myCred Gateway – Easy Digital Downloads

myCred Gateway – Easy Digital Downloads

Imagine letting your users pay with loyalty points instead of money—myCred Gateway – Easy Digital Downloads transforms that into reality. This add-on integrates directly with Easy Digital Downloads (EDD), enabling users to spend their myCred point balance at checkout rather than cash. It’s perfect for incentivizing engagement and rewarding loyalty, while keeping transactions seamless within your digital store.

The integration works by registering myCred as a payment gateway within EDD’s standard checkout interface. Customers can select a pay-with-points option on the product page, deducting the cost from their point balance at purchase. Conversely, admins can also configure store rewards so that buying a downloadable product automatically awards points. This dual setup—point spending and point earning—creates a powerful loop for engagement.

Technically, the add-on is built using WordPress hooks and EDD gateway API. It registers point-balance logic during form processing, validates user balance, and subtracts or credits points without disrupting normal EDD payment flows. Refunds handled through EDD trigger automatic reversals of points, and transactions are recorded in both EDD and myCred logs. It’s performance‑optimized to avoid slowdowns, even with large product catalogs.

Gateway settings are configured via the EDD settings panel, where admins can define which point types are allowed for spending and which products are eligible. Custom point types (beyond the default) are fully supported, allowing fine-grained control over your reward currency. Activity logs remain clear and chronological, ensuring users and administrators can review every transaction.

In sum, myCred Gateway – Easy Digital Downloads closes the loop between customer loyalty and revenue. By letting users pay with points and earn more through purchases, it creates a self-reinforcing reward system—and does so using solid integration with WordPress, myCred, and EDD APIs.