I stumbled upon GPL Downloads in early 2019 when I was looking for some very specific tools to help me build a WordPress site for a non-profit organisation I wanted to launch. I had read about GPL at length and understood that I really didn’t have to pay thousands just to get my site working as I needed, as long as I was ok forgoing the automatic updates and the support from the developers.
It seemed like a perfect trade-off to me. I simply couldn’t afford to pay the prices some developers were asking, and most of the tools were really fairly basic. Through GPL Downloads I could get my project working as I needed, and I had access to a vast range of plugins as and when I needed them.
There are a couple of other GPL sites I had registered with, but both were clunky and rarely updated, with both plugin updates and the site itself. GPL Downloads seems to constantly evolve – I don’t know if the owner gets bored quickly or if he’s always trying to find that perfect design, but either way, it’s really good to see that things aren’t just left for months or years. I don’t think I have seen a day without updates, whenever I log in there are fresh updates and new additions from the last few days, and it’s a great way to find new tools to try and improve my project.
Feel free to go elsewhere, but the reality is you really do get what you pay for.