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<p>On our site we use Easy Digital Downloads.  Once an EDD download (e-commerce product) definition has been created it is usually supported by<br />
other posts that provide additional information – help or tutorial information for example. Ideally, these posts will have a similar style,<br />
use similar words and need to reference the same core information about the download such a the current version number, the slug, the excerpt, etc..</p>
<p>One way is to cut-and-past information from a download in to each post. But this means that when download details change, its essential to<br />
remember to update any related posts. This plugin provides another way: a set of plugins that allow you to reference details from a download<br />
and in this way remove the need to update related posts.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p><strong>Select the linked post using a meta-box dropdown from with in the post definition</strong><br />
<strong>Over 40 shortcode to access post information</strong><br />
<strong>Short-codes to access post field values and to access post meta values</strong><br />
<strong>Access any post meta value by meta key</strong></p>


Download-Post/Page Link

Link posts or pages to an EDD download then use shortcodes in the post to access any field or meta data such as the excerpt, thumbnail and title.

Easy Digital Downloads

Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP

<h4>Featured Downloads is now part of EDD Core</h4>
<p>As of Easy Digital Downloads 3.5.1, the Featured Downloads addon is included in Easy Digital Downloads. You no longer need this addon to use the Featured Downloads feature.</p>
<h4>About this Addon</h4>
<p>This plugin requires <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" title="Easy Digital Downloads" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a>. It’s aimed at developers/clients who need to show a list of featured downloads.</p>
<ol>
<li>Provides a template tag so finely-tuned placement of featured downloads in your theme is possible.</li>
<li>Provides a shortcode which will simply list all the featured downloads, without the need to enter any IDs.</li>
<li>Provides a simple interface for managing featured downloads in the WordPress admin. A “feature download” checkbox will be added to each download edit/publish screen as well as the quick edit boxes. At a glance you’ll also be able to see which downloads have been featured on your website from the main download listing.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
<p>Add the “featured” attribute to the existing [downloads] shortcode provided by Easy Digital Downloads:</p>
<pre><code>[downloads featured="yes"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Template Tag Usage</h4>
<p>The following code can be used to show the featured downloads anywhere in your theme:</p>
<pre><code>echo do_shortcode( '[downloads featured="yes"]' );
</code></pre>
<p>You can include any other attributes supported by the <a href="https://docs.easydigitaldownloads.com/article/224-downloads" rel="nofollow ugc">[downloads] shortcode</a>.</p>
<h4>Building your own Query</h4>
<p>To build your own query using <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query" title="WP_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Query</a> you can use the <code>meta_key</code> parameter with a value of <code>edd_feature_download</code>. The following example builds a simple unordered list with all the featured downloads.</p>
<pre><code><?php

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'download',
    'meta_key'  => 'edd_feature_download',
);

$featured_downloads = new WP_Query( $args );

if( $featured_downloads->have_posts() ) : ?>

    <ul>
        <?php while( $featured_downloads->have_posts() ) : $featured_downloads->the_post(); ?>
        <li>
           <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                <?php the_title(); ?>
           </a>
        </li>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
    </ul>

<?php endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</code></pre>


Download-Post/Page Link vs Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads