How to Replace Easy Digital Downloads Menu Icon

Are you looking for a way to replace the standard menu icon in Easy Digital Downloads? You can use Dashicons in replacement to Easy Digital Downloads menu icon. While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to replace Easy Digital Downloads menu icon.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

remove_action( 'admin_head', 'edd_admin_downloads_icon' );

function sumobi_edd_replace_menu_icon( $download_args ) {
   $download_args['menu_icon'] = 'dashicons-cart';
   return $download_args;
}
add_filter( 'edd_download_post_type_args', 'sumobi_edd_replace_menu_icon' );

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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