Easy Digital Downloads – Software Licensing is a powerful WordPress extension that adds complete license key generation, activation, and update delivery to your digital products. It’s built for selling plugins, themes, SaaS, and software, making it simple to manage renewals, protect access, and push seamless updates—all from your EDD store.
- Automatic license key generation and assignment at purchase
- One-click license activation, deactivation, and reactivation
- Built-in support for versioned software updates and changelogs
- Seamless in-dashboard updates for WordPress plugins and themes
- Flexible license terms: lifetime, time-based, and custom expirations
- License renewal reminders and discounts to boost retention
- Tiered pricing and activations per license (sites, seats, or installs)
- REST and PHP APIs for custom integrations and remote checks
- Secure, tamper-resistant license validation endpoints
- Easy migration tools for existing customers and keys
- Detailed reports: activations, expirations, renewals, and revenue
- Customer license management from account dashboards
- Manual key creation, import, export, and bulk actions
- Multisite and staging URL handling to prevent key abuse
- Works with EDD Recurring Payments for auto-renewals
- Supports bundles, variations, and download-specific rules
- Developer-friendly hooks, filters, and sample updater classes
