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/extend/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" title="Easy Digital Downloads" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a>.
Using the included <code>[edd_file_names]</code> shortcode you’ll be able to list a download’s file names (not file paths). This is useful for showing customers what is included when they purchase your product. The shortcode also takes 2 parameters, title and ID. Using the ID you’re able to show a download’s file names from another post/page/download.
Shortcode usage
Basic listing of the current download in an ordered list
<pre><code>[edd_file_names]
</code></pre>
Custom title above the list
<pre><code>[edd_file_names title="Files Included"]
</code></pre>
Show the download’s files by using it’s ID. Useful when you are also using the [purchase_link] shortcode on another page/post
<pre><code>[edd_file_names id="123" title="Another download's files"]
</code></pre>
Modifying the HTML markup
This example shows how you can modify the HTML markup. Heading has been replaced with an <code><h1></code> tag, and the list is now an unordered list. Copy and paste the following function into your child theme’s functions.php or a custom plugin:
<pre><code>function sumobi_edd_list_file_names( $html, $title, $download_files ) { 
 ob_start();
 if ( $download_files && is_array( $download_files ) ) : ?>

 <?php if ( $title ) : ?>
 <h1><?php echo $title; ?></h1>
 <?php endif; ?>

 <ul class="edd-file-names">
 <?php foreach ( $download_files as $file ) : ?>
 <li><?php echo $file['name']; ?></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>

 <?php endif;

 $html = ob_get_clean();
 return $html;
}
add_filter( 'edd_list_file_names', 'sumobi_edd_list_file_names', 10, 3 );
</code></pre>
Extensions for Easy Digital Downloads
<a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extensions/?ref=166" title="Plugins for Easy Digital Downloads" rel="nofollow ugc">https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extensions/</a>
Tips for Easy Digital Downloads
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EDD List File Names

Shows a simple list of the download's files with a shortcode

Easy Digital Downloads – Blocks vs EDD List File Names