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Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads

Easily feature your downloads

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Tested up to WordPress 6.2
Current version1.0.5
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.2
Minimum stackWP 5.4 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Aug 20251y ago
Active installations900Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads version 1.0.5 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.2.

Overview

About this plugin

Featured Downloads is now part of EDD Core

1, the Featured Downloads addon is included in Easy Digital Downloads. You no longer need this addon to use the Featured Downloads feature.

About this Addon

This plugin requires Easy Digital Downloads. It’s aimed at developers/clients who need to show a list of featured downloads.

  • Provides a template tag so finely-tuned placement of featured downloads in your theme is possible.
  • Provides a shortcode which will simply list all the featured downloads, without the need to enter any IDs.
  • Provides a simple interface for managing featured downloads in the WordPress admin. A “feature download” checkbox will be added to each download edit/publish screen as well as the quick edit boxes. At a glance you’ll also be able to see which downloads have been featured on your website from the main download listing.

Shortcode Usage

Add the “featured” attribute to the existing [downloads] shortcode provided by Easy Digital Downloads:

[downloads featured="yes"]

Template Tag Usage

The following code can be used to show the featured downloads anywhere in your theme:

echo do_shortcode( '[downloads featured="yes"]' );

You can include any other attributes supported by the [downloads] shortcode.

Building your own Query

To build your own query using WP_Query you can use the meta_key parameter with a value of edd_feature_download. The following example builds a simple unordered list with all the featured downloads.

php

$args = array( 'post_type' => 'download', 'meta_key' => 'edd_feature_download', );

$featured_downloads = new WP_Query( $args );

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • digital downloads
  • e downloads
  • easy digital downloads
  • featured downloads
  • edd
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.2

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.2.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.2
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.4 · PHP not listed
Update activity18 Aug 20251y ago

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