Easy Digital Downloads - Recurring Payments

Version 2.14.0 — 20 October 2026

• New API – Subscriptions, renewals, and subscription notes are now available to AI assistants through the WordPress Abilities API.
• New Subscriptions – Customers whose update link no longer works can now request a new one by email from the update page.
• Security Improved validation of recurring product prices and billing terms at checkout.
• Security Strengthened verification of PayPal Standard and 2Checkout subscription notifications.
• Security Content restricted to active subscribers now checks subscription status more strictly.
• Security Improved sanitization of subscription notes.
• Security The subscriptions API now requires permission to view subscriptions before returning subscription details.
• Security Strengthened verification before a PayPal Express order is marked complete.
• Security Strengthened ownership checks when a customer updates a subscription’s payment method.
• Security The PayPal Express confirmation page now only shows subscription details to the customer they belong to.
• Other The hidden upgrades page no longer appears in the WordPress Command Palette.
• Improved Header and footer blocks on the payment method update page now work correctly with block themes.
• Improved Compatiblity – Multi-Currency: Stripe subscriptions now renew in the currency of the purchase instead of the store’s base currency.
• Improved Compatibility – Software Licensing: Renewing a license manually through PayPal now cancels the old subscription, so customers are no longer billed twice.
• Fixed Canceled subscriptions that use a saved PayPal payment method can now be reactivated.
• Fixed Renewals with tax are no longer overcharged by the tax amount.
• Security Erase Personal Data can now anonymize subscription renewal orders.
• Fixed A failed renewal payment no longer extends a subscription or its license.
• Improved Renewals processed on the last day of a month now get the correct expiration date.
• Improved Subscriptions are now created when an order that was placed on hold is completed.
• Improved Purchases completed after the customer leaves checkout, including live Amazon Pay purchases, now create their subscriptions.
• Improved Subscriptions canceled after failed payments can be reactivated again, and payment is collected when they are.
• Improved The Subscription Sync tool now updates expiration dates, so reactivated subscriptions stay active.
• Improved Subscriptions recovered with the missing subscription tool now store the correct recurring tax.
• Fixed Canceling a subscription that is unpaid in Stripe now cancels it in Stripe as well.
• Fixed Renewal payments are now recorded even when a subscription’s saved Stripe ID is out of date.
• Improved The Create Subscription recovery tool on the order screen finds matching Stripe subscriptions again.
• Improved A new payment method now gets the customer’s full billing address, so renewals in regions that require one are no longer declined.
• Improved Renewal orders now use the current tax rate instead of one that has been deactivated.
• Improved The legacy Stripe subscription creation callbacks are no longer registered in Payment Elements mode.
• Improved Added a lock utility to prevent the same record from being processed twice at once.
• Improved Added the missing parent_payment_id_product_id index to the subscriptions table for stores that upgraded from 2.12.2 or earlier, which fixes slow admin page loads.
• Improved The subscriptions query now validates its own sort direction.
• Improved Stripe subscription reactivation now runs in a dedicated service.
• Improved Blocks now use the plugin’s shared build tooling, and dependencies have been updated.

Earlier versions

• 2.13.13 (1 July 2026): 1 new, 4 improved
• 2.13.11 (14 April 2026): 2 improved, 6 fixed
• 2.13.10 (23 March 2026): 1 new, 3 improved, 1 fixed