Steven

This plugin requires  1.6 or greater.
When using the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a> plugin to sell digital downloads, this plugin will allow you to optionally add a change log and version number to each of your downloads.
What does EDD Changelog do?
It does a few things…
<ul>
<li>It adds a metabox to the download post page that allows you to enter the change log and the current version number.</li>
<li>It’ll automatically append the change log at the end of the download’s product page in a collapsible container. If you do not want to automatically append the change log, there is an option to turn this feature off per download.</li>
<li>It also adds a new shortcode, <code>[edd_changelog]</code>. This shortcode when used on a download page will automatically show the current downloads change log. The shortcode has 4 options, <code>id</code>, <code>toggle</code>, <code>show</code> and <code>hide</code>.</li>
<li>The change log and version will also be inserted in the <code>[edd_receipt]</code> shortcode under the download link. The change log is presented as a link, that when clicked, will show in a lightbox.</li>
</ul>
What about <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extension/software-licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD Software Licensing</a>?
This plugin completely compatible. If you’re not yet using <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extension/software-licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD Software Licensing</a> and you decide to start, <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extension/software-licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD Software Licensing</a> will automagically use the change log and version number you entered using this plugin. If you are using <a href="https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extension/software-licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD Software Licensing</a> this plugin will avoid redundancy and will use the change log and version entered into it.

EDD Changelog

Great Plugin Keep it Updated

Would be nice the option of adding each version as a separate entry



Great plugin

Add a new metabox to the download where you can input the changelog. The changelog will be appended to the download page and the purchase history.

webaware

Replace the add-to-cart button in <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a> with a direct link to the download file when the product is free and has only one file. This only works when the file is an external link to a web-accessible file.
For archive pages on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/shop-front" rel="ugc">Shop Front theme</a>, the cart icon is replaced with a download icon and direct download link.
Want to see it in action? Check out the <a href="https://shop.webaware.com.au/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebAware shop</a> — it’s running this plugin.
<h3>Translations</h3>
Many thanks to the generous efforts of our translators:
<ul>
<li>Albanian (sq) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/sq/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the Albanian translation team</a></li>
<li>Chinese (zh_CN) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/zh-cn/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the Chinese (simplified) translation team</a></li>
<li>English (en_CA) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-ca/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the English (Canadian) translation team</a></li>
<li>English (en_GB) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-gb/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the English (British) translation team</a></li>
<li>French (fr_FR) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/fr/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the French translation team</a></li>
<li>Hungarian (hu_HU) — <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/theguitarlesson/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tom Vicces</a></li>
<li>Japanese (ja) — <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/ja/default/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">the Japanese translation team</a></li>
<li>Norwegian: Bokmål (nb_NO) — <a href="http://www.neonnero.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">neonnero</a></li>
<li>Norwegian: Nynorsk (nn_NO) — <a href="http://www.neonnero.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">neonnero</a></li>
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If you’d like to help out by translating this plugin, please <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/easy-digital-downloads-free-link" rel="nofollow ugc">sign up for an account and dig in</a>.

Easy Digital Downloads Free Link

This works great for my needs, I wanted to have a simple link, and this extension does it.



Perfect for the job!

replace EDD add-to-cart button with download link when product is free

EDD Changelog vs Easy Digital Downloads Free Link