Ever Checkout – Sell Digital Products & Downloads

Protected downloads

• Files are kept in a protected folder outside the media library, under random names
• Every download is checked against its order when it is served, so a shared link does not share the file
• Download limits and link expiry, set for the whole store or per product
• A refunded order loses its downloads straight away

Orders and customers

• Orders with search and filters
• A customer record for every buyer, created at checkout
• A dashboard with your sales and a short list of what’s left before you go live
• Checkouts that were never paid are cancelled automatically every day

Who it’s for

Ever Checkout is for people who sell files: writers, developers, designers, musicians, photographers and teachers. It handles one-time purchases. If you need a cart, shipping, stock or subscriptions, a full store plugin is the better fit.

Your data stays on your site

There is no outside dashboard and no hosted store. Card details never reach your site, because your customer pays on the payment provider’s own page. Customer data works with the WordPress personal data export and erase tools, and suggested privacy policy text is added under Settings > Privacy.

External services

Ever Checkout connects to a payment provider only after you turn on its gateway and enter your own account keys.

Stripe , by Stripe, Inc., takes card payments and refunds. Terms of service , privacy policy .

• When a customer starts a checkout, the plugin sends their email address, the product name, price, currency and quantity, the order number and order key, and the addresses on your site the customer returns to after paying or cancelling.
• When Stripe reports a payment to your site, the plugin asks Stripe for that payment’s details to confirm the amount and the payment method. Stripe sends the payer’s email address, name and country, which are saved on the order and the customer record.
• When you refund an order, the plugin sends the payment reference, the amount and your note.

Card details never reach your site. Errors returned by Stripe are written to a log file in the plugin’s protected uploads folder.