# Creating Products in Easy Digital Downloads Your products are the core of your Easy Digital Downloads/WordPress store. Without them, you don’t really have an eCommerce site. Properly creating products and making them easy to purchase is extremely important. This guide walks you through the steps of adding a new product in Easy Digital Downloads, and explains each setting and option you can apply to a product for your store's specific needs. If you created a product during the Setup Wizard, this guide shows you how to create more and configure the full range of options. - [Creating a Product](#creating-products-in-edd) - [1. Add a New Download](#1-add-a-new-download) - [2. Enter Product Name and Description](#2-add-product-name-description) - [3. Choose a Product Type](#3-choose-a-product-type) - [4. Set Your Product's Price](#4-set-your-products-price) - [5. Add the Download File(s)](#5-add-the-download-files) - [6. Set a Download Image](#5-set-a-download-image) - [Configuring Download Details and Settings](#configuring-download-details-settings) - [Product Type Options](#product-type-options) - [Pricing Options](#pricing-options) - [Feature Product](#feature-product) - [Download Files](#download-files) - [Notes/Instructions](#notes-instructions) - [Download Settings](#download-settings) - [Saving and Publishing Products](#publishing-products) - [Status and Visibility](#status-visibility) - [Deleting Downloads](#deleting-downloads) - [Next Steps](#next-steps) --- Creating a Product ------------------ Below is a quick overview of the main steps involved in creating a new EDD product. **Note**: Easy Digital Downloads refers to products as 'Downloads'. ### 1. Add a New Download To add a new product, go to **Downloads** » **Add Download** from your WordPress admin area. ![Add new download in WordPress.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/add-download-easy-digital-downloads-plugin.png)This serves as the product page for your download. The page editor functions similarly to a typical WordPress page or post. ### 2. Enter Product Name and Description Add your Product/Download name and description. This can be as simple as a sentence or a full page with images. ![Adding download name and description when creating products in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2023-10-05-at-32439-PM-edited-800x313.jpg)### 3. Choose a Product Type Beneath the editor, in the **Download Details** section, set your **Product Type**. ![Selecting a Product Type while creating a product in Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Markup-on-2025-01-07-at-112412.png)In most cases, you’ll use the **Single Product** type. See [Product Type Options](#product-type-options "Product Type Options") for details on these options. ### 4. Set Your Product's Price Below the **Product Type Options**, set a **Price** for your product. ![Setting a Product Price.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-details-product-price-box.png)### 5. Add the Download File(s) Under the **Files** tab, upload your file(s) to **File URL** and update the **File Name**. ![Uploading download file in Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Markup-on-2025-01-07-at-113443-800x240.png)### 6. Set a Download Image Add an image you want to use for your featured product image. ![Set a Download Image to EDD product.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-43454 PM.png)Publish your product to make it available for purchase. Configuring Download Details and Settings ----------------------------------------- One of the most important parts of creating products in EDD is configuring the settings and options within the **Download Details** box beneath the editor. These are used to specify the type of product and pricing. - [Product Type Options](#product-type-options) - [Pricing Options](#pricing-options) - [Feature Product](#feature-product) - [Download Files](#download-files) - [Notes/Instructions](#notes-instructions) - [Download Settings](#download-settings) - [Saving and Publishing Products](#publishing-products) - [Status and Visibility](#status-visibility) - [Next Steps](#next-steps) Let's look at each option, starting with the first **Details** tab. ![The Download Details settings for creating products in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-settings-box.png)### Product Type Options The first setting is for selecting your type of product. **Single Product:** This is the standard downloadable product used by most stores. It provides a download link(s) upon purchase for the files that you add to the product (under the **Files** tab). ![The Download Files section of a new product page in Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/download-details-files-settings-tab.png)**Bundle**: Allows you to combine more than one product into a single package and price. With this option selected, a **Downloads** tab replaces the **Files** tab. ![The Downloads/Select Download setting option when creating product bundles in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-bundle-select.png)**Service**: A service removes the option to add files and does not provide download links upon purchase. Instead, you can utilize the **Notes** section to give the customer with information about the service they purchased. ![The Notes section for adding Download Instructions for a service product type in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-notes-settings.png)### Pricing Options The next option under the **Details** tab is **Price**. You can enter the price amount for your product in the field. EDD also lets you add multiple purchase options to a single product (for example: Personal, Business, and Developer licenses). To do that, toggle on the **Create price variations for this download** option under **Additional Details**. ![Create price variations for a download in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-create-price-variations-740x338.png)Once enabled, this setting adds a **Prices** tab to the left where you can add variations. ![Creating products in EDD with price variations. ](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-creating-product-prices-variations.png)For a detailed breakdown of variable pricing functionality, read the [Variable Pricing documentation](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/docs/variable-pricing/). ### Feature Product Also under **Additional Details** is the option to **Feature this download in the store**. ![The setting to display featured downloads in WordPress using Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-feature-download-in-store-setting.png)Learn more about [adding featured downloads](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/docs/featured-downloads/). ### Download Files The **Files** tab is where you'll add the digital product files that your customers will download. Upload a file and assign it a name **File Name**. This will be seen by the customer via their order confirmation or receipt. By default, it's set to the name of your file, but you can update it to any name of you choose. It's important to upload your files via the product and not directly to the WordPress media library. When uploaded via your product, the file goes to the protected EDD directory so that direct linking to the files is forbidden. ![](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Markup-on-2023-10-06-at-080145-edited-scaled.jpg)You can add multiple files for the customer to download by clicking the **Add File** button. If variable pricing is enabled, a **Price Assignment** option is added so you can assign files to certain price options. Files may be re-ordered simply by clicking and dragging the crosses at the left. ### Notes/Instructions The **Notes** tab is simply a place for you to add some download instructions on the receipt for the customer. These notes are shown only to a customer on their receipt, never on the front of the website. ### Download Settings The last **Download Details** tab is **Settings**. You can configure a few different settings here. ![The Download Settings tab of the Details box in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-settings-tab.png)The **File Download Limit** lets you can override your system-wide setting for this particular product. Next is **Refund Status**. You can leave it as the **Default (Refundable)** option. This means products can be refunded by Admins and any Shop User. Alternatively, you can set your individual products to be **Non-refundable**. Use **Refund Window** to limit the number of days this product can be refunded after purchasing. WordPress Admins and Shop Managers can refund products regardless of this status. If taxes are enabled in your store's main settings (**Download** » **Settings** » **Taxes**), you’ll see an option to set the download to be non-taxable. Similarly, if **Cart Item Quantities** are enabled (**Downloads** » **Settings** » **Payments** » **Cart**), you can disable quantity input for individual products. ![Tax and quantity input settings for creating products in Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-product-taxable-item-quantity-settings.png)**Buy Buttons** are the last option within the **Settings** tab. By default, purchase buttons are displayed at the bottom of the download. When disabled (by toggling the **Hide default purchase button** option), you can use the EDD Buy Button block or shortcode to display it wherever you prefer. ![The Buy Button download settings in an EDD product page.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-download-details-settings-buy-buttons.png)**Note**: Add to Cart buttons/link follow a traditional eCommerce flow by adding an item to the cart. Buy Now buttons are only available for stores that have a single supported gateway active and do not use taxes. They allow someone to purchase via a pop-up modal without going to the checkout page. Saving and Publishing Products ------------------------------ After completing all the steps above, the final step is to save, preview, and publish your download. You can save and preview the product without publishing it. However, your download won’t be visible to visitors or potential customers on your site until it’s published. Click on the **Save draft** button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. ![The Save Draft button when creating a product in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/creating-products-in-edd-save-draft-403x480.png)Then select **View Download** to see how it looks from the frontend of your website. When you’re ready, select the **Publish** button. ### Status and Visibility Once you select **Publish**, you’re presented with a pre-publish checklist with two default settings you can modify. ![Pre-publish checklist in Easy Digital Downloads.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/easy-digital-downloads-publish-checklist-visbility-398x480.png)The first is **Visibility**. By default, this is set to **Public (Visible to Everyone)**. Other options include: - **Private**: Only visible to site admins and editors. - **Password protected**: Only those with the password can view this post. If your download is not Public, potential customers will not be able to view it on your site. The other setting is **Publish**: **Immediately.** Leave this as is if you’re ready to push it live now. To schedule it to publish at a later date, click on **Immediately** and select the specific date and time. The **Publish** button will change to **Schedule**. ![Scheduling a download product to publish at later date.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/edd-publish-product-schedule-299x480.png)When you click **Schedule**, it will automatically publish the download on that date. Change the status and visibility at any point by clicking on **Status** under the **Download** settings. ![The publish status and visibility settings of a digital product created in EDD.](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/creating-products-publishing-status-edd-740x627.png)Deleting Downloads ------------------ ⚠️ We don't recommend deleting products, since doing so will affect the accuracy of your reports. Instead of deleting, we suggest setting the products to **Draft** or **Private**. That keeps your reports working while removing the items from the store. However, if you need to delete one, go to the **Download** settings. Then, in the top right-hand corner, click on the three vertical dots and select **Move to trash**. Next Steps ---------- Once you have a product published, you're ready to make sure everything works. The easiest way is to [test your store with a test order](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/docs/test-and-launch/). You can also head back to the [Getting Started guide](https://easydigitaldownloads.com/docs/getting-started/) to see the full path from install to first sale.