Easy Digital Downloads

Andrew Munro

EDD Blocks adds a “Downloads” block to the new WordPress editor, also known as Gutenberg.
The Downloads block allows you to display a grid of Downloads on your site similar to the [downloads] shortcode already provided by Easy Digital Downloads. The Downloads block provides a visual representation of your downloads, allowing you to see a real-time preview of your downloads as you configure the various settings.
As well as being able to display downloads, a grid of Download Categories or Download Tags can be shown.
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin OR WordPress 5.0 or greater</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" title="Easy Digital Downloads" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Display a grid of Downloads</h4>
<ol>
<li>Set how many downloads should show per page</li>
<li>Set how many columns of downloads should show</li>
<li>Show or hide the buy button</li>
<li>Show or hide the price</li>
<li>Show or hide thumbnail images</li>
<li>Show or hide the excerpt</li>
<li>Show or hide the full content</li>
<li>Show or hide the pagination</li>
<li>Order downloads by “Date Created”, “Earnings”, “ID”, “Price”, “Random”, “Sales”, “Slug” or “Title”</li>
<li>Order downloads in an “Ascending” or “Descending” order</li>
<li>Show downloads from a specific category</li>
</ol>
<h4>Display a grid of Download Categories</h4>
<ol>
<li>Set how many columns of download categories should show</li>
<li>Show or hide download category thumbnail images</li>
<li>Show or hide download category names</li>
<li>Show or hide download category descriptions</li>
<li>Show or hide download category counts</li>
<li>Show or hide empty download categories</li>
<li>Order download categories by “Count”, “ID”, “Name” or “Slug”</li>
<li>Order download categories in an “Ascending” or “Descending” order</li>
</ol>
<h4>Display a grid of Download Tags</h4>
<ol>
<li>Set how many columns of download tags should show</li>
<li>Show or hide download tag thumbnail images</li>
<li>Show or hide download tag names</li>
<li>Show or hide download tag descriptions</li>
<li>Show or hide download tag counts</li>
<li>Show or hide empty download tags</li>
<li>Order download tags by “Count”, “ID”, “Name” or “Slug”</li>
<li>Order download tags in an “Ascending” or “Descending” order</li>
</ol>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
Gutenberg also provides a shortcode block so we’ve added a [download_categories] and [download_tags] shortcode. Each shortcode shares the same attributes, mimicking the options of the Downloads block:
thumbnails
true (default) | false
Whether or not to show the thumbnail image.
title
true (default) | false
Whether or not to show the category or tag name.
description
true (default) | false
Whether or not to show the category or tag description.
show_empty
true | false (default)
Whether or not to show empty terms.
columns
1 | 2 | 3 (default) | 4 | 5 | 6
The number of columns.
count
true (default) | false
Whether or not to show the number of downloads in each term.
orderby
count (default) | id | name | slug
What to order the terms by.
order
ASC | DESC (default)
In which order to display the terms.
Shortcode examples
[download_categories count=”false” orderby=”name” order=”ASC” title=”false” columns=”4″]
[download_tags orderby=”id” order=”DESC” columns=”2″]

Easy Digital Downloads – Blocks

EDD Blocks adds a "Downloads" block to the new WordPress editor, also known as Gutenberg.

This plugin requires <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" title="Easy Digital Downloads" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a> v1.9 or greater.
Many customers use Easy Digital Downloads to sell “services” rather than “downloads”. We get many requests to remove the “no downloadable files” on the purchase confirmation page, because their services do not have/need files attached. This plugin fixes that.
It will allow you to select individual downloads which are services, or an entire category which houses your services. If a download is marked as a service, or belongs to one of the categories you selected, the the purchase confirmation page will not show “no downloadable files” for that particular download. If your service does have a file attached, it will still show the file. It also slightly modifies the email receipt so it does not include a dash next to the name.
So far, this plugin allows you to:
<ol>
<li>Hide the “no downloadable files found” message on the purchase confirmation page when your service has no download files attached to it</li>
<li>Hide the extra dash in the purchase receipt email when your service has no download files attached to it</li>
<li>Select categories from the plugin settings that house your “services”. Any download within the selected categories will be marked as a service</li>
<li>Mark downloads as services on a per-download level. A checkbox is added to the download configuration metabox</li>
</ol>
Suggestions welcome for future features. Developers can take advantage of the _edd_das_enabled meta_key and extend the plugin to suit their needs.

EDD Downloads As Services

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