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Download and configure EDD

Download and configure EDD - WordPress Tutorial

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Download and configure EDD

- [Instructor] Let's get started by installing the EDD plugin. The easiest way is right through your WordPress dashboard, so that's how we're going to do it. We'll go to the admin, and then plugins, add new. And up here, we'll type in Easy Digital Downloads. and then find the one called Easy Digital Downloads, and click install now. That's it. Now if you do have an issue with this, make sure that you have an internet connection, and that your hosting settings let your website install plugins. Some hosts, who aren't used to WordPress sites, sometimes lock down FTP access and that can mess up these easy installs. So if you had a problem, make sure you have an internet connection, and make sure that your host allows it. Once you have EDD installed, let's click activate. EDD doesn't have any sort of welcome wizard, so if we go down and click general settings from the plugin menu, we'll go to the settings we should configure right away. The first thing we see on the general settings page…

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