diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
index 715e9556bc7f..cce6897cb919 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ let packages = self:
     generatedJson = {
       inherit plugins themes languages;
     };
+    sourceJson = {
+      plugins = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./wordpress-plugins.json);
+      themes = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./wordpress-themes.json);
+      languages = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./wordpress-languages.json);
+    };
 
   in {
     # Create a generic WordPress package. Most arguments are just passed
     # to `mkDerivation`. The version is automatically filtered for weird characters.
     mkWordpressDerivation = self.callPackage ({ stdenvNoCC, lib, filterWPString, gettext, wp-cli }:
-      { type, pname, version, ... }@args:
+      { type, pname, version, license, ... }@args:
         assert lib.any (x: x == type) [ "plugin" "theme" "language" ];
         stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation ({
           pname = "wordpress-${type}-${pname}";
@@ -31,6 +36,10 @@ let packages = self:
 
           passthru = {
             wpName = pname;
+          };
+
+          meta = {
+            license = lib.licenses.${license};
           } // (args.passthru or {});
         } // lib.optionalAttrs (type == "language") {
           nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext wp-cli ];
@@ -51,9 +60,9 @@ let packages = self:
     # Create a derivation from the official wordpress.org packages.
     # This takes the type, the pname and the data generated from the go tool.
     mkOfficialWordpressDerivation = self.callPackage ({ mkWordpressDerivation, fetchWordpress }:
-      { type, pname, data }:
+      { type, pname, data, license }:
       mkWordpressDerivation {
-        inherit type pname;
+        inherit type pname license;
         version = data.version;
 
         src = fetchWordpress type data;
@@ -79,7 +88,8 @@ let packages = self:
         throw "fetchWordpress: invalid package type ${type}";
     }) {};
 
-  } // lib.mapAttrs (type: pkgs: lib.makeExtensible (_: lib.mapAttrs (pname: data: self.mkOfficialWordpressDerivation { type = lib.removeSuffix "s" type; inherit pname data; }) pkgs)) generatedJson;
+  } // lib.mapAttrs (
+    type: pkgs: lib.makeExtensible (_: lib.mapAttrs (pname: data: self.mkOfficialWordpressDerivation {type = lib.removeSuffix "s" type; inherit pname data; license = sourceJson.${type}.${pname}; }) pkgs)) generatedJson;
 
 # This creates an extensible scope.
 in lib.recursiveUpdate ((lib.makeExtensible (_: (lib.makeScope newScope packages))).extend (selfWP: superWP: {})) (callPackage ./thirdparty.nix {})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
index 1619850e8a2a..0abf3e341a41 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ nixFlags="--option experimental-features nix-command eval --raw --impure --expr"
 export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=../../../../..
 export WP_VERSION=$(nix $nixFlags '(import <nixpkgs> {}).wordpress.version')
 
-PLUGINS=`cat wordpress-plugins.json | jq -r '.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
-THEMES=`cat wordpress-themes.json | jq -r '.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
-LANGUAGES=`cat wordpress-languages.json | jq -r '.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
+PLUGINS=`cat wordpress-plugins.json | jq -r 'keys|.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
+THEMES=`cat wordpress-themes.json | jq -r 'keys|.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
+LANGUAGES=`cat wordpress-languages.json | jq -r 'keys|.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`
 
 wp4nix -p $PLUGINS -pl en
 wp4nix -t $THEMES -tl en
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/thirdparty.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/thirdparty.nix
index a60c06854183..24836f3ac42c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/thirdparty.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/thirdparty.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
-{fetchzip}: {
-  plugins.civicrm = fetchzip rec {
-    name = "civicrm";
+{fetchzip, stdenv, lib}: {
+  plugins.civicrm = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "civicrm";
     version = "5.56.0";
-    url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/${name}/${name}-stable/${version}/${name}-${version}-wordpress.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-XsNFxVL0LF+OHlsqjjTV41x9ERLwMDq9BnKKP3Px2aI=";
+    src = fetchzip {
+      inherit version;
+      name = pname;
+      url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/${pname}/${pname}-stable/${version}/${pname}-${version}-wordpress.zip";
+      hash = "sha256-XsNFxVL0LF+OHlsqjjTV41x9ERLwMDq9BnKKP3Px2aI=";
+    };
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
   };
-  themes.geist = fetchzip rec {
-    name = "geist";
+  themes.geist = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "geist";
     version = "2.0.3";
-    url = "https://github.com/christophery/geist/archive/refs/tags/${version}.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-c85oRhqu5E5IJlpgqKJRQITur1W7x40obOvHZbPevzU=";
+    src = fetchzip {
+      inherit version;
+      name = pname;
+      url = "https://github.com/christophery/geist/archive/refs/tags/${version}.zip";
+      hash = "sha256-c85oRhqu5E5IJlpgqKJRQITur1W7x40obOvHZbPevzU=";
+    };
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
   };
 }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-languages.json b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-languages.json
index e1fa4e2b3aba..2c6fa9785c8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-languages.json
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-languages.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-[
-  "de_DE"
-, "fr_FR"
-, "ro_RO"
-]
+{
+  "de_DE": "gpl2Plus"
+, "fr_FR": "gpl2Plus"
+, "ro_RO": "gpl2Plus"
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-plugins.json b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-plugins.json
index 185017124343..f8e8074ab82c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-plugins.json
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-plugins.json
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
-[
-  "add-widget-after-content"
-, "akismet"
-, "antispam-bee"
-, "async-javascript"
-, "breeze"
-, "code-syntax-block"
-, "cookie-notice"
-, "co-authors-plus"
-, "disable-xml-rpc"
-, "embed-extended"
-, "gutenberg"
-, "hello-dolly"
-, "hkdev-maintenance-mode"
-, "jetpack"
-, "jetpack-lite"
-, "lightbox-photoswipe"
-, "login-lockdown"
-, "mailpoet"
-, "merge-minify-refresh"
-, "opengraph"
-, "simple-login-captcha"
-, "simple-mastodon-verification"
-, "static-mail-sender-configurator"
-, "tc-custom-javascript"
-, "webp-converter-for-media"
-, "webp-express"
-, "wordpress-seo"
-, "worker"
-, "wp-change-email-sender"
-, "wp-fastest-cache"
-, "wp-gdpr-compliance"
-, "wp-mail-smtp"
-, "wp-statistics"
-, "wp-swiper"
-, "wp-user-avatars"
-, "wpforms-lite"
-]
+{
+  "add-widget-after-content": "gpl3Plus"
+, "akismet": "gpl2Plus"
+, "antispam-bee": "gpl2Plus"
+, "async-javascript": "gpl2Plus"
+, "breeze": "gpl2Plus"
+, "code-syntax-block": "gpl2Plus"
+, "cookie-notice": "mit"
+, "co-authors-plus": "gpl2Plus"
+, "disable-xml-rpc": "gpl2Plus"
+, "embed-extended": "gpl2Plus"
+, "gutenberg": "gpl2Plus"
+, "hello-dolly": "gpl2Plus"
+, "hkdev-maintenance-mode": "gpl2Plus"
+, "jetpack": "gpl2Plus"
+, "jetpack-lite": "gpl2Only"
+, "lightbox-photoswipe": "gpl2Only"
+, "login-lockdown": "gpl2Plus"
+, "mailpoet": "gpl3Only"
+, "merge-minify-refresh": "gpl2Plus"
+, "opengraph": "asl20"
+, "simple-login-captcha": "gpl2Plus"
+, "simple-mastodon-verification": "gpl2Plus"
+, "static-mail-sender-configurator": "mit"
+, "tc-custom-javascript": "gpl2Plus"
+, "webp-converter-for-media": "gpl2Plus"
+, "webp-express": "gpl3Only"
+, "wordpress-seo": "gpl3Only"
+, "worker": "gpl3Plus"
+, "wp-change-email-sender": "gpl2Plus"
+, "wp-fastest-cache": "gpl2Plus"
+, "wp-gdpr-compliance": "gpl2Plus"
+, "wp-mail-smtp": "gpl3Plus"
+, "wp-statistics": "gpl3Only"
+, "wp-swiper": "gpl2Plus"
+, "wp-user-avatars": "gpl2Plus"
+, "wpforms-lite": "gpl2Plus"
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-themes.json b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-themes.json
index 028ee47614a2..b41c2f18f816 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-themes.json
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/wordpress-themes.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[
-  "twentynineteen"
-, "twentytwenty"
-, "twentytwentytwo"
-, "twentytwentyone"
-, "twentytwentythree"
-]
+{
+  "twentynineteen": "gpl2Plus"
+, "twentytwenty": "gpl2Plus"
+, "twentytwentytwo": "gpl2Plus"
+, "twentytwentyone": "gpl2Plus"
+, "twentytwentythree": "gpl2Plus"
+}