Overview

PackEdge is a license management and release distribution platform for WordPress plugin and theme developers.

Architecture

Component	URL	Description
API	api.packedge.dev	Hono on Cloudflare Workers
Console	console.packedge.dev	SolidJS SPA on Cloudflare Pages
Docs	docs.packedge.dev	VitePress on Cloudflare Pages
Database	—	Cloudflare D1 (SQLite)
Storage	—	Cloudflare R2
Cache	—	Cloudflare KV

Key Concepts

Products

Products represent your WordPress plugins or themes. Each product has:

• A unique slug used in API calls
• A public_key for client-side validation (safe to embed)
• Optional release management for auto-updates

Licenses

License keys grant customers access to your product. Each license has:

• A unique key in format PREFIX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
• Seat limits (max simultaneous sites)
• Optional expiration date
• Status tracking (active, expired, revoked, suspended)

Sites

When a customer installs your plugin and enters their license key, a site is created. Sites track:

• Which urls are using a license
• Seat usage against the limit
• Activation/deactivation history

Releases

Releases are versioned ZIP files of your plugin/theme. When enabled, PackEdge serves WordPress-compatible update checks, allowing your plugin to update through the standard WordPress admin.

API Types

PackEdge has two API types:

Type	Prefix	Auth	Use Case
Public API	/public/v1/*	Product public_key	License validation, updates
Management API	/console/*	Session cookie	Console operations

The Public API is documented here and designed for embedding in your WordPress plugins.

The Management API is internal and used only by the console.