Description

The Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion organizes the catalog of digital products from Easy Digital Downloads into an expandable accordion by category, grouping downloads under clickable headers that open and close via JavaScript without reloading the page. It is aimed at those who sell ebooks, presets, plugins, fonts, or music through the EDD store and need to present a large catalog without cluttering a single vertical list, keeping navigation streamlined on the front-end.

Main Features of the Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion

  • Grouping by EDD category
    Reads the terms from the Easy Digital Downloads category taxonomy and builds a collapsible section for each one.
  • Insertion via shortcode
    Allows positioning the accordion on any page, post, or widget using a dedicated shortcode.
  • Listing of downloads within each panel
    Displays the title, price, and purchase link of products in the expanded category.
  • Expandable behavior in JavaScript
    Opens and closes sections with animation without reloading the page, preserving the visitor’s reading state.
  • Compatibility with the default EDD structure
    Works on the native custom post types and taxonomies of Easy Digital Downloads without rewriting data.

Benefits of the Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion

  • More navigable catalog
    Reduces scrolling in stores with many products, showing compact categories that the visitor opens as needed.
  • Cleaner store page
    Consolidates dozens of downloads into a few initial lines, making the layout visually lighter.
  • Quick setup without code
    Simply insert the shortcode on an existing page to publish the category-sorted catalog.
  • Greater niche focus
    Helps the visitor find the desired product type before evaluating individual items, shortening the path to purchase.

Who the Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion is Recommended For?

  • Those who sell ebooks, handouts, or PDF courses through Easy Digital Downloads and want to separate by topic without creating multiple pages.
  • Creators of Lightroom presets, LUTs, audio samples, or fonts who need to organize collections by style.
  • EDD stores of plugins, themes, or digital assets with an extensive catalog that would become confusing in a single linear listing.
  • Those who want to offer a single store page with everything grouped by category and accordion navigation.

How to Download the Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion

The Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion is available for download here on Ultrapack. After obtaining the .zip file, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin in the WordPress dashboard, select the package, and click activate. With Easy Digital Downloads already installed, insert the accordion shortcode on your desired store page to display the categories.

Designed for those who already run an Easy Digital Downloads store and need to transform a long list of products into a category-segmented structure, the Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion acts as a presentation layer on the front-end. The combination of a simple shortcode, taxonomic grouping, and JavaScript foldable behavior reduces catalog organization effort and improves visitor reading on screens with abundant digital content.

Frequently asked questions

Is Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion GPL-licensed?

Yes. Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.

Can I use Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion on multiple sites?

Yes. You can install Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.

How much does Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion cost at Ultrapack?

Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).

Does Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion include updates?

Yes. The current version of Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion is 1.0, published at Ultrapack on Oct 22, 2018. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).

Is Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion scanned before publication?

Yes. Every version of Easy Digital Downloads Category Accordion goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.