Dude Downloads

Dude Downloads is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you sell or give away digital files using Stripe Checkout. Upload a file, set a price (or make it free), publish your product, and embed it anywhere using a Gutenberg block or shortcode. After payment or a free claim, customers receive a secure download link by email. Dude Downloads follows the WPDude philosophy: One plugin. One job. No unnecessary complexity—just everything you need to sell digital downloads. Watch the complete getting started guide Learn how to create download products, connect Stripe, publish your products and start selling in minutes. https://youtu.be/lgL_iIZ_rYc Documentation https://wpdude.com/wp-dude-plugin-documentation/dude-downloads-documentation/ Perfect for:

• Authors
• Bloggers
• Coaches
• Designers
• Developers
• Photographers
• Content creators
• Anyone selling digital products

Free Features

• Unlimited free download products
• Unlimited paid download products
• Stripe Checkout (Test and Live)
• Secure, expiring download links
• Configurable download expiry and download limits
• Customer download emails
• Gutenberg block
• Shortcode support
• Transaction history

Pro Features The Pro version adds business integrations including:

• Outgoing webhooks
• CSV export (transactions list)
• Sales reports (Dude Downloads → Reports: revenue by day/product/customer, customer history, CSV export)
• Admin REST API
• Custom customer email templates
• Custom success redirects
• Download box styling (colours, fonts and icons)

Stripe Paid checkouts are securely processed by Stripe Checkout. No payment card data is ever stored on your WordPress website. It sends product name, price, currency, and customer email to Stripe when a visitor starts Checkout (and related webhook events afterwards to confirm payment).

• Stripe Terms: https://stripe.com/legal
• Stripe Privacy: https://stripe.com/privacy

Freemius This plugin optionally uses Freemius for license management and updates of the separate Pro package, and for optional opt-in product connection in wp-admin. Connecting to Freemius is optional and requires an explicit opt-in. Anonymous usage collection is not enabled by this plugin beyond Freemius’s own compliant .org integration settings. When you opt in, Freemius may receive site URL, admin email, and plugin version information needed for licensing and updates.

• Freemius Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/
• Freemius Privacy: https://freemius.com/privacy/

2.2.35

• WordPress.org compliance: sales report aggregation lives only in the Pro package (not in the free build).
• WordPress.org compliance: removed ★ Go Pro admin upsell from the free UI; Freemius/Stripe documented under External services.
• Fix: register the product post type on init to avoid translation loading notices.

2.2.34

• Plugin Check: settings admin notices no longer trigger nonce warnings on the Freemius free build.

2.2.33

• Pro: Logged-in subscribers see a “Browse subscription library” link on product boxes when a library page is set.

2.2.32

• Pro: Subscription Library (shortcode + block) with library page settings and “See what’s included” links.
• Pro: Buy once / Subscribe side-by-side on product cards; clearer one-time vs subscription copy.
• Pro: Outgoing webhooks for subscription created, updated, canceled, and payment failed.
• Pro: Optional per-product download box icon override.
• Admin: tabbed Settings and Go Pro marketing page improvements.
• Fix: unchecking “include with subscription” no longer fatals on product save.
• Plugin Check: sanitization and escaping clean-up.

2.2.31

• Confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.1 (Tested up to: 7.1).
• Fix: More WP Dude Plugins admin CSS loads reliably on the free build (card grid layout).

2.2.30

• Admin: More WP Dude Plugins page — local catalogue to discover other WP Dude plugins (WordPress.org-safe).

2.2.29

• Fix: transaction detail links use admin.php so opening a transaction no longer shows "Cannot load dude-downloads-transactions".

2.2.28

• Freemius: set premium_suffix to Premium (matches Developer Dashboard SDK snippet).

2.2.27

• Pro sales reports: Export CSV for the current date range and grouping.
• Premium bootstrap works with local DEV_MODE / force_premium.
• Stripe return URLs scroll to the product confirmation on long posts.

2.2.26

• Plugin Check: sanitize download box style settings POST input more clearly.
• Docs: Stripe Tax and Sales reports coverage for the public documentation paste.

2.2.25

• Pro: Sales reports (revenue by day/product/customer, customer history).
• Stripe Tax: optional automatic tax collection on Checkout (exclusive/inclusive).
• Persist tax amount from Stripe Checkout on completed transactions.

2.2.24

• Updated WordPress.org readme: clearer description, FAQ, screenshots, and install steps.

2.2.23

• Settings: list required Stripe webhook events next to the webhook endpoint URL.

2.2.22

• Hide Pro options and Upgrade to Pro admin notices when Pro is not active (WordPress.org advertising guidelines).

2.2.21

• Prefix all plugin identifiers with wpdude_dd_ (WordPress.org unique naming).
• Removed generic [simple_product] shortcode; use [dude_download] or [wpdude_dd].

2.2.20

• Copy: removed WooCommerce from plugin header and short description; FAQ answer retained.

2.2.19

• WordPress.org: Contributors set to wpdudeplugins.

2.2.18

• WordPress.org Contributors account alignment.

2.2.17

• Prefixed global functions and variables for Plugin Check naming conventions.

2.2.16

• Guideline 5: download expiry and download limits are fully editable on free (no Pro gate).
• Confirmed stripe/stripe-php v21.0.0 in vendor metadata.
• Plugin URI points to the public documentation page.