Creating Coupons for Easy Digital Downloads with Gravity Forms

Scott Ryer

/ Updated March 17, 2021 / Leave a Comment

Coupons are a useful incentive for persuading customers to fill out a form.

Want to encourage visitors to sign up for your newsletter? Offer them a coupon code for a small discount at your shop.

Trying to spread the word about your online store? Insert a “Share this Product with a Friend” form on your site and send the sharer a discount for use on their first purchase.

Getting Started

1. Check requirements
   • Make sure you have Gravity Forms installed and activated.
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2. Install the snippet
   • Copy and paste the entire snippet into your theme’s functions.php file.
3. Configure the snippet
   • The basic configuration only requires that you specify the which form should be used to generate coupons (form_id), which field’s value should be used as the coupon code (source_field_id), and the type and amount of the coupon.
   • See the Usage Examples and available Parameters below.

Usage Examples

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Flat Discount, Applied to Cart

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 10,
	'type'            => 'flat'
) );

Creates a flat $10 discount that applies to the entire cart. Whenever Form ID 608 is submitted, the value of Field ID 1 is used to create a new coupon.

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Percentage Discount, Applied to Cart

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 10,
	'type'            => 'percent'
) );

Creates a 10% discount that applies to the entire cart.

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Percentage Discount, Applied to Specific Product(s)

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 10,
	'type'            => 'percent',
	'meta'            => array(
		'product_reqs'  => '123',
		'is_not_global' => true,
	)
) );

Creates a 10% discount that applies only to product ID 123 (via a combination of product_reqs and is_not_global).

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Percentage Discount, Applied to Entire Cart When Cart Contains a Specific Product

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 10,
	'type'            => 'percent',
	'meta'            => array(
		'product_reqs' => '123',
	)
) );

Creates a 10% discount that applies to entire cart. Discount is only applied when cart contains a specific product (handled by product_reqs).

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Usage Limit and Expiration Date

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 10,
	'type'            => 'flat',
	'meta'            => array(
		'max_uses'   => 5,
		'expiration' => '12/31/2020'
	)
) );

Creates a flat $10 discount that applies to the entire cart. The coupon can be used up to 5 times (handled by the max_uses) and will expire on December 31, 2020 (via the expiration).

Easy Digital Downloads Coupon with Name Set by Field Value

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'name_field_id'   => 20,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 15,
	'type'            => 'flat',
) );

Creates a 15% discount that applies to the entire cart. This coupon’s title is derived from the value in Field 20 (handled by name_field_id).

Parameters

Here is a full list of the available parameters and additional information on how each can be configured.

new GW_Create_Coupon( array(
	'form_id'         => 608,
	'source_field_id' => 1,
	'name_field_id'   => 20,
	'plugin'          => 'edd',
	'amount'          => 15,
	'type'            => 'flat',
	'meta'            => array(
		'excluded_products' => array(),
		'expiration'        => '',
		'is_not_global'     => false,
		'is_single_use'     => false,
		'max_uses'          => '',
		'min_price'         => '',
		'product_reqs'      => array(),
		'start'             => '',
	)
) );

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