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title: "Installation"
description: "Install SpaceBay from WordPress.org, add SpaceBay Pro, and what to do if you bought on CodeCanyon."
---

## SpaceBay (free)

1. In WordPress go to **Plugins → Add New Plugin** and search for “SpaceBay”. You can also download the zip from WordPress.org and use **Upload Plugin**.
2. Click **Install Now**, then **Activate**.
3. WordPress opens the SpaceBay dashboard. Your community is live at `yoursite.com/community/`.

On the Plugins screen, SpaceBay has a **Manage** link, which opens the SpaceBay dashboard, and, under its description, **Documentation** and **Get Pro** links. Get Pro is hidden once Pro is active.

<img src="/spacebay/assets/screenshots/plugins-row.png" alt="The WordPress Plugins screen with SpaceBay and SpaceBay Pro active, showing the Manage and Documentation links" width="1440" height="900" data-lightbox="true" />

*The Plugins screen with SpaceBay and SpaceBay Pro active.*

## SpaceBay Pro <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>

1. Install and activate the free SpaceBay plugin first.
2. Download **spacebay-pro.zip** from your wpanchorbay.com account.
3. Go to **Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin**, choose the zip, click **Install Now**, then **Activate**.

Pro has no licence key. See [Licence and activation](/spacebay/pro/licence-and-activation/).

## Bought on CodeCanyon

The CodeCanyon download contains both zips: **spacebay.zip** and **spacebay-pro.zip**. Upload and activate **spacebay.zip** first, then **spacebay-pro.zip**, with **Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin**.