Download button on single product page not showing

Can you also tell me is it specifically that plugin that is causing the problem with mine? So when that one is disabled everything works out of the box?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Richard Webster.

Hi Richard,

Yes, it is a problem with WooCommerce Views. In WC Views there’s an option to switch template:

>> https://d7j863fr5jhrr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/product-template-file.png
>> https://wp-types.com/documentation/user-guides/getting-started-woocommerce-views/

When I switch to the default WooCommerce template, then the download button shows on the single product page.

It seems the only way to display the Download Button from “Download Now – WooCommerce” on the Single Product page is via shortcode:

https://wp-types.com/forums/topic/woocommerce-view-single-product-template-needs-to-include-other-plugin-fields/

And then to display the shortcode with a conditional:

https://wp-types.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-conditional

Does that make sense?

But then still, the question is why does the download button show on the archive page, but not on the single product? I’m using WooCommerce Views templates on both.

If the above info doesn’t lead anywhere, then I’ll set up a mirror site for you to check out.

In the meantime, I can show a direct download button via conditional in the content for the relevant product ID.

Yes if the plugin changes the woo templates, which removes the default WooCommerce hooks my plugin uses, it won’t display.

I’m currently working on a very similar issue with another plugin that changes the world, and the solution I’ve come up with is to use a shortcode, so that was well researched by you!

I’ll be looking to implement the fixes in the next few days with testing. If you’re happy to use the shortcode route then that will be the solution.

Sweet, yes the shortcode route will be great!

Types Toolset allows one to register third-party shortcode arguments, and also functions to use inside conditional evaluations:

https://goo.gl/GHwCTk

So I’ll then also need to know which “Download Now – WooCommerce” function to use in the “if” attribute to control conditional display.

For the time being I will put the free product in a category “Free Downloads” and will conditionally display a direct download button like this in WC Views:

[wpv-conditional if="( has_term('free-downloads', 'product_cat', null) eq '1' )" ]Download button code here[/wpv-conditional]

But I’d like to control display for this according to your plugin functions/classes and not a category, and not show a shareable link.

Thanks and wishing you good luck on that! Very useful plugin this!

I’ve pushed a new version, 2.3.3, it’s functional but need some live testing of the shortcodes when using these crazy plugins. I wouldn’t think you’d need to mess about with functions yourself, just drop the shortcode into the product description area where you want it to be. New shortcode for product pages is:

[download_now_page id=”YOUR_PRODUCT_ID”]

It should work when version 2.3.3 filters through. Feel free to test it, but I’ll be testing it myself in the wild.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Richard Webster.

Update:

Seems to work great. Try it out your end.

Yes! Updated to 2.3.3, added the shortcode to Types and it’s working perfectly!

Using a conditional to check for product ID like this:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-id]' eq '1016' )"][download_now_page id="1016"][/wpv-conditional]

So can use it like that even if there will be more free products in the future, just repeat the conditional and shortcode for additional products.

Good and fast work man, really appreciate it! This plugin adds a new dimension to WooCommerce!

Will write a review!

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