Best e-downloads plugins for WordPress
The most popular e-downloads plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of EDD Auto Register (800+) and EDD Downloads As Services (200+). All 16 plugins tagged “e-downloads” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 e-downloads plugins
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Easy Digital Downloads Featured DownloadsThe most installed e-downloads plugin, with 900+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
EDD Auto Register800+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
EDD Downloads As Services200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 4.
Easy Digital Downloads100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
EDD Download Images100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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EDD Favorites80+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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EDD Purchase Rewards50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 8.
EDD List File Names40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago.
- 9.
EDD Disable Purchase Receipt30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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EDD Free Download Text20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 16 plugins tagged “e-downloads”
Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,146by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP1 year ago
Easily feature your downloads
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day
EDD Auto Register
Down in the last 7 days:22#7,599by Syed Balkhi2 years ago
Automatically creates a WP user account at checkout, based on customer's email address.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
EDD Downloads As Services
Up in the last 7 days:76#12,868by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP5 years ago
Mark Downloads As Services in Easy Digital Downloads
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Easy Digital Downloads
Down in the last 7 days:38#14,019by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP9 years ago
Allows Coming Soon or Custom Status text instead of normal pricing for downloads in Easy Digital Downloads.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 4/day
EDD Download Images
#14,356by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP10 years ago
Easily add extra download images and display them.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Favorites
Down in the last 7 days:119#17,649by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP9 years ago
Favorite/Unfavorite downloads in Easy Digital Downloads with just 1 click.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Purchase Rewards
Down in the last 7 days:83#20,100by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP11 years ago
Increase sales and build customer loyalty by rewarding customers
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD List File Names
Down in the last 7 days:153#23,151by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP12 years ago
Shows a simple list of the download's files with a shortcode
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Disable Purchase Receipt
Up in the last 7 days:161#23,852by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP13 years ago
Disables the standard purchase receipt sent to the customer
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Free Download Text
Up in the last 7 days:260#25,554by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP9 years ago
Change the button text of a free download
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Versions
Down in the last 7 days:298#27,743by Jason14 years ago
This plugin adds version numbers to your downloadable software products in Easy Digital Downloads.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
EDD Add To Cart Redirect
#37,259by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP12 years ago
Redirect to any post/page/download when a download has been added the cart.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Purchase Gravatars
Down in the last 7 days:1,629#39,514by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP5 years ago
Displays Gravatars of customers who have purchased your product
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Service Extended
#40,259by Varun Dubey11 years ago
Easy Digital Download Service Extended adds message section in the user dashboard for conversation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day
EDD Prevent Checkout
#41,934by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP9 years ago
Prevents customer from being able to checkout until a minimum cart total is reached
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDD Invoice Data
Up in the last 7 days:4,386#41,992by Michal Jaworski8 years ago
This plugin allows you to gather invoice data for any EDD payment gateway.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day