When you buy or download an item on Crazy Themes you are buying a licence to use it. The licence is granted to you by the item’s author; the item itself still belongs to them. Every item is available under a regular licence, and paid items may also offer an extended licence. You choose on the item page. Free items come with the regular licence.
Words we use
- Item: the theme, template, plugin, script or kit you download.
- End product: the one finished thing you build with the item, such as a website, a shop or an app. It must be your own work built on the item, not the item passed on unchanged.
- End user: someone who uses or visits your end product.
The two licences at a glance
| You may… | Regular | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| Use the item in one end product | Yes | Yes |
| Build that end product for a client and charge for your work | Yes | Yes |
| Let end users use the end product free of charge | Yes | Yes |
| Charge end users to access or buy the end product | No | Yes |
| Use the item in more than one end product | No, one licence each | No, one licence each |
| Resell or redistribute the item itself | No | No |
Regular licence
Use the item to create one end product, for yourself or for one client, that end users are not charged to access. A company website, a blog, a portfolio, or a shop that sells its own goods are all fine: visitors are paying for the goods, not for the site.
Extended licence
Use the item to create one end product that end users can be charged to access or to buy. A paid web application, a subscription service, or a site sold on as a finished product needs this licence.
What both licences allow
- Change it. Modify the item, combine it with other work and build on it to make your end product.
- Client work. Build one end product for one client and charge them for your services. When you hand the end product over, the licence passes to that client. The next client needs a new licence.
- Keep using it. The licence does not expire, and it applies worldwide.
- Updates. Download newer versions of the item for as long as it is listed.
What neither licence allows
- Passing the item on. You may not resell, share, sub-license or give away the item, on its own or bundled with other things, whether or not you have changed it.
- Templates and kits. You may not use the item to make something that is itself a template, theme, kit or starting point for other people to build with.
- Site builders and on-demand tools. You may not offer the item inside a service where each customer generates their own site or product from it, unless you buy a licence for each one produced.
- Taking parts out. You may not pull out individual parts of the item, such as its images, icons or code libraries, to use separately from your end product, and you must not make it easy for end users to do so.
- Logos and trade marks. You may not use the item, or parts of it, as a logo or trade mark.
- Unlawful or harmful use. You may not use the item for anything illegal, deceptive or defamatory.
Parts that carry their own licence
Some items include material the author did not make, such as open-source libraries, fonts or stock images. That material stays under its own licence, which the author should note in the item’s documentation. Where the two conflict for that material, its own licence applies.
WordPress themes and plugins are a common case. Their PHP code, and anything else that builds on WordPress’s own code, is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. The rest of the item, such as its images, stylesheets and scripts, is covered by the licence on this page unless the author states the whole item is GPL.
If the licence is broken
A licence ends automatically if its terms are broken. You must then stop using the item and remove it from your end product. A licence also ends if the order is refunded.
Not sure which you need?
Ask whether people will pay to use the thing you are building. If they will, choose the extended licence. If you are still unsure, ask us through the Support page before you buy.
Last updated: October 9, 2026