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How To Add A Download Button In WordPress

Samira Islam

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Having some good quality downloadable files on your website can surely step up your content creation game to some extent. Now, if you want to share valuable resources, documents, or media files with your audience with just a few simple steps, you will need download buttons on your website. A button with the download link will instantly catch the visitors attention and increase your downloads.

If you are wondering how to add one, it’s pretty easy. In this post, I will show you how to add a download button in WordPress in a few easy steps. Go through the steps carefully and by the end of the post, you will be able to do it on your own.

So, shall we begin? Let’s go.

How To Add A Download Button In WordPress

To add a download button, you can either go for the default Button block on WordPress which gets the basic job done or, you can go for a more noticeable and advanced block. 

If you are going for the first option, just go to the post or page where you want to add the button, click on the (+) icon, then search for Buttons and add that to the editor. 

But I’ll suggest you get creative with your buttons and make a more noticeable button. And for that, you will need a plugin. I will be using the Ultimate Blocks plugin to show the whole process. 

We will start by going to the WordPress Dashboard. Then go to Plugins and then Add New. Search for Ultimate Blocks, click on Install Now, and then Activate it.

Then go to the page or post where you will add the button. Type in /button(improved) or click on the (+) sign and then search for the Button (Improved) block, add that when found. 

Once it’s added, enter the text ‘Download Now’ and add the download link.

Then we will go to the right-hand side panel. From there you can add a download icon and change the color of your button. You can also adjust the size and other things for further customization there.

That’s pretty much it. We are done adding a download button.

Conclusion

I tried to make this tutorial as short and simple as possible. Try doing each step following it, and I’m sure you won’t have any trouble doing it on your own.

Hope this helped. Thank you.

Also, check out the other how-to posts on further customizing your site from our blog:

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  • Updated 2025-05-25 (Samira Islam)
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