Legal
Terms of use
These terms apply to your use of www.vonblock.com, the Von Block Academy included (“the website”), and to registering and licensing the Von Block plugin. By using the website you accept them.
Last updated 19 October 2026.
Provider
This website is provided by Martin Bory, Vokrojova 3379/2, 143 00 Praha 12, Czech Republic, email: [email protected]. See the legal notice for full details.
What this website is
This website provides information about the Von Block plugin for WordPress and lets you download it, and the Academy teaches how to use it, free of charge. Sites are registered, and licences bought, in the plugin’s own settings page, as described below.
The plugin
Downloading and using the plugin is free, with every feature switched on, the Claude MCP connector included. A site that is not registered shows its visitors a small notice that it runs an unregistered copy for evaluation.
Software licence
The plugin comes in two parts under two licences. Its PHP code is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Its JavaScript, stylesheets, framework source and images are proprietary: you may use them on as many sites as you like under these terms, but not redistribute them other than as the unmodified plugin, change them, use them in another product, or use them with a copy of the plugin changed to get around its registration, licence check or visitor notice.
What runs on your website’s pages (the CSS compiled from your settings and the scripts for animations and Lottie) you may keep using, and change, on your own sites without time limit, also after a licence ends. Everything you build with the plugin is yours. The full terms, and the licences of the third-party components, are in the file LICENSE.txt that comes with the plugin. Versions released before that file was added remain under the GNU General Public License as a whole.
Registering a site
You register the domain your site runs on in the plugin’s settings page. Registering is free, and one registration covers the domain and all of its subdomains (for example example.com and *.example.com).
- Early birds (early adopters): a domain registered before 1 January 2027 is licensed free of charge until 31 December 2027.
- A domain registered from 1 January 2027 is licensed free of charge for 6 months from the day it is registered. After that it needs a paid licence, as described below.
- Government domains (such as .gov, gov.uk, gv.at or gouv.fr) are licensed free of charge with no end date, and need no registration. Local and development sites (localhost, .local, .test and IP addresses) need none either.
- Platforms that host their customers’ websites as subdomains of one shared domain are covered by a registration of that shared domain. A website on its own domain needs its own registration.
- When a free period or a paid licence ends, there is a grace month. After it, the site shows its visitors a notice that it runs an unlicensed copy, until the domain is licensed again. The plugin keeps working, and nothing you have built is removed.
We send reminders before a licence ends to the email addresses given when registering, as described in our privacy policy.
Buying a licence
From 1 January 2027, a licence can be bought from the plugin’s settings page. Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns. Your purchase is also subject to Paddle’s buyer terms.
- A licence covers one domain and all of its subdomains (for example example.com and *.example.com).
- It costs 30 USD a year, plus VAT or sales tax where it applies, shown at checkout before you pay.
- It is a yearly subscription: it renews automatically every year until you cancel it. You can cancel at any time from the link in your Paddle receipt email; the licence then stays valid until the end of the year you have paid for, and is not renewed.
- You can get your money back within 30 days, as described in our refund policy.
The licence is valid from the day of payment, or, when you buy one for a domain that is already licensed, from the day after the current licence ends.
Content and copyright
The texts, images, graphics and design of this website are protected by copyright and belong to the provider unless stated otherwise. You may view them and print or save them for your own use. Any other use, such as copying, changing or publishing them, needs our prior written permission.
Accuracy
We take care to keep the information on this website correct and up to date, but we cannot guarantee that it is complete, accurate or current at all times. It does not constitute an offer.
Liability
We are liable without limitation for damage caused intentionally or through gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, and wherever mandatory law provides for liability. Otherwise we are not liable for damage arising from the use of this website or from its temporary unavailability.
Links to other websites
Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for the content of those websites.
Changes
We may change these terms at any time. The version published on this page applies.
Applicable law
These terms are governed by the law of the Czech Republic, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory law of the country where you live. If any provision is invalid, the rest remain in force.