Artem Semkin

Release Deploy for Easy Digital Downloads connects your GitHub releases directly to your EDD store—no ZIP uploads, no manual updates, no local file storage.
Perfect for developers who want to streamline their release workflow: create a GitHub release and your customers instantly and securely get access.
How it works
Create a GitHub release (manually or via CI/CD) → Upload your ZIP as a release asset → Select it in EDD → Files serve directly to customers.
Your GitHub repository becomes the single source of truth for both your code and your downloads.
Core features
<ul>
<li>Direct delivery – serve files from GitHub CDN without storing assets in <code>/wp-uploads</code></li>
<li>Private & public repos – both fully supported with secure token authentication</li>
<li>Visual file browser – select GitHub release assets as easily as picking images from Media Library</li>
<li>Smart caching – stay well within GitHub rate limits to ensure uninterrupted downloads</li>
<li>Real-time validation – instant confirmation that files are accessible and ready to serve to customers</li>
<li>Rate limit monitoring – stay informed about your GitHub API usage</li>
</ul>
True CI/CD deployment for your EDD store
Push a tag. Your EDD store updates instantly. Customers get the latest version. You do nothing.
<h3>Source Code</h3>
The complete source code for this plugin, including non-compiled JavaScript and CSS, is available on <a href="https://github.com/artkrsk/release-deploy-edd" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>
Please see the GitHub repository for build instructions and development setup.
Upgrade to Pro
Upgrade to <a href="https://artemsemkin.gumroad.com/l/release-deploy-edd-pro/BF2025" rel="nofollow ugc">Release Deploy Pro</a> and unlock:
<ul>
<li>“Latest” release keyword – set once, never update Download files again when you release</li>
<li>GitHub webhooks – customers get new releases instantly after you push, zero manual sync</li>
<li>Version & changelog sync – write once on GitHub, version numbers and changelogs update everywhere automatically</li>
<li>Email notifications – get alerted immediately if downloads fail or rate limits approach</li>
<li>Priority support – dedicated support forum with 24-hour response target</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to GitHub’s REST API to serve downloadable files from your repositories.
What service is used: 
<a href="https://api.github.com" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub REST API</a>
What data is sent: 
– Your Personal Access Token (for authentication) 
– Repository names (to fetch releases) 
– Release information (to retrieve download files)
When data is sent: 
– When browsing repositories in the admin interface 
– When validating file availability 
– When customers download files from your store 
– When checking API rate limits
Privacy & Terms: 
– <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Terms of Service</a> 
– <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Privacy Statement</a>
Your GitHub Personal Access Token is stored securely on your WordPress server and is never exposed to customers or third parties. All API requests are made server-side.

Release Deploy for Easy Digital Downloads

Automate your EDD workflow. Push a tag, create a GitHub release, and files are instantly available—supports private repos, no local storage.

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Please refer to the Github repository <a href="https://github.com/crgeary/wp-jamstack-deployments" rel="nofollow ugc">crgeary/wp-jamstack-deployments</a> for usage instructions, and for support.

JAMstack Deployments

This plugin does some really great stuff to trigger a deploy on Netlify (or other JAMstack hosts) based on activity on the WordPress website. 

Most often this would be used for headless WordPress, but since it's using build hooks (which essentially just tell the JAMstack host to process the build) it could be utilized for more than just headless CMS applications.

The setup was straightforward, and aided by screenshots. I've not explored using JAMstack providers other than Netlify for setup, but for Netlify this config setup procedure was very simple. 

One thing I'd love to see is a manual override option: sometimes I want to make a few quick changes in a row on my WP site that would (by default) trigger a build for each one. I'd like to be able to manually tell this plugin "don't trigger now" without having to manually deactivate it, and then when all changes are made I could deploy the changes all at once. This would save me some build minutes at Netlify. 

I'd envision this as a button in the top bar beside (or nested under) the deploy button that essentially allows "pausing" of deployments.

All told, great plugin that does exactly what it says!

Works fantastically with Netlify!

The perfect bridge between two awesome stacks: LAMP and JAMstack.
Great work, thanks for sharing!

Excellent Work

A WordPress plugin for JAMstack deployments on Netlify (and other platforms).

Release Deploy for Easy Digital Downloads vs JAMstack Deployments