Dokan Year in Review 2025: What We Built, What We Achieved & What Comes Next

It has been an eventful year. Donald Trump is president again, there is a new pope, that infamous Coldplay moment, TikTok ban…, we hardly had time to keep track.

The Dokan team was quite busy as well. We made significant updates and added some innovative but necessary features to the most popular WordPress multivendor marketplace plugin.

You will be glad to know that this year Dokan has joined the AI revolution by adding AI Image Enhancer and Product Description generator feature. We have many more features related to AI in the pipeline.

After a fruitful year 2024, our main goal was to make Dokan the most complete multivendor marketplace solution with the power of AI. We are proud to say, we have achieved that.

In this write-up, we will be looking back on our achievements of 2025 as well as the challenges we faced and how we overcame them throughout the year.

Also, we will shed some light on our plans for the year 2026.

Let’s grab a cup of coffee and start reading. And Happy New Year 2026!!!!!

Dokan Multivendor Plugin: Where Marketplaces Take Shape

Dokan has achieved astounding figures and experienced solid growth over the years. Here is what we have achieved since our inception:

• 49,000+ active installations.
• 760+ reviews.
• 4,086,153+ downloads reached.

We are always updating and innovating our products. We made it compatible with many different plugins.

• 40+ Premium Modules.
• 80+ plugins compatible with Dokan.

We couldn’t have done that without you.

We Have Added Some Great Features to the Dokan Multivendor Plugin in 2025

For the Dokan development team, 2025 was a strong year of progress. We focused on improving usability, performance, analytics, and admin control. Along the way, we also laid the foundation for a more modern, React-driven experience across Dokan.

Dokan Lite & Dokan Pro: New Features Overview

Dokan Lite	Dokan Pro
Filter by vendor sub-orders in WooCommerce orders	Advanced order filtering by order type
React-based admin dashboard with enhanced metrics	TikTok profile support for vendors
A “Chat with us” admin submenu for improved communication	AI-powered product image enhancement
AI-powered product content auto-completion	Pending product rejection for admin
WooCommerce Brands support in the Vendor Panel	Enhanced Stripe Express integration
Dokan UI components (buttons, badges, alerts, links)	Vendor reports with WooCommerce Analytics
WooCommerce-formatted price input component	Vendor Support Module (ticket system)
Internal error handling with analytics integration	Auction anti-sniping functionality
Product and Product category data store	Dokan Paystack payment gateway
Step-by-step admin setup guide	Gateway fee tracking in vendor balance
Vendor analytics integrated with WooCommerce Analytics	React-based Store Support interface

Dokan Free: What We Shipped in 2025

• Filter by Vendor Sub-orders: We added a “Filter by Vendor Sub-orders” option to the WooCommerce Orders page. This allows marketplace admins to quickly filter and identify orders generated by specific vendors.
• React-based Admin Dashboard: Dokan Free now includes a new React-powered Admin Dashboard. It comes with improved metrics, rank boards, and a faster user experience.
• AI-powered Product Content Auto-completion: We introduced AI-powered auto-completion for product titles, short descriptions, and long descriptions. This feature integrates with OpenAI and Gemini GPT models and allows users to choose their preferred AI provider.
• WooCommerce Brand Support in Vendor Panel: Vendors can now assign brands to products directly from the Vendor Panel.
• Dokan UI Component System: We introduced a new set of Dokan UI components, including buttons, links, badges, and alerts. Each component comes with success, warning, info, and danger variants, built using Tailwind utility classes.
• WooCommerce-formatted Price Input Component: A new price input component was added, formatted according to WooCommerce settings. This ensures pricing consistency across the admin and vendor interfaces while reducing input errors.
• Internal Error Handling with Analytics Integration: We implemented an internal React error component for better error handling.
• Guided Admin Setup Panel: We added a multi-step setup guide for admins.This panel helps new marketplace owners configure Dokan properly from the start, reducing setup confusion and improving onboarding.
• Vendor Analytics Integration: Vendor analytics are now integrated with the WooCommerce Analytics system. Admins can access richer data and insights without relying on third-party tools.

Dokan Pro: Powerful Features in 2025

Alongside Dokan Free, Dokan Pro received a major wave of feature upgrades focused on automation, analytics, vendor experience, payments, and AI.

New Features at a Glance-

• Advanced Order Type Filtering: We expanded the “Filter by Order Type” dropdown to include Product Advertisement and Subscription orders.
• TikTok Profile Integration: Vendors can now add their TikTok profile to their social settings. This helps vendors connect with customers on more platforms and strengthen their brand presence.
• Weekly Email Digest for New Products: Instead of sending multiple emails, Dokan Pro now delivers a weekly email digest for “New Product Added” notifications.
• Vendor Support Module: We introduced a Vendor Support Module with a centralized ticket system.
• Auction Anti-Sniping Feature: To improve auction fairness, we added anti-sniping functionality with configurable time extensions.
• Dokan Paystack Gateway: Dokan Pro now includes Dokan Paystack, a payment gateway built to support the African market.
• Gateway Fee Tracking: Gateway fees are now stored in the dokan_vendor_balance table as debit entries.
• Advanced Vendor Analytics: Vendor reports are now integrated with WooCommerce Analytics, including vendor-specific filters.
• Pending Product Rejection: Admins can now reject pending products, adding another layer of control and quality assurance.

Apart from these, we’ve also released countless small updates that will offer a great user experience for both you and your customers.

Noteworthy Enhancements for the Dokan Lite Version Were Released in 2025

In the free version, we have added some great enhancements, like:

• Redesigned Admin Panel “Not Found” page with a modern UI
• Full-width Vendor Dashboard layout support for modern themes
• Modernized Reverse Withdrawal management interface
• Admin Vendor List UI redesigned with improved usability
• Admin Withdraw List UI redesigned with modern experience
• Migrated Pro Features page from Vue to React
• Updated Admin Dashboard header UI for React-based frontend
• Enhanced withdrawal system with modern UI and better performance
• Improved onboarding and Vendor Setup Wizard UI
• Added REST API support to retrieve all product types
• Improved gateway fee calculation logic at the order level
• Enhanced Product Brand integration with dedicated templates and manager methods

Important Enhancements for Dokan Pro, Released in 2025

Not only the Dokan lite version but we have added some enhancements to the Dokan Pro version as well-

• Modernized Admin Store Support UI
• Vendor Support Module available across all subscription plans
• Advanced RMA API with WooCommerce Store API integration
• React-based redesign of Vendor Subscription dashboard
• WooCommerce Cart and Checkout Block support (core + gateways)
• Improved PayPal order capture and Razorpay v2 API integration
• Enhanced Vendor Verification with modern UI and security checks
• Re-engineered Vendor Shipping and Table Rate Shipping modules
• Modern UI revamp of Refunds, Reviews, and Announcements sections
• AI and analytics translation support for better internationalization
• Enhanced Subscription and Withdraw Schedule system with React UI
• Improved Store SEO, Vendor Coupons, and Product Q&A interfaces

By Solving Some Issues, The Plugin Has Become More Stable!!

Apart from adding new features, we also spent a big chunk of our time fixing the bugs you were facing and solved many of them.

Support has always been one of our prime focus. And our customers find it easy to notify us of any issues that they experienced with Dokan. As soon as we knew of any problems, we tried to fix them as fast as we could.

You can see the bugs that we fixed in 2025 from the WordPress repository.

Dokan in 2025: A Year Shaped by Collective Effort

This year, we shipped new features and refined many existing ones. What truly stands out is where most of those ideas came from.

Our users directly suggested a large number of the features released in 2025. Dokan has always been built with a customer-first mindset, and we focused on turning your feedback into real improvements across the plugin.

Alongside product growth, our community also grew rapidly. The Dokan Community group welcomed a significant number of new members, reflecting stronger engagement and shared learning across the ecosystem.

Here’s a closer look at some of the standout Dokan numbers from 2025 and an overview of how the platform has grown this year.

Extraordinary Numbers

2025 has been prolific for Dokan in terms of downloads, active installations, and customer reviews.

End of the year, we are now powering more than 49,000 multivendor marketplaces.

We have reached an astounding 4,086,153+ downloads till last year. We can’t believe the numbers, can you?

Oh, and did we tell you that we also got 50+ new reviews this year, while still maintaining 4.6 stars on average? Well, we just did.

All of these wouldn’t be nearly possible, without your endless support and that is what drives us forward.

Ideas to Execution

Our success this year was largely due to the collective team effort. The development team is the foundation of our company. Like every year, our development team did an awesome job once again.

This year, the Dokan team released 30+ new features, in addition to making 50+ releases. These releases contain some of the most important features that we have already talked about.

These are very impressive numbers.

New Guides and Updated Resources

Creating content for our users is one of our foremost priorities. Because, with quality content and resources, you can help people more than in any other way.

We published 190+ new blogs related to the multivendor marketplace that covers tutorials, guides, success stories, and many more.

Apart from these blogs, we also published blogs on many aspects of multivendor business, including but not limited to Marketing, Research, Lead Generation, and many other crucial topics.

We also updated and wrote more than 250+ documentation to keep you updated on the products to help you keep up with the latest version.

Our YouTube channel grew significantly and we published over 90+ videos this year. You can find all the Dokan videos from the playlist. Also, we got 200+ backlinks, 25+ guest posts throughout the year.

Moreover, we also did 7 webinars on different topics and 20+ popular eCommerce influencers told the world about Dokan multivendor on their YouTube channels. We ran 12+ campaigns throughout the year where we gave some amazing and interesting offers to our users.

Support That Truly Cares

Our support team has long been the frontline heroes of our company. They continued to support you in the best possible way and made us proud repeatedly.

Let’s have a look at the incredible numbers from our support team.

Our support team served more than 20,750 tickets this year and our happiness score was more than 80+ the whole year.

Now isn’t this just exemplary?

2025: A Year of Fresh Design & New Perspective

Dokan has seen some extraordinary designs throughout the year. Our design team has created some great designs for the Dokan sites and for blogs as well.

We have created more than 1366 graphic designs, 140+ website designs, and more than 530+ product designs. If you visit our site and see our blogs then you will see the changes.

Looking Forward to 2026: Awesome Features Incoming

For 2026, we have amazing features planned for Dokan Plugin. You will find all the list of new features and modules in the Dokan Roadmap.

But here is a peek into the features we are planning for Dokan Multivendor Marketplace Plugin-

• AI-Based Vendor Assistant: Built-in tool for vendors to perform store operations and marketplace data analyzer
• React-Based Vendor Dashboard: Converting the dashboard into a Single Page Application (SPA) for instant loading and an app-like feel.
• Coverage on Product Ad Module: Advanced level of Ad utilization for Vendors in the Marketplace system
• New Payment Gateways: Payment gateway integrations like Paystack, etc.
• Vendor Storefront Builder: allowing vendors to customize their shop page layout using Gutenberg or Elementor blocks.
• Delivery Driver Management Module: A native system for vendors to assign orders to drivers with a tracking interface.
• B2B Wholesale & Quote System: A dedicated mode for “Request for Quote” (RFQ) and tiered pricing for bulk buyers.
• Cross-Channel Inventory Sync: Real-time stock synchronization with Omnichannel platforms
• Vendor Staff Manager: A granular permission system allowing vendors to add their own employees with limited access.
• Smart Refund & Dispute Center: A structured workflow for handling refunds with an Admin “Mediator” mode.
• In-Dashboard Shipping Label Printing: Integration with ShipStation or Shippo to print labels directly from the Order Details page.

We’ll update the list according to the changing demands of customers or other circumstances. Also, we’ll come up with big surprises throughout the year.

Recognized by the WordPress Community

In 2025, Dokan received recognition from the WordPress community for its impact and quality.

Dokan won the Best WooCommerce Plugin award at the Monster Awards. This award reflects Dokan’s continued focus on building a reliable and feature-rich multivendor solution.

Also,

Dokan earned the Bronze Medal in the Top eCommerce Tool category at the WP Weekly Awards. This recognition highlights Dokan’s growing presence and trust within the WordPress ecosystem.

These awards are a result of consistent product improvement and strong community support throughout the year.

Continued Growth Across Our Product Portfolio

We have added significant improvements in our other products as well-

Dokan Cloud Overview: Built for Modern eCommerce

Dokan Cloud is a hosted eCommerce platform that helps you launch and manage online stores and marketplaces without dealing with servers or technical setup. It takes care of hosting, security, and updates, so you can focus on selling products, managing vendors, and growing your business faster.

The year 2025 for Dokan Cloud has been a year of growth. We had-

• 1000+ single stores built
• 2600+ marketplaces built
• 3100+ new users

This number is always growing.

Dokan Cloud: Innovative Features Added in 2025

Dokan Cloud is now focusing on making store and marketplace management easier-

• Wishlist lets customers save products and return later to purchase.
• Custom Checkout Fields help admins collect extra customer information.
• Product Duplication speeds up catalog creation.
• Category Import and Export via CSV simplifies bulk updates.
• Product Import with Column Mapping reduces errors during imports.
• Built-in Packing Slip printing from the order details page.
• Shipping Label printing for faster fulfillment.
• Real-time shipping rates with OTO integration.
• Webhooks for advanced integrations.
• URL Redirect management to protect SEO.
• Romanian language support to reach new audiences.

StoreGrowth in 2025: Year in Review

This year was about strengthening StoreGrowth as a complete growth platform for marketplaces. We focused on vendor empowerment, checkout experience, performance, and long-term scalability, while laying the groundwork for what comes next.

Below is a snapshot of what we shipped, improved, and planned this year.

New Features–

• Vendors can create and manage BOGO, Buy X Get Y, and Buy X Get X offers from the dashboard
• Countdown Timer discount campaigns available in the vendor dashboard
• Real-time cart updates for upsell and promotional interactions
• Fly Cart now displays vendor store names, with optional links to vendor stores
• Admin control over vendor offer creation permissions
• Complete rebrand to StoreGrowth with standardized assets, constants, and documentation
• Custom database tables and automatic migration system for Upsell Order Bump
• Unified data source and full migration support for the BOGO module
• New container-based architecture with dependency injection

Roadmap: What’s Next–

• Global Design System implementation across all modules
• Dashboard redesign with revenue analytics and module performance metrics
• Unified onboarding experience
• Replace Ajax calls with REST API
• Multiple BOGO Module enhancements
• FlyCart Cross-Module Integration
• Module usage analytics to show which features drive sales
• Cross-module intelligence 
• Performance optimization for faster page loads

wePOS in 2025: Year in Review

In 2025, wePOS continued to mature with focused updates across both Lite and Pro versions. Over three releases each, we introduced key improvements around refunds, extensibility, performance, and compatibility.

wePOS Lite gained new Vue filter hooks, card payment refunds, and UI optimizations, while wePOS Pro focused on enhancing the frontend experience with order refunds and smoother customer management.

Both versions received High Performance Order Storage support, WordPress 6.7 compatibility, and a solid set of bug fixes to improve stability, receipts, search, and alerts.

What Next for wePOS in 2026–

• Revamped POS Home Screen & Sales Interface – Modern, fast checkout screen where cashiers ring up sales and accept payments
  
• New POS Entry & Selection Screen – Easy way for cashiers to log in and select which store location or register they’re using
  
• Advanced Product Management & Inventory List – Quick product search, barcode scanning, and real-time stock levels during checkout
  
• Order Management & History Screen – View past sales, process returns, and manage customer orders from the POS
  
• Customer Directory & Management Screen – Look up customers quickly, view purchase history, and manage loyalty information
  
• Cashier Order Management Permissions – Let cashiers handle orders and refunds without needing full admin access
  
• POS Settings in POS Screen – Change receipt printer, tax settings, and payment options directly from the POS without going to WordPress admin
  
• Advanced Analytics Dashboard & Printable End-of-Day Reports – See daily sales summaries, best-selling products, and print cashier closing reports
  
• Outlet Management Interface & Creation Workflow – Easily add and manage multiple store locations with separate inventory and staff
  
• Live Visual Receipt Builder & Customizer – Design custom receipt layouts with your logo, colors, and promotional messages with live preview.

WooCommerce Conversion Tracking: 2025 Year in Review

In 2025, WooCommerce Conversion Tracking received focused maintenance updates aimed at stability, compatibility, and long-term reliability.

Across two releases, we introduced a small but useful improvement to guide user feedback through the product roadmap, alongside several enhancements including WordPress 6.8.2 compatibility, updated Appsero SDK, improved plugin headers, and a refactored codebase using Mozart for safer dependency management.

A critical warning related to multiple plugin initializations was also resolved. Conversion Tracking Pro did not receive updates this year, as the focus remained on strengthening the Lite version’s foundation and compatibility.

What Next for WCT in 2026–

• Google Analytics 4 Migration – Upgrade to the latest Google Analytics version.
  
• Facebook Conversions API for Server-Side Tracking – Track Facebook ads more accurately even when customers block cookies.
  
• Google Consent Mode v2 and Cookie Consent Support – Stay compliant with privacy laws in Europe and show proper cookie consent popups.
  
• Debug Log System for Troubleshooting – Help support team quickly identify why tracking might not be working for specific stores.
  
• Pinterest Tag with Enhanced Match – Track sales from Pinterest ads and match more customers for better targeting.
  
• TikTok Pixel Integration – Track conversions from TikTok ads to measure campaign performance.
  
• Dashboard Widget Showing Tracking Health – See at a glance if your tracking pixels are working properly or have issues.
  
• Multi-Currency Conversion Tracking – Accurately track sales in different currencies for international stores.
  
• Custom Conversion Value Rules for Profit-Based Tracking – Track actual profit instead of just revenue by accounting for costs and margins.
  
• Server-Side Events Log with Retry System – Automatically retry failed tracking events so you don’t lose important conversion data.
  

CartPulse Pro in 2025: Year in Review

In 2025, CartPulse Pro received focused updates aimed at improving reliability, user experience, and recovery accuracy. The goal was to refine core functionality while preparing the foundation for more advanced automation features in the future.

Across two releases, we shipped two enhancements and one critical bug fix. While no new standalone features were introduced this year, the updates addressed important behavioral improvements and stability issues that directly impact cart recovery performance.

One notable enhancement reduced the minimum cart abandonment detection time from 60 minutes to 10 minutes. We also resolved a critical issue by increasing the session_id length, preventing data truncation.

Looking ahead 2026 –

• Automation rules management interface: Create custom rules such as sending a second email only if the first one is not opened or adding a discount code in a later reminder.
• SMS notifications with Twilio integration: Send cart recovery reminders via SMS for higher visibility and faster response compared to email.
• Abandoned cart support for auction and booking products: Extend cart recovery to auction items and booking-based products, including event and reservation workflows.
• On-site purchase flow with license and subscription management: Purchase CartPulse Pro directly from the WordPress admin and manage subscriptions without leaving the dashboard.
• Appsero SDK integration for telemetry and Pro licensing: Enable usage analytics to improve product decisions and support automatic license validation for Pro features.

Looking Forward to an Impactful Year in 2026!

What a year 2025 has been. We can’t thank our customers enough for staying with us and giving us the support to move forward.

Now it is time to look ahead. 2026 is a big year for us and the industry. With the advancement of AI, the trend is changing every day. Those who can’t cope will fall behind and eventually vanish.

We have big plans for all the products. But our main focus will be using the power of AI to make our products more versatile and user-friendly.

We may not know exactly what the future holds. But one thing is certain. We’ll keep building, keep improving, and keep bringing you features that truly matter.

Your trust and support drive everything we do. Seeing how you use Dokan, grow with it, and believe in it is why we’re here. We’re grateful for everything we’ve achieved together. And we’re excited to keep moving forward, together.

Thank you for being part of the Dokan journey. From all of us at Dokan, here’s to an even better year ahead.