# Bundled premium plugins

> How the premium plugins included with BuddyApp are installed, licensed and updated from the BuddyApp Panel.

Source: https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/bundled-plugins-activation-code/

BuddyApp includes premium plugins at no extra cost: **WPBakery Page Builder**. You find them on the **Plugins** tab of the BuddyApp Panel (**Appearance > BuddyApp Panel**), marked **Premium**.

## What you get

- The same plugin files the plugin author sells, fully working with BuddyApp.
- Installs and updates from our update server, once you [register BuddyApp](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/register-your-theme/). Until then, premium plugins show **Requires registration**.

## What you do not get

- **A separate license key for the plugin.** The plugin may show messages asking you to activate or buy a license. You can ignore them; the plugin works without activation.
- Premium extras that the plugin author gives only to direct buyers, for example their template library, add-ons or their own support desk.

If you need those extras, buy a license from the plugin author and activate it. This is optional.

Envato explains the rules in [Bundled plugins](https://help.market.envato.com/hc/en-us/articles/213762463-Bundled-Plugins).

## Install a premium plugin

A demo import installs the plugins that demo needs. To add one yourself:

1. Go to **Appearance > BuddyApp Panel** and open the **Plugins** tab.
2. Find the plugin and click **Install**, then **Activate**.

## Update the premium plugins

Do not use the plugin's own update notice: without a plugin license it cannot download the update. Instead:

1. Update BuddyApp to the latest version. Each version knows the plugin versions it works with.
2. Go to **Appearance > BuddyApp Panel** and open the **Plugins** tab.
3. Plugins with a newer version show **Update available**. Click **Update** on each one.

To update a plugin by hand, take its zip from the `Plugins` folder of the latest ThemeForest package, delete the old plugin in **Plugins** and upload the new zip.

Full steps: [Update BuddyApp and its plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-updates/).