thanks for the suggestion. i also enabled output of errors to the browser console so can spot when they may appear. will report back.

using bricks builder. everything is up to date. i have not been able to pinpoint which page triggers this. is there an efficient way to do this, or rather, what is the way of figuring that out? thanks

newbie here - where do i place this code to execute?

yes, aware of that, and contacted the plugin dev regarding future updates and the possibility of implementing a filter as in the core plugin. thanks!

thanks again!!!

that did it! hopefully they'll implement actions or filter, or will find a way to hijack it without modifying actual plugin.

new question here

i understand. will implement the second method! as for the forms version, i found this: // hijack the download shortcode add_shortcode( 'dlm_gf_form', array( $this, 'shortcode_dlm_gf_form' ) ); perhaps similar way to insert post meta into form version of shortcode?

i dug around the addon code and think found a similar callback for the shortcode id para, but not quite sure what i'm missing: function download_shortcode_custom_form_id($id, $atts = []){ if(!is_numeric($form_id) && $form_id = 'auto' ): //change 'temp' post meta name with your own $post_meta = get_post_meta(get_queried_object_id(), 'ur-download-form-id', true); $post_meta ? $form_id = $post_meta : null; endif; return $form_id; } add_filter('dlm_gf_form', 'download_shortcode_custom_form_id', 10, 2);

i have several post metas that are numeric IDs hence must use first method? i'm also using an addon for download monitor - gravity forms lock link. for that, the shortcode, which i must include in the same post is like this: [dlm_gf_form download_id="ur-single-download-form-id"] where ur-single-download-form-id would represent the post meta name.

just tested - both methods work! thank you!