Do you have a website where you want to offer free digital downloads such as photos, software, e-books, documents, songs, graphics, or any other type of media file? Creating a free download button can really help make the process easier by allowing your visitors to directly download a file.
How to Create a Download Button
1. Download and install the Easy Media Download plugin (Easy Media Download is a WordPress Download plugin that allows you to create a download button beautifully with a shortcode).
2. Create a new post/page or edit one and insert the following shortcode into the editor (Make sure to paste as plain text in the visual editor):
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/file.zip"]
All you need to do is replace the example URL with the actual URL to your file. The file can be hosted anywhere. The download button will work as long as the URL is public and accessible in your web browser.
How to Create a Download Button for a ZIP file
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/file.zip"]
How to Create a Download Button for a Music/MP3/Audio file
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/test-song.mp3"]
How to Create a Download Button for a Software/App/Plugin
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/my-program.exe"]
How to Create a Download Button for a Photo/Image
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/cool-pic.jpg"]
How to Create a Download Button for a Document
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/my-file.doc"]
How to Create a Download Button for a PDF/e-book
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/my-book.pdf"]
How to Create a Download Button for a Video
[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/cool-vid.mp4"]
You can also create a user only download in WordPress with the Easy Media Download plugin.