About this plugin
Easy Media Download is a free download manager for WordPress. It gives your users the ability to download digital media files from your website. The plugin is lightweight and makes downloading easier.
You can create beautiful download button which instantly starts the download once clicked.
Features
- Create quick downloads
- Free downloads for music or audio files e.g. mp3, aac, m4a, wav
- Insert download buttons into your landing page
- Free downloads for video files e.g. mp4, mov, qt (QuickTime), mpg, mpeg, flv, m4v, swf, flash, avi, wma, ogg, webm
- Allow users to directly download in all file formats
- Free downloads for document file e.g. doc, docx (OpenOffice, Microsoft Word), odt (OpenDocument), htm, html, ps, tex, xml, txt, csv
- Allow large file download (No limit on the file size)
- Free downloads for Office file e.g. xlsx (Microsoft Excel), pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint)
- Free downloads for script e.g. js, css, php
- Free downloads for archive or compressed file e.g. tar, rar, zip, 7z, gz, z
- Force the browser to open the download prompt
- Free downloads for image file e.g. png, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp
- Open the download in a new tab
- Free downloads for e-book e.g. pdf, epub
Easy Media Download Add-ons
- User Only Download
Embedding Shortcodes for the Downloads
Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a download button for your digital media file:
zip"]
here, url is a shortcode parameter that you need to replace with the actual URL to your digital file
You can also specify additional optional parameters in the shortcode to customize the free download button.
Button Text
By default the text for the download button is “Download Now”. But you can choose to modify the text using the “text” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download"]
Button Width
By default the width for the download button is “153”. But you can choose to modify it using the “width” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download" width="100"]
Button Height
By default the height for the download button is “41”. But you can choose to modify it using the “height” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download" width="100" height="50"]
Download in a new window
By default the download starts in the same window. But you can choose to modify it using the “target” parameter.
zip" target="_blank"] (opens the download in a new window)<h3>Force File Download</h3>
Usually when a digital file is recognised by the browser it does not prompt for download. The file just opens in the browser instead. You can choose to modify this behaviour using the force_dl parameter in the shortcode.
mp3" force_dl="1"]<h3>Download Button Templates</h3>
Easy Media Download comes with 21 different download button templates. All you need to do is specify the style and the button will look just like it. For example:
zip" color="red_darker"]
- grey
- grey_light
- red
- green_dark
- green_light
- green
- blue
- blue_two
- blue_three
- blue_four
- orange
- orange_two
- orange_light
- orange_dark
- purple
- purple_dark
- purple_light
- yellow_red
- hot_pink
- pink
If you want to fully customize the download button you can use your own button image instead.
Link Rel
You can use the HTML link rel attribute in the shortcode to define the relationship between your page and the linked download.
zip" rel="nofollow"]<h3>Custom CSS Class</h3>
In addition to various button templates, If you want to apply custom styling to a button you can do so by using the class parameter.
zip" class="myclass"]
You can specify multiple CSS classes in the shortcode.
zip” class=”myclass1 myclass2 myclass3″]
The container that encloses the button can be targeted using the parent_class parameter in the shortcode.
zip” parent_class=”blockclass1″]
Easy Media Download Shortcode 2
With this shortcode, you can create a download button with your preferred color.
zip" text="Free Download" bg_color="#CC0000"]
Background Color
The background color of the download button is “#3498db” by default. You can customize it using the “bg_color” parameter.
zip" bg_color="#CC0000"]
Font Color
The font color of the download button is “#ffffff” by default. You can customize it using the “font_color” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download" font_color="#71B02F"]
Hover Background Color
The “hover_bg_color” parameter can be used to change the background color of the download button when you mouse over it.
zip" text="Free Download" bg_color="#3498db" hover_bg_color="#3cb0fd"]
Font Family
The font family of the download button is “Georgia” by default. You can customize it using the “font_family” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download" font_family="sans-serif"]
Font Size
The size of font is “15px” by default. You can customize it using the “font_size” parameter.
zip" text="Free Download" font_size="20px"]
For more information please check the Easy Media Download documentation page
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