# Is there a way to check if plugin is running on a legit copy of Photoshop? **URL:** \ **Category:** UXP Plugin API\ **Tags:** uxp, javascript\ **Created:** [February 9, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-plugin-is-running-on-a-legit-copy-of-photoshop/9223 "2025-02-09T12:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Karmalakas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/karmalakas/32/1048_2.png) [@Karmalakas](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Karmalakas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-plugin-is-running-on-a-legit-copy-of-photoshop/9223/7 "2025-02-11T20:39:08Z")
I just saw this related request > [@Can we get some kind of simple integrity check for plugins? And maybe real protection someday?](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/can-we-get-some-kind-of-simple-integrity-check-for-plugins-and-maybe-real-protection-someday/932): > > When contemplating shipping a commercial plugin, I’m concerned that people will hack around my (homegrown) license checks. So there ought to be a way to sign a plugin (OPTIONALLY! let’s not get into the CEP signature nightmares) with a private key that only the developer and Adobe share, and which XD could check when loading the plugin. If the signature check fails, then the plugin can’t be loaded. That should stop people from hacking the source and working around licensing code, or breaking s… 6 years…! Crickets… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-plugin-is-running-on-a-legit-copy-of-photoshop/9223)._