Easy Digital Downloads Conditional Gateways

Description

The Conditional Gateways addon adds a new section to the product editing screen in Easy Digital Downloads, allowing you to enable or disable payment gateways for a specific download. With this Conditional Gateways extension, the payment methods displayed at checkout depend on the customer’s cart contents, letting you precisely define which options appear for each digital product sold in the online store.

Main Features

• Per-download Configuration
  Enables or disables specific payment gateways directly in the editor of each digital product.
• Cart-based Control
  Filters the methods shown at checkout based on the items in the customer’s cart.
• Dedicated section in the product editor
  Creates a new area on the Download editing screen to set payment rules for each item.
• Compatibility with installed gateways
  Works with native and additional gateways already configured in the Easy Digital Downloads store.
• Native integration with EDD
  Ties into the standard checkout flow without requiring changes to templates or custom code.

Benefits of the Conditional Gateways

• Cleaner checkout for customers
  Shows only the methods relevant to the purchased product, reducing friction at checkout.
• Commercial flexibility per product
  Allows reserving specific gateways for premium items, launches, or segmented catalogs.
• Transaction fee optimization
  Directs sales to the lowest-cost gateway based on the type of download sold.
• Segmented payment rules
  Adjusts available options without needing to maintain separate checkouts or pages on the site.

Who Is It Recommended For?

• Stores based on Easy Digital Downloads that have products requiring distinct payment rules.
• Digital businesses selling to international and local audiences using different gateways.
• Sellers who want to reduce transaction costs by directing products to specific gateways.

Designed for digital retailers needing finely-tuned checkout rules, the Conditional Gateways extension turns payment control into a per-product decision. Configured directly in the Download editor, it eliminates the need for custom hooks or parallel plugins, allowing you to tailor the payment experience to each catalogue item’s commercial strategy.

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