WordPress plugin comparison

Easy Digital Downloads vs Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce

Easy Digital Downloads

by Adam Pickering

10+ installs5.0

Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce

by Link Nacional

5K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce has more active installs: 5K+, against 10+ for Easy Digital Downloads.
On a typical day, Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce is downloaded about 49 times, Easy Digital Downloads about 1.
Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce was updated more recently: Sep 25, 2026, against Apr 17, 2014 for Easy Digital Downloads.
Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.9.40 for Easy Digital Downloads.
Easy Digital Downloads has been around longer: since 2013, against 2018 for Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce.

Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Easy Digital Downloads	Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce
Popular rank	#41,827	#3,061
Active installs	10+	5K+
Downloads, last 30 days	33	1.2K
Rating	5.0(2)	5.0(57)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.9.40	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.80
Last release	12 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	8.2

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