensure the following directories are writable:

• storage/app/
• storage/framework/
• storage/logs/
• bootstrap/cache/

External Services

• cron-job.org account: For scheduled tasks (renewal reminders, auto-renewals)
• PayPal Developer account: For payment integration (sandbox/live)
• SMTP server: For email notifications