Direct Download for WooCommerce
by Kamalyon · eCommerce
Also makes 2 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Direct Download for WooCommerce allows customers to download virtual, downloadable, and free products directly from the product page.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 67/100
Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
70+
≈72 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “direct download”, “download” and “free products” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
67 health vs 71 average across 9,788 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.5%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 1.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,167 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2025-07-10The one review here is happy: it restored a missing download button on a block theme where another plugin fell short, with a note that more options would help.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 339 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.6; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| direct download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| free products your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| virtual products your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “direct download”, “download” and “free products” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 18 May 2025 · 449 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 137 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.19 · 28 Nov 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 46 days.
Install history since 17 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Animatedlead1.3y ago
I recently switch to ‘Greenshift’ block theme and ‘Free Downloads WooCommerce’ hides the ‘add to cart’ but didn’t show the ‘download’ button. Your plugin helped. Need more options but this is a good start. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.19). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open High · 7.5 Direct Download for WooCommerce <= 1.19 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via 'file_id' Path Segment ↗2026-09-09 CVE-2026-15019 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory Affects <= 1.19 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 60+ → 70+ up after 73 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 50+ → 60+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 40+ → 50+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 40+ up after 27 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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