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Easy Digital Downloads — WordPress Ecommerce Plugin

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

by Syed Balkhi · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.7.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 8.0+

Easy Digital Downloads has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,088,927 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 14, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Easy Digital Downloads at a glance

Active installs
40,000+
Total downloads
6,088,927
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Easy Digital Downloads well maintained?

Support threads resolved
11 of 13
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
6%
35 of 590 reviews on WordPress.org

Easy Digital Downloads reviews and ratings

590 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

590 reviews

5★
536
4★
11
3★
4
2★
4
1★
35

Where Easy Digital Downloads ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Easy Digital Downloads appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Ecommerce Plugins #15 by tag, #2 in search #2 –
Best Payment Gateway Plugins #9 by tag, not in search #46 –
Best Membership Plugins #48 in search, not tagged #79 –

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Details

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

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Easy Digital Downloads competes in

Tags

  • digital store
  • ecommerce
  • payments
  • sell digital products
  • stripe

More from Syed Balkhi

Version
3.7.0
Last updated
Aug 14, 2026
First published
Apr 10, 2012
Requires WordPress
6.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
8.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Easy Digital Downloads FAQ

How many active installs does Easy Digital Downloads have?

WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs for Easy Digital Downloads as of September 7, 2026.

Is Easy Digital Downloads still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 14, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Does Easy Digital Downloads have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 11 of 13 recent support threads for Easy Digital Downloads are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Easy Digital Downloads free?

Easy Digital Downloads is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Easy Digital Downloads rank among Ecommerce Plugins?

Easy Digital Downloads is #2 in the WordPress.org "ecommerce" ranking as of today.