Easy Digital Downloads

Andrew Munro

<p>EDD Blocks adds a “Downloads” block to the new WordPress editor, also known as Gutenberg.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>As well as being able to display downloads, a grid of Download Categories or Download Tags can be shown.</p>
<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>
<p>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:</p>
<p><strong>thumbnails</strong></p>
<p>true (default) | false</p>
<p>Whether or not to show the thumbnail image.</p>
<p><strong>title</strong></p>
<p>true (default) | false</p>
<p>Whether or not to show the category or tag name.</p>
<p><strong>description</strong></p>
<p>true (default) | false</p>
<p>Whether or not to show the category or tag description.</p>
<p><strong>show_empty</strong></p>
<p>true | false (default)</p>
<p>Whether or not to show empty terms.</p>
<p><strong>columns</strong></p>
<p>1 | 2 | 3 (default) | 4 | 5 | 6</p>
<p>The number of columns.</p>
<p><strong>count</strong></p>
<p>true (default) | false</p>
<p>Whether or not to show the number of downloads in each term.</p>
<p><strong>orderby</strong></p>
<p>count (default) | id | name | slug</p>
<p>What to order the terms by.</p>
<p><strong>order</strong></p>
<p>ASC | DESC (default)</p>
<p>In which order to display the terms.</p>
<p><strong>Shortcode examples</strong></p>
<p>[download_categories count=”false” orderby=”name” order=”ASC” title=”false” columns=”4″]</p>
<p>[download_tags orderby=”id” order=”DESC” columns=”2″]</p>


Easy Digital Downloads – Blocks

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

Syed Balkhi

Chris Klosowski

Awesome Motive

Robin Cornett

zkawesome

<p>Easy Digital Downloads – Variable Pricing Descriptions adds an “Option Description” field for each variable-priced download. This allows you to add a longer description to the option name if needed.</p>
<h3>Where do descriptions show?</h3>
<p>By default descriptions will show on the purchase button, where users can add items to their cart.</p>
<p>Additionally, you can choose to show the descriptions on the checkout and receipt pages.</p>
<h3>Styling</h3>
<p>Variable Pricing Descriptions does not include any custom CSS, so it doesn’t impact your page speed and should work with any theme! If you wish to cusotmize the look and feel of the descriptions, you can use the included <code>edd-variable-pricing-desc</code> class to target the descriptions.</p>
<h3>Why sell product variations?</h3>
<p>Selling digital product variations is a powerful tool for any digial e-commerce store. Control what files are delivered depending on what variation is purchased, and reward your high paying customers. Some variation examples are:<br />
* <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/blog/selling-photographs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Selling photos</a> at multiple resolutions.<br />
* Distributing single music files or a full album<br />
* Limit your <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/blog/selling-wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugin activations with Software Licensing</a><br />
* <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/blog/how-to-sell-fonts-online-and-money-making-tips/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sell font packages</a></p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p><strong>This plugin requires <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" title="Easy Digital Downloads" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a> version 2.8 or greater.</strong></p>
<h3>Screenshot Theme</h3>
<p><strong>All screenshots were taken using the <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/vendd/" rel="nofollow ugc">Vendd</a> theme, our own theme custom built to work with Easy Digital Downloads.</strong></p>


Easy Digital Downloads – Variable Pricing Descriptions

Provide detailed descriptions to customers for your variations when using variable prices with Easy Digital Downloads.

Easy Digital Downloads – Blocks vs Easy Digital Downloads – Variable Pricing Descriptions