Learn in this tutorial how to change the default Easy Digital Downloads slug (downloads) to a custom one using code.
The default Easy Digital Downloads slug is “downloads”, so the final URL of an item looks like this: yourwebsite.com/downloads/item-1/.
If what you are selling are downloads it may make sense, but if they are digital products not necessarily downloadable you may prefer to display something like this: yourwebsite.com/products/item-1/.
Is this your case?
Well, you only need a few lines of code:
Snippet to customize the slug in Easy Digital Downloads
Add the following code at the end of functions.php or in your functionality plugin:
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It’s as simple as that.
You can change the slug to whatever suits you best.
And keep in mind that if you have WooCommerce active there may be a conflict with the URL, although you shouldn’t have EDD and WooCommerce active in the same installation. 😉
Conclusions
Do you want to change the default URL of Easy Digital Downloads? Now you know how to do it in a simple way using code.
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