Easy Digital Downloads Free Link
replace EDD add-to-cart button with download link when product is free
5(5 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Easy Digital Downloads Free Link is a WordPress edd plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 36K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Menu Cart for WooCommerce.
5/55 reviews
1.0K+active installs
36K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Replace the add-to-cart button in Easy Digital Downloads 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 Shop Front theme, the cart icon is replaced with a download icon and direct download link.
Want to see it in action? Check out the WebAware shop — it’s running this plugin.
Translations
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- Albanian (sq) — the Albanian translation team
- Chinese (zh_CN) — the Chinese (simplified) translation team
- English (en_CA) — the English (Canadian) translation team
- English (en_GB) — the English (British) translation team
- French (fr_FR) — the French translation team
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Perfect for the job!
by Hesham Zebida·10 years ago
This works great for my needs, I wanted to have a simple link, and this extension does it.
Works very well
by Zarko Jovic·10 years ago
Other plugin I used stopped working suddenly, I assume it is stopped by EDD because is too old and probably breaks some rules. This plugin, however works very nicely. Great job, webaware!
Useful plugin – top notch support
by StefConnerMusic·10 years ago
I have used this plugin for a number of years and find it very useful – it works exactly as advertised. I decided to post a review today because after something went wrong I needed a bit of support and I was so grateful for the service. The developer is patient and helpful.
Thanks for the plugin!
What can I say? It works great!
by kidznc·10 years ago
Been using this plugin on multiple sites since I first found it and EDD. It’s been a pleasure, and Ross was very kind to help me through a problem I once had with it.
You won’t be disappointed.
- This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by kidznc. Reason: Adding some long-term comments
Works as advertised
by Yudhistira Mauris·11 years ago
I use this plugin to make users go to certain page in order to download free plugins. I modified the template by adding target=”_blank” to the URL so it will be opened in new window.
Thank you for the plugin!
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 6This week: 42Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
98.9%
v1.0
1.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
The full changelog can be found on GitHub. Recent entries:
1.1.0
Released 2018-11-25
- changed: requires minimum PHP version 5.6 (recommend version 7.2 or greater)
- tested: WordPress 5.0
Contributors
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