Rank Math does not make use of license keys for the purposes of upgrading to Rank Math PRO. Instead, we’ve made it more secure and easier for you, and you only have to connect your Rank Math account and confirm your subscription to get Rank Math PRO activated on your website.
In addition to that, you can always check the list of websites connected with your Rank Math PRO subscription right inside your Rank Math account area. If you ever need to remove any website from your PRO subscription, you can directly do that from the Client Management dashboard in your Rank Math account area without having to log in to the website. Thus, Rank Math offers you more control over your Rank Math PRO license.
Installing and Activating Rank Math PRO
In the following video, we take you through the entire installation & activation process:
![Rank Math PRO Installation & Activation](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nCDe67K_3rA/maxresdefault.jpg)
1 Upgrade to a Rank Math PRO Plan of Your Choice
The first step – if you haven’t done so already – is to use your existing Rank Math account to upgrade to a Rank Math PRO plan of your choice.
2 Download Rank Math PRO
Navigate to your account area to download Rank Math PRO, as shown below:
![Download Rank Math PRO](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-rank-math-PRO-4.jpg)
3 Install Rank Math PRO on Your Website
Once you’ve downloaded Rank Math PRO from your account area, it’s time to install it on your WordPress website. Before installing Rank Math PRO, ensure that you’ve also installed the Rank Math SEO free version, as Rank Math PRO is built on top of the free version to keep the plugins robust and lightweight.
To install Rank Math PRO, head over to the WordPress admin area for your website and then navigate to Plugins → Add New.
![Add New Plugin](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Add-new-plugin.jpg)
Then click on Upload Plugin. Select the zip file that you downloaded by clicking on Choose file. Then click on Install Now.
![Upload Rank Math PRO plugin](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Upload-Rank-Math-SEO-PRO-plugin.jpg)
4 Connect Your Rank Math Account
Now that you’ve installed and activated the Rank Math PRO plugin on your website, you need to authenticate your Rank Math account. This can be done in the WordPress admin area by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Dashboard → Help – as shown below:
![Click Connect now in Rank Math](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Click-Connect-Now-in-Rank-Math.jpg)
Ensure that you’re connecting to the same Rank Math account that you used to upgrade to a Rank Math PRO plan earlier. Then, click Connect Now.
5 Select the Plan Level
If you’ve more than one license associated with your Rank Math account, you’ll have the option to choose which plan you’d like to activate this website on – as shown below:
![Activate Rank Math license](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Activate-Rank-Math-license.jpg)
Note: If you’re not seeing the PRO subscription here, then it is possible that you’ve used a different email address for purchasing Rank Math PRO. In that case, log out from the Rank Math account and use the email address associated with your Rank Math PRO subscription to log in, and then try the above steps once again.
Then, simply click OK, ACTIVATE NOW. And you’ve now successfully upgraded to Rank Math PRO – congratulations! 🎉
![Rank Math SEO PRO activated](https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/rank-math-connected-1.jpg)
And that’s it! If you still have any questions about getting Rank Math PRO installed and activated on your website, please feel free to reach our support team directly from here, and we’re always here to help.