by Syed Balkhi 4.7 (591 reviews)

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

Name: Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
Rating: 4.7 (591 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

The #1 eCommerce plugin to sell digital products & subscriptions. Accept payments with Stripe & PayPal. Sell ebooks, software & more.

Easy Digital Downloads ranks #876 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #88 of 14,124 in the E-commerce category, a 4.7/5 rating from 591 reviews, and was last updated Oct 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v3.7.3 Current Version v3.7.3

Updated 2 days ago Last Update on 30 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 20 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#88 of 14,124 in E-commerce Top 1% by installs Downloads +192.4% this week Actively maintained

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Active Installs

40K+

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Downloads

6.2M

+287 today

Support Resolved

94%

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (591 reviews)

Next Milestone 50K

Total Progress 37.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

591 reviews

Overall 94%

537 (91%)

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Support Threads Overview

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Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

87 known vulnerabilities on record · 18 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Oct 8, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.7.1

CVE-2026-105190 · Fixed in v3.7.1
Oct 8, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.7.1

CVE-2026-105194 · Fixed in v3.7.1
Oct 8, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.9.1

CVE-2026-14335 · Fixed in v3.6.9.1
Sep 23, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.7.1.1

CVE-2026-42638 · Fixed in v3.7.1.1
Jul 28, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.7.1

CVE-2026-95522 · Fixed in v3.7.1
Jul 28, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.9.1

CVE-2026-12476 · Fixed in v3.6.9.1
Jul 27, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.9.1

CVE-2026-66476 · Fixed in v3.6.9.1
Jul 22, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.8

CVE-2026-59524 · Fixed in v3.6.8
May 27, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.8

CVE-2026-7533 · Fixed in v3.6.8
Apr 20, 2026

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy [easy-digital-downloads] < 3.6.6

CVE-2026-39503 · Fixed in v3.6.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.7.3
Last Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Requires WP: 6.7+
Tested Up To: 7.0.8
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 591
Support Threads: 17
Resolved: 94%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for people and businesses who want to sell digital products such as ebooks, software, templates, music, or courses on a WordPress site. It provides the ecommerce tools needed to accept payments, manage checkout, protect downloads, and track sales without requiring separate paid listing services.

Stripe integration
PayPal integration
Apple Pay and Google Pay support
Discount code management
Secure file downloads
Customer management system
eCommerce reports and analytics
Refund management

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

Full searchable docs for Easy Digital Downloads and all our extensions can be found at https://easydigitaldownloads.com/docs

You can submit a support ticket via the support forum at anytime.

Any file type can be sold using Easy Digital Downloads. You can sell .PDF, .DOC, .MP3, .MOV, .EPUB, .PSD, .MP4, .JPG, or any other extension which exists. Easy Digital Downloads also supports selling access to software, services, memberships, and content when you upgrade to Pro.

Due to its popularity, many ecommerce tools have built direct integrations with Easy Digital Downloads, such as OptinMonster. With the direct EDD integration, you can optimize your sales funnel using OptinMonster's display rules based on the customer's EDD cart contents and conditions.

The security of you and your customers' data is very important, so we strongly recommend you have an SSL certificate for your store. Documentation here

While nearly any theme will work with Easy Digital Downloads, we've worked with industry-leading theme developers to curate a list of themes that are specifically written for Easy Digital Downloads.

Yes! Simply go to Tools > Import and install the WordPress Importer, then you can use the sample-products-import.xml file located in wp-content/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/assets/. This will create several sample products and plugin pages for you.

Yes! We do have a basic import solution that imports a CSV file, so if you can get your data into the appropriate format then we can import it.

Check out our guide on migrating to Easy Digital Downloads from Gumroad.

You can display your customer's purchase history with the EDD Order History Block or if you prefer, you can show users a list of their available downloads with the EDD User Downloads block. Check out our documentation for more information about Easy Digital Download's Blocks.