FileSpark – Sell Digital Downloads & Products

Payments

• Stripe Connect: accept credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay via one-click OAuth with no manual API key setup
• Stripe Checkout: Stripe’s hosted payment page handles 3DS authentication, card validation, and PCI compliance entirely on their infrastructure
• Test mode: run your complete checkout and payment flow against Stripe’s test environment before going live
• Free product fast-path: $0.00 products skip Stripe entirely and complete immediately

Secure file delivery

• Tokenised download links: every purchase generates a unique, cryptographically random URL; direct file paths are never exposed to buyers
• Download expiry: set how long download links remain active, per-product or globally
• Download limits: cap how many times a file can be downloaded per purchase
• Download audit log: records every download attempt by customer, IP address, date, and user agent

Orders & customers

• Order management: view, filter, search, and manage every order from a dedicated admin screen
• Status controls: update order status manually, resend purchase receipts, and print or save PDF receipts
• Customer tracking: automatic customer records per purchase; view order history, total spend, and download history per customer
• Guest checkout: no WordPress account required; buyers complete checkout with just name and email
• Customer account page: logged-in buyers view orders, re-download files, and manage their profile via [filespark_account]

Coupons & discounts

• Flat-amount and percentage discount codes with optional expiry dates
• Enable, disable, and monitor usage from the coupon admin screen

Emails

• Purchase receipt automatically emailed to the buyer on every completed order
• New sale notification emailed to the admin on every sale
• Configurable from name, from address, receipt subject line, and email footer

Reporting

• Revenue and order summary for today, this week, this month, and this year
• Top products by revenue for each period
• Revenue chart with period-over-period comparison

Blocks, widgets & shortcodes

• Gutenberg blocks: every FileSpark shortcode is available as a native Gutenberg block with no coding required
• Elementor widgets: full Elementor widget support for all FileSpark features
• Shortcodes: [filespark_products] , [filespark_purchase_link] , [filespark_cart] , [filespark_checkout] , [filespark_purchase_history] , [filespark_account] , and more

SEO & compatibility

• Products are WordPress custom post types, with full compatibility with Yoast SEO and RankMath; proper canonical URLs, Open Graph, and Schema.org Product markup out of the box
• Works with any WordPress theme: FileSpark renders product pages through your theme’s template hierarchy with no theme modification required
• Data preserved on uninstall: products, orders, and customers are never deleted unless you explicitly request it via Settings → Danger Zone

FileSpark Pro

FileSpark Pro unlocks a complete eCommerce suite for growing digital product businesses.

More payment options

• PayPal: accept PayPal payments alongside Stripe; many customers prefer or exclusively use PayPal
• FileSpark Wallet: store credit system; credit customers manually, accept wallet top-ups, and issue refunds as wallet balance

Recurring revenue

• Subscriptions via Stripe Billing: sell monthly and annual plans, access passes, and memberships
• Free trial periods and one-time setup fees per subscription product
• Customer self-service subscription management and cancellation from the account page
• Subscription lifecycle emails: renewal confirmations, trial-ending notices, and payment-failed alerts

More ways to sell

• Product variations: sell multiple tiers of the same product (e.g. Personal / Business / Agency license) with per-variation pricing and per-variation files
• Pay what you want: let buyers name their price above a minimum threshold
• Product bundles: package multiple products into a single purchase at a combined price
• Product raffles: sell raffle entries, draw a winner, and automatically refund non-winners

For software & plugin developers

• Software license keys: automatically generate and deliver a license key per purchase; activate, check, and deactivate site licenses via REST API
• Software update delivery: distribute plugin and theme updates to licensed customers without a third-party service
• Cloud file delivery: store and serve large files from Amazon S3 or Google Drive with time-limited signed download URLs

Recover lost revenue

• Abandoned cart recovery: automatically email customers who started checkout and didn’t finish; industry average recovery rate is 5-15% of lost carts
• Loyalty program: customers earn points on every purchase, redeemable as a checkout discount
• Parity pricing: automatic regional price reductions based on purchasing power parity

Advanced commerce

• Multi-currency: sell in local currencies with automatic daily exchange rate updates from the ECB
• Advanced coupons: bulk code generation (up to 500 at once), BOGO rules, category-scoped discounts, minimum order amounts, and a codeless discount rule builder
• Content restriction: gate WordPress posts and pages behind specific product purchases
• Customer wishlists, product reviews, and star ratings
• Advanced analytics: customer lifetime value, refund rates, revenue by gateway and country, CSV export

Better email & developer tools

• Full visual email template editor: customise colours, layout, logo, and body for every transactional email
• Reliable email delivery via SendGrid or Amazon SES
• REST API with named bearer tokens and per-token scopes
• Outbound webhooks: push order and subscription events to Zapier, Make, or any HTTP endpoint
• AffiliateWP and FirstPromoter integration for affiliate-driven growth

Get FileSpark Pro →

Built by CodeCabin

FileSpark is built and maintained by CodeCabin , the team behind WP Go Maps , one of the most popular WordPress plugins on the directory. We build for the long term: correct architecture, minimal footprint, regular updates, and genuine support.

Documentation

• Getting started with FileSpark
• Connecting Stripe
• Adding your first product
• Secure download delivery explained
• Shortcodes reference
• FileSpark Pro

External Services

FileSpark connects to the following external services. Please review their terms and privacy policies before using the plugin.

Stripe

FileSpark uses Stripe (https://stripe.com) to process payments. The following data is transmitted to Stripe:

• On checkout: The order amount, currency, and customer email address are sent to Stripe’s servers to create a payment session. FileSpark uses Stripe Checkout — Stripe’s hosted payment page — so card details are entered directly on Stripe’s infrastructure and are never transmitted through or stored on your WordPress site.
• On setup: Stripe’s API is called to register a webhook endpoint so that Stripe can notify your site of payment events (e.g. completed charges, refunds).
• On each transaction: Gateway requests (charge creation, refund processing, etc.) are sent to the Stripe API at https://api.stripe.com.

Stripe is an opt-in service — no data is sent to Stripe until you connect your Stripe account. FileSpark operates as a Stripe Connect platform. A 2% transaction charge is applied to each completed transaction via Stripe’s application_fee_amount mechanism and disclosed in FileSpark → Settings → Gateways.

• Stripe Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa
• Stripe Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

CodeCabin Stripe OAuth Proxy

To connect your Stripe account securely, FileSpark uses an OAuth proxy hosted by CodeCabin at codecabin.io. Because storing Stripe OAuth credentials inside an open-source plugin would expose them publicly, the proxy holds those credentials server-side and facilitates the OAuth handshake on your behalf.

• On connect: When you click “Connect Stripe”, your browser is redirected to the CodeCabin proxy (https://codecabin.io/filespark/stripe/oauth/init.php) with your chosen mode (live or test) and a return URL. The proxy completes the Stripe OAuth f