Using custom user roles with WP-DownloadManager

answering my own question although it is admittedly a “hack” and not a solution.

I created a “Custom Capability” in the Members plugin called “is_member”.

I changed this line:

// At Least Contributor Role
if( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
    return 1;

to

// At Least Contributor Role
if( current_user_can( 'is_member' ) ) {
    return 1;

It would be nice if there were an option to do this “legally”.. but I’m satisfied with my nifty little hack.

Thanks for the great plugin!!