PaddlePress PRO 2.6 is now available, introducing Composer support for WordPress plugins and themes, along with smarter automation, performance tweaks, and developer-focused enhancements for distributing licensed WordPress products.
🔧 Composer Support for WordPress Plugins and Themes
You can now distribute your WordPress plugins and themes via Composer, with full license validation and versioned update control.
The new Composer endpoint supports per-package authentication using license-key and license-url headers — ideal for private deployments, CI/CD workflows, and agency-grade automation.
👉 View the Composer setup guide for detailed instructions.
🛡️ Rate Limiting for API Requests
PaddlePress now supports rate limiting for API requests to help reduce unnecessary traffic and improve stability. It uses a sliding window approach based on IP address, ensuring efficient request handling while allowing legitimate usage to flow freely.
💳 eventCallback Support for Paddle Billing
The Paddle integration has been enhanced with support for the eventCallback option in Paddle Billing.
Whether you’re using Paddle Classic or Billing, PaddlePress detects the mode and injects the correct configuration, including vendor or seller IDs and any custom event callbacks.
👤 Smarter Username Generation
When creating WordPress users via Paddle checkout, PaddlePress now generates cleaner, shorter usernames using the email’s local part.
Fallback logic ensures uniqueness without defaulting to long or random strings unless necessary.
🛠️ Other Improvements
- ✅ Version detection now uses the explicit version meta instead of relying on publish dates.
- ✅ Fixed
_load_textdomain_just_in_timenotices - ✅ PHP 7.4 is now the minimum supported version
- ✅ Updated internal dependencies
- ✅ Minor performance improvements and cleanup
🚀 How to Update
PaddlePress PRO 2.6 can be updated via the WordPress dashboard or through Composer, depending on your setup.
This release focuses on improving flexibility and security for developers distributing premium WordPress products. Feedback and suggestions continue to shape the roadmap — thank you to everyone who contributed ideas, bug reports, or feature requests.
For more information, visit the documentation or get in touch if you need help.