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10.1 Glossary

Short definitions for the terms you'll see across Tangible Cloud and this documentation. Entries are listed alphabetically.

Accountant​

A team role with view-only access to billing and invoices. Can see invoices and billing history, but cannot make payments, change plans, or take any other billing action. See Roles and Permissions.

Activation​

A single WordPress site using one of a license's allowances. Activations are recorded automatically when a site enters a valid license key and the plugin successfully validates with Tangible Cloud. See Understanding Licenses, Grants, and Activations.

Admin​

A team role with permission to manage team members and most organization settings. Can view invoices and approve plan upgrades, but cannot change the payment method or cancel subscriptions. See Roles and Permissions.

Allowlist​

An account-level list of hosts allowed to activate your licenses, managed on the Websites → Allowlist tab. Adding the first allowlist entry switches a license into strict whitelist mode (only listed hosts can activate), and account-level entries combine with any per-license entries. See Domain Rules.

Archived site​

A website you've set aside from your active Websites list. Archived sites live on the Archived tab and can be restored in one click. See Archived Sites.

Authorized URL​

A host that a license is explicitly allowed to activate on. Managed on the account-level Websites → Allowlist tab. Once at least one allowlist entry exists, activations are rejected from any host not on the list. See Domain Rules. (Also called an allowlist entry in the current interface.)

Blacklisted Domain​

A host pattern that a license is explicitly blocked from activating on, regardless of whether the host would otherwise be allowed. Managed on the account-level Websites → Blocklist tab. See Domain Rules. (Also called a blocklist entry in the current interface.)

Blocklist​

An account-level list of sites or domain patterns blocked from activating your licenses (or from consuming a usage meter), managed on the Websites → Blocklist tab. A denied activation returns authorized_url_policy_denied. See Domain Rules.

Bundle (license type)​

A license that carries more than one grant. For example, a license covering every product in Creators' Club. Bundles are shown with a bundle badge in the Licensing list and on product cards.

Capability check​

A recurring background call the plugin on a WordPress site makes to Tangible Cloud to confirm the license is still valid. Triggered on WordPress's update schedule, which by default is roughly daily for active sites.

Connected​

A website connection status meaning the plugin has recently checked in successfully. See Connection Status.

Connection​

The link between a specific WordPress site and your organization in Tangible Cloud, established when a Tangible plugin activates its license on that site. A connection carries a lifecycle status (Connected, Stale, Unreachable). Once an activation is accepted, the site is shown as Active; there's no separate Connection Accepted label in the current build. See Understanding Connected Websites and Connection Status.

Connection Accepted​

The successful-activation state for a site. In the current build, an accepted activation is shown simply as Active on the license's Websites tab. There's no separate "Connection Accepted" label.

Creators' Club​

The bundle product that includes the full Tangible plugin catalog under a single yearly license.

Developer (role)​

A team role with permission to access licenses, downloads, and activations: the day-to-day working set. Default role for new invitations. See Roles and Permissions.

External Developer​

A team role with scoped access to selected products, websites, and licenses rather than the organization's full set. Intended for contractors and vendors. See Roles and Permissions.

Ghost (site)​

A site running one of your plugins without a valid license, or with a license belonging to a different Tangible account. Ghosts are surfaced on the Websites → Ghosts tab for observation only. A phone-home never grants entitlement. See Flagged Sites.

Grant​

An entitlement carried by a license: a specific product and an activation allowance. A single-product license has one grant; a bundle license has one grant per product in the bundle. See Understanding Licenses, Grants, and Activations.

License​

A key owned by your organization that allows specific Tangible plugins to run on a specific number of sites. Every license is created by a purchase and is linked to one subscription. See Understanding Licenses, Grants, and Activations.

Member​

A user account with access to an organization. Every member has a role that controls what they can see and do. See Understanding Organizations and Members.

Meter​

A usage counter Tangible Cloud tracks for an account. Development sites are exempt from activation slots but still count toward meters at the full rate, and a blocklist rule can target a specific meter.

My Products tab​

The tab on the Products page that lists the products your organization owns, as opposed to the Get More Products tab which shows the catalog.

Organization​

The billing and ownership container in Tangible Cloud. Everything (licenses, subscriptions, sites, members) belongs to an organization. A single user account can belong to multiple organizations. See Understanding Organizations and Members.

Owner (role)​

A team role with full access to the organization, including billing and team management. See Roles and Permissions.

Passkey​

A passwordless authentication credential stored on your device (phone, laptop, or a hardware key). Passkeys are an alternative to passwords for signing in to Tangible Cloud: faster to use, phishing-resistant, and not re-usable across accounts. You can sign in with either a password or a passkey; accounts can have more than one passkey registered. See Signing Up and Signing In.

Plugin (license type)​

A license that carries exactly one grant: a single product's entitlement. Shown with a plugin badge in the Licensing list.

Portal (Stripe)​

The customer billing portal hosted by Stripe where you manage your payment methods, download invoices, change billing details, and cancel subscriptions. Reached by clicking Manage Billing on the Billing page in Tangible Cloud. Changes made in the portal sync back to Tangible Cloud via webhook. See Managing Billing in Stripe.

Priority (ticket)​

The urgency level on a support ticket. Four values: Low, Normal, High, Urgent. See Filing a Support Ticket.

Stale​

A website connection status meaning the plugin hasn't checked in recently but isn't known to be offline. See Connection Status.

Stripe​

The payment processor Tangible Cloud uses for subscriptions, invoices, and payment method management. Accessed through the Manage Billing button on the Billing page. See Managing Billing in Stripe.

Subscription​

The recurring charge that keeps a license renewed. Every license has exactly one subscription and vice versa. See Subscriptions Overview.

Suspicious site​

A host with repeated rejected activation attempts (invalid, expired, or revoked keys, or slot exhaustion), surfaced on the Websites → Suspicious tab. The threshold is 3 or more attempts in 30 days, or 1 or more in the last 24 hours. See Flagged Sites.

Tier​

A sub-level of a product with a specific feature set and activation allowance. Some products (for example, Lifter Elements) ship with more than one tier (Starter, Creator); others are single-tier. See Upgrading a License Tier.

Unreachable​

A website connection status meaning Tangible Cloud has tried and failed to reach the site, or the plugin's check-ins are reporting consistent errors. See Connection Status.

URL Restrictions​

Controls for which hosts may or may not activate your licenses. In the current build these are managed at the account level under Websites → Allowlist and Websites → Blocklist (they apply across every license), rather than on a per-license tab. See Domain Rules.

Webhook (Stripe)​

A background notification Stripe sends to Tangible Cloud when something changes on a subscription. For example, when a payment succeeds, fails, or a subscription is canceled. Webhooks are what make license records sync automatically after billing events.

Website (Tangible Cloud)​

A WordPress site that has activated one of your organization's licenses. Recorded automatically on first activation and visible on the Websites page. See Understanding Connected Websites.