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Asteris for WordPress Free vs paid — what's the difference

Asteris for WordPress Free vs paid — what’s the difference

Asteris for WordPress Free includes 6 of the 11 modules. Paid tiers (Starter / Pro / Agency) include all 11. One module — Code Snippets — is identical in Free and paid; the other five free modules are “lite” versions of their paid counterparts.

The 6 free modules and what each version covers

Code Snippets (identical in Free and paid) Free: Full module. PHP, JavaScript, CSS snippets without editing theme files. Safe-mode auto-disable on fatal errors. Conditional loading. Snippet library. Paid: Same as Free. No additions.

Image Optimisation (lite) Free: JPEG / PNG compression. WebP conversion. Bulk-optimise existing media library. On-upload auto-optimise. Before/after comparison. Paid adds: AVIF conversion. CDN integration (Cloudflare, Bunny, generic). Lazy-loading rules per post-type. EXIF stripping. Retina (2x) generation.

Analytics + Pixels (lite) Free: GA4. Google Tag Manager container. Meta Pixel base. Basic event firing. Paid adds: Google Ads conversions. Meta Conversions API. TikTok Pixel + Events API. Pinterest Tag. LinkedIn Insight. Microsoft Clarity. Consent Mode v2. Custom event recipes.

Activity Log (lite — capture-only) Free: 100+ event types captured (logins, post edits, plugin/theme changes, user changes, settings). Filtering, search, CSV export. Paid adds: per-event Asteris Undo (revert any logged change). Site Health tab. Debug snapshot ZIP. Temp support user provisioning.

SMTP (lite — generic SMTP only) Free: Generic SMTP (any host/port/auth). Connection test. Basic delivery status. Paid adds: Gmail OAuth, Microsoft 365 OAuth, SendGrid, Mailgun, Amazon SES native APIs. Full email logs with body capture. Resend (single + bulk). CSV export. Retention cron. Deliverability alerts. AES-256-CBC encrypted credentials at rest.

Accessibility scanner (lite) Free: On-save WCAG 2.1 AA scan of any post / page. 13 checks. In-editor metabox with issues + line numbers. Paid adds: Site-wide audit dashboard. Worst-offenders report. EAA-compliant accessibility statement generator. Scheduled site-wide rescans. REST endpoint for CI integration.

The 5 modules only in paid tiers

  • Security + Login + 2FA — brute-force protection, TOTP + WebAuthn passkey 2FA, file-change monitoring, IP geofence
  • SEO + AI Suite — titles, schema, sitemaps, redirects, AI content tools, llms.txt, IndexNow, AI bot blocker, one-click Yoast importer
  • Performance — caching, fetchpriority on LCP, Speculation Rules, Early Hints, field-data Core Web Vitals monitor
  • Forms — 20 field types, conditional logic, multi-step, 5 integrations, three-layer anti-spam
  • Backups + Migration — scheduled backups to S3 / B2 / R2 / Wasabi / SFTP / local, AES-256, one-click restore, cross-site migration

Site limits by tier

TierProduction sites
Asteris for WordPress FreeUnlimited (GPL — no licence-key restriction)
Starter1
Pro3
Agency10

Founder is a cohort identity layered on top of Starter / Pro / Agency, not a separate tier — site limits follow the tier you subscribed at.

Asteris for WordPress Free → · See all pricing → · Running Free and paid together →