by codepeople 4 (21 reviews)

Sell Downloads

Name: Sell Downloads
Rating: 4.0 (21 reviews)
Author: codepeople

Sell Downloads is an WordPress eCommerce for selling downloadable files: audio, video, documents, pictures all that may be published in Internet.

Sell Downloads ranks #14,318 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,757 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 4/5 rating from 21 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.2.4 Current Version v1.2.4

Updated 16 hours ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,757 of 8,543 in Customization Top 25% by installs Downloads +25% this week Actively maintained

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#14,318

+14 this week

Active Installs

100+

-40.1%

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Downloads

95.5K

+35 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (21 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 90%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

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Overall 80%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

5 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Dec 30, 2025

Sell Downloads [sell-downloads] < 1.2.0

CVE-2025-68850 · Fixed in v1.2.0
Dec 4, 2015

Sell Downloads [sell-downloads] < 1.0.17

Fixed in v1.0.17
Jul 10, 2015

Sell Downloads [sell-downloads] < 1.0.8

CVE-2015-9348 · Fixed in v1.0.8
Dec 29, 2014

Sell Downloads [sell-downloads] < 1.0.2

CVE-2014-9511 · Fixed in v1.0.2
Sell Downloads [sell-downloads] < 1.0.2

Fixed in v1.0.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.4
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2026
Requires WP: 3.5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: codepeople

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 21
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Sell Downloads is for WordPress site owners who want to sell downloadable digital files like audio, video, documents, and pictures. It solves the problem of complex e-commerce plugins built for tangible products by offering a simple setup using only PayPal data and product details, without shipping or physical inventory fields.

Sell digital files via PayPal
Filter products by file type
Multiple store layouts
Paging and sorting of results
Social network sharing
Demo file protection
Sales statistics tracking
Shopping cart (premium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Sell Downloads

A: First, go to the settings page of commerce and be sure the PayPal checkbox is checked, and has defined the seller's email. Second, be sure the product has a price defined and a file for sell associated.

A: If the store has defined a discount and a coupon at the same time, only one is applied to the sale, the biggest of both.

A: To download all purchased files as only one file, is required enabling the zip option from the settings page of "Sell Downloads". The zip feature may be disabled in your website because the required extensions are not present in the PHP of the web server.

A: Verify that the theme used in your website, includes the function wp_footer(); in the template file "footer.php" or the template file "index.php"

A: Go to the plugins section in WordPress, deactivate the free version of Sell Downloads, and delete it ( Don't worry, this process don't modify the products created with the free version of plugin), and finally install and activate the premium version of plugin.

A: I'm sorry, but the current version of plugin allows PayPal only.

A: The restriction is imposed by PayPal. Please, check that your PayPal account allow to charge directly from the credit cards of customers.

A: The design of each section of Sell Downloads, is determined from templates located in "/wp-content/plugins/sell-downloads/sd-templates". The "sd-templates" directory contains multiple files. The template files: product.tpl.html is used in the store page. product_single.tpl.html is used in particular pages of products. product_multiple.tpl.html is used in pages of multiple entries like: archives and search result page.

A: It is possible promote a product or products list, from the website's sidebars, or directly from the content of pages or posts. To promote the products on sidebars, go to the widgets section, and inserts the corresponding widget on sidebar. To promote the products from the content of pages and posts, go to the page and press the corresponding icon over the contents editor.

A: The security in the access to products files is determined in different ways. The products files can't be accessed directly. The purchased files are stored in a special directory called sd-downloads, the sd-downloads directory includes a .htaccess file that forbid the access from browser. The files can be accessed only through a server side script that validates the purchase. The Store determines the validity of download links based in three options, available in the settings page of plugin. -- It is possible define a time period, in days, where a download link is considered valid. If a user tries to download a purchased product, the Store checks the date of purchasing. -- It is possible define a limit of downloads by purchase. If a user tries to download a product, the Sell Downloads checks how many downloads have been made. -- The Store may be configured to request the email address used in the purchasing to check the validity of download link.