WordPress Download Manager is a Files/Documents Management Plugin designed to manage, track, and control file downloads from your WordPress Site. You can use passwords and user roles to control access to your files, manage download speeds, and limit the number of downloads per user. It also offers features such as Captcha Lock or IP Block to block bots, unwanted users, or spammers. You may even require users to agree to your terms and conditions before downloading.

Need to sell digital products? You may use WordPress Download Manager as a complete e-Commerce Solution for selling digital products. Simply put a price when you need to sell a digital item. You also may use license ( ex: Simple, Extended, Unlimited ) based prices for a product. Users can directly download free items and when an item has a price user will have to go through cart & checkout. WordPress Download Manager has the easiest checkout option to give the user better experience in purchasing an item and which always increase the probability of successful completion of an order.

Features

• Custom post type and taxonomy, adding a download is just like creating a post
• Drag and Drop File Upload
• Chunk upload support to override http max upload limit
• Attach file directly from your server using server file browser
• Media library file protection
• Integrated document viewer ( DOC, PDF and POWERPOINT )
• Quick add panel with tinymce editor button to create and insert a download easily when you are editing a post or page
• Google Drive support to store your files in Google drive ( 15 GB of space for free)
• DropBox support to store your files in DropBox ( 2 GB of space for free )
• Box.com support to store your files in Box.com ( 10 GB of space for free )
• OneDrive support to store your files in onedrive.live.com ( 15 GB of space for free )
• Option to “Open in Browser” or “Download” files ( PDFs or images )
• Control who can access to download
• Category level access control
• Download speed control
• Password protection
• CAPTCHA protection
• Ad blocker detection
• IP block option to prevent bot downloads or downloads from unwanted IP addresses
• Download logs to check who is downloading which file from where and when
• Terms protection – Agree with Terms & Conditions before download
• Download counter to see total download count for each file
• Custom download link icon
• File type icon support
• Full Featured User Dashboard ( use short-code [wpdm_user_dashboard] )
• Custom front-end login / signup form short-code
• Custom oEmbed template
• Responsive DataTable support ( use short-code [wpdm_all_packages jstable=1 items_per_page=20] )
• Searching and Sorting Option
• Custom link label
• Short-code for download link
• Short-code for direct link to downloadable file [wpdm_direct_link id=file_id_required link_label=any_text_optional]
• Widget for new files
• Widget for top downloads
• Widget for searching downloads
• Multi-level Categories
• Custom TinyMce Button
• Category embed short-code
• Advanced server file browser
• Complete category and file tree using a simple short-code [wpdm_tree]
• MP4 video upload and play support
• Video file download protection, allow visitors to play but block download
• Translation Ready

Digital Asset Manager

• Server file manager
• Create new file and folder easily
• Move, copy, edit files
• Integrated file editor with syntax highlights
• Asset shortcode to embed a file/asset easily in a page or post
• Upload, Download and Delete operations
• Video and audio preview/play

Digital Asset Manager ( Pro Features )

• File tagging
• Sharable link generator
• Bookmarking, Comments and discussions
• Front-end asset management
• Custom asset metadata
• Asset archive and version management

Complete Digital Store Solution:

Use Premium Package – Complete Digital Store Solution Add-on (free) if you need to sell your digital items. The add-on has all features you will ever need to build a perfect online shop for your digital downloads:

• Single Click Activation ( Auto-install & Activate )
• Sell Digital Products Securely
• Easy Administration
• PayPal Integrated
• User-role Based Discount Management
• Coupon Management
• Sales Tax
• Save Cart and Checkout Later
• Email Saved Cart
• Product & Price Variations ( License Based Pricing / Sell Extra Gigs with Product )
• Promotional Pricing for Your Digital Products
• “Pay As You Want” pricing
• Invoice Generation
• Easiest Checkout System
• Guest Checkout and Guest Download
• Order expiration option ( Like 1 year support & update access, then expire )
• Auto-renew order option ( Accept Recurring Payment for Orders )
• Easy Order Management
• Sales Notifications via Email
• Sales Notification Directly in Your Mobile with Push Message
• Very Detailed Sales Reports
• Order Notes & Messaging System
• Extended Product Licensing System
• License Level Pricing
• Easy to implement license API for license system integration
• Full-featured Digital Products Marketplace with Front-end product submission & payout management ( This Feature Requires WPDM v4+ )
• Sell individual files ( like single song from an album ) ( This Feature Requires WPDM v4+ )
• and much more…

Gutenberg Blocks

• Gutenberg Blocks for gutenberg editor
• Gutenberg Blocks and Page Layouts – Attire Blocks

Elementor Addons

• Download Manager Addons for Elementor – Use the plugin if you are using Elementor Website Builder. The plugin provides elementor addons for all wordpress download manager shortcodes you were writing manually.

Google Drive

Use Google Drive Explorer add-on ( free ) to store your files in google drive and link with download manager, get 15 GB free storage space and save your server bandwidth

DropBox

Use DropBox Explorer add-on ( free ) to store your files in dropbox and link with download manager, get 2 GB free storage space and save your server bandwidth

Box.com

Use Box.com Explorer add-on ( free ) to store your files in Box.com and link with download manager, get 10 GB free storage space and save your server bandwidth

OneDrive

Use OneDrive Explorer add-on ( free ) to store your files in Microsoft OneDrive and link with download manager, get 15 GB free storage space and save your server bandwidth

pCloud

Use pCloud Connector add-on ( premium ) to store your files in pCloud and link with download manager, get 10 GB free storage space and save your server bandwidth

Add-ons

Download and Install following free add-on to add additional features as per your need

• Advanced Tiny-Mce Button for editor button to generate short-codes
• Extended Short-codes for tree view ( [wpdm_tree] ), slider ( [wpdm_slider] ) & carousel ( [wpdm_carousel] )
• WPDM Image Button to replace download link label with a custom designed image
• WPDM Button Templates for pre-designed colorful button styles

Mobile Apps

Check download stats and get a push notification when someone downloads, install:

• WPDM API – install this add-on on your site and configure API key
• WPDM for Android – Install the app on your android phone
• WPDM for iOS – Check download and sales stats directly from your iPhone or iPad

Free Themes

• Attire – perfect theme for any site like blog, portfolio, photography, stock image, music, video archive, software download directory, ecommerce, and it is free.

More Themes & Add-ons

• Add-ons – 100+ add-ons
• Themes – Themes Specially Optimized for Download Manager

External Service Disclosures

This plugin utilizes external services to enhance its functionality. Please review the following disclosures regarding the use of these services:

• Google reCAPTCHA

This plugin may utilize Google reCAPTCHA to enhance security by protecting against spam and unauthorized access. Google reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, which you can review at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://policies.google.com/terms, respectively.

• Microsoft Office Doc Preview

Our plugin provides the ability to preview Microsoft Office documents for user convenience. This feature may rely on Microsoft services. Users may be subject to Microsoft’s privacy policies and terms when accessing and previewing Office documents through this plugin. Please consult Microsoft’s Privacy Statement and Terms of Use for further information.

• Google Doc Preview

This plugin may offer Google Doc preview functionality for certain file types. Users may interact with Google’s services during the preview process. Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply when using this feature. You can find these policies at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://policies.google.com/terms.

By using this plugin, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and policies of these external services as outlined above.

Powerful Download Manager Plugin for WordPress

Download Monitor is a powerful download manager plugin for handling downloadable files, adding download links to your posts or pages, and tracking downloads.

Download Monitor has been featured on the websites of some of the most popular and leading businesses in the WordPress ecosystem, such as WPBeginner, Pagely, Jilt, WP Fusion & Kinsta.

See how easy it is to list a download on your WordPress site

Download Monitor Extensions available when purchasing a Pro plan

• Buttons: Create beautiful, fully customizable download buttons for your files.
• Downloading Page: Serve your downloads from a separate page.
• Google Drive: Lets you use the files hosted on your Google Drive as Download Monitor files.
• Advanced Access Manager: Create advanced download limitations per download and on a global level.
• Email Notification: Trigger an email notification whenever one of your files is downloaded.
• Document Library Manage: Display files in fast, searchable tables or grids with sorting, filters, and flexible styling. Your documents, easy to find.
• Lock downloads option: Set restrictions to your download functionality using MailChimp Lock, Email Lock, CAPTCHA,
• Gravity Forms Gated Content: easily create a download gate with Gravity Forms. Require users to fill-in a form before accessing a download.
• Ninja Forms Lock: if you are an user of Ninja Forms, you can also use this to require users to fill-in of a form before accesing a download.
• WPForms Gated Content: gate your downloads by first requesting users to submit a form build using WPForms.
• Contact Form 7 Lock: request the submission of a Contact Form 7 form before providing access to the download.

Documentation

We have a large Knowledge Base on our Download Monitor website that contains documentation about how to how to setup and use Download Monitor.

How-to Guides

Are you a new Download Monitor user? Read these articles on how to get your files ready for download with Download Monitor:
How to install Download Monitor
How to add your first download in Download Monitor
How to list your first download on your website with the download shortcode

More advanced topics that a lot of people find interesting:
Learn more about the different ways you can style your download buttons
Learn more about how to customize your download buttons
Learn more about what actions and filters are available in Download Monitor

Contributing and reporting bugs

You can contribute code to this plugin via GitHub: https://github.com/WPChill/download-monitor
You can contribute localizations via Transifex https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/download-monitor/

Help & Support

• Search our extensive knowledge base for documentation about installing the plugin/the extensions, available settings and how to use them.
• Browse Download monitor’s WordPress forum to find answers to your queries or create a new topic.
• Contact us directly for support.

3rd party or external service disclaimer

The plugin connects to our website through an API call (https://download-monitor.com/?dlm-all-extensions=true) in order to request a list of available extensions.

IT DOES NOT SEND ANY DATA NOR DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE REQUEST

Our privacy policy can be found at this URL https://download-monitor.com/privacy-policy/

“Awesome plugin! So helpful in development! I’m a WordPress developer and constantly get into situations where I have to download a theme or plugin from the clients’ servers to debug/customize/etc. In these situations, “Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard” is the number one choice and way to go. Works perfectly, as described. Many thanks to the developer. Thumbs up!!” – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hemant Arora

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Have you ever found yourself in a need to download a plugin or theme file directly from your WordPress admin dashboard, only to discover you lack FTP or cPanel access?

This is basically why we created this plugin, to simplify the process for you, so that with just a single click (literally), you can effortlessly download any plugin or theme right from your dashboard, no technical hurdles or external tools required.

But that’s not all. Imagine you’ve customized a plugin to suit your site’s unique needs, only to realize you want to use those modifications elsewhere. With our plugin, you can easily download those customized files, ensuring your hard work is preserved and easily transferable.

Say goodbye to complex file management and hello to seamless plugin and theme downloads, all from within your WordPress admin interface.

Let’s take a look at some of the plugin features.

🚀 Main Features: FREE Version

🚀 Download Plugins from WordPress Dashboard

The plugin adds a “Download” button in Plugins page next to each plugin, so what with a single click, you can download any plugin from your WordPress admin dashboard, download the plugin files in ZIP format without the need to get a file manager plugin or FTP access.

🚀 Download Themes from WordPress Dashboard

Similar to plugins, you will have a “Download” button on Appearance > Themes page, where you can easily download any theme (or child theme) files from your website, so you can have a safe copy, or use it locally or elsewhere.

🚀 Download All Plugins & Themes in a Click

Do you have a lot of plugins or themes that you want to download quickly? The plugin allows you to get all installed plugins and themes with one click in a single combined file.

🚀 Add Main Plugin/Theme Directory to ZIP File

You can select to include the plugin/theme main directory to your file, or have it directly saved from the inner folders level.

🚀 Append Plugin/Theme Version Number to ZIP Filename

The plugin options allow you to append the version number of your plugins or themes to their ZIP filenames, very useful for better organization and version tracking of files.

🚀 Advanced ZIP Libraries Selection

Choose between ZipArchive or PclZip libraries for handling ZIP files based on your server & tools needs/compatibility.

❤️ User Testimonials: See What Others Are Saying!

“Very useful !!: This plugin simplifies the WordPress experience by allowing users to effortlessly download plugins and themes directly from the dashboard, making it an excellent alternative for those without CPanel / FTP access.” – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ storemizer

“Amazing Plugin!: Straightforward with a very simple interface, and gets the job done (even faster than ftp downloading).” – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ florijan

🏆 Do More: PRO Version

If you want to go further, you can get the premium version of Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin.

🏆 Set Periodical Plugins and/or Themes Downloads

Set up automated periodic downloads of plugins or themes, to make sure you always have the latest versions for testing or backup purposes, at intervals ranging from once a minute to every 4 weeks.

This feature is especially useful for developers or site administrators who regularly update their WordPress installations and want to keep local copies of plugins and themes synchronized.

🏆 Append Date & Time to Plugin/Theme ZIP Filename

With the scheduled download for plugins/themes, you can include the date & time to plugins/themes names so you have a well-organized folders by date.

🏆 Customize Name & Path for Periodical Plugins Downloads

Customize the naming convention and storage location for plugins & themes downloaded periodically, ensuring organized file management and easy access to archived versions.

🏆 Customize the Download plugin link

Customize the download plugin link on the plugins page with options such as: color, font-weight, and custom text.

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“Brilliant!!!:I had deleted a plugin that I bought and their website doesn’t allow you to log in and download. But I did remember a website that had the plugin. Installed this plugin and downloaded the plugin I was needing in an instant. Well done!” – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ brand9

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“Greatly Usable!:Being a WordPress developer I often need to download the themes and plugins from the sites. When I do not have any other details except the site URL and login, then comes the role of this well functional and greatly usable plugin.” – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ritu Singh

Download Plugin for WordPress

Download Plugin can easily download plugins, themes, users, blog posts, pages, comments, attachments, and more directly from your WordPress dashboard. Download Plugin can also download data from any plugin that uses custom post types, including WooCommerce products, Easy Digital Downloads, Portfolio Post Types, Slider Revolution, bbPress, WP Job Manager, JetPack, and many more.

Download Plugins: A download button is placed beside each plugin, allowing you to download the plugin in a zip file format. You can also select multiple plugins and use the bulk download option to download all selected plugins with a single click.

Download Themes: Similar to plugins, a download button is placed beside each theme in your WordPress dashboard. You can download themes in a zip file format.

Download Users: With the Download Plugin, you can download individual user data or multiple users’ metadata in a CSV file format. This feature simplifies user data management, allowing easy download and save user information.

Download Blog Posts: Export blog posts individually or in bulk with just a click. Download Plugin allows you to download blog posts in a CSV format for backup or migration purposes.

Download Pages: Download single or multiple pages from your WordPress site. This feature is perfect for backing up your content or transferring pages between sites.

Download Custom Posts: Download data from plugin that use custom post types. Download single custom post or a bulk download of multiple posts.

Download Comments: Download comments either individually or in bulk. Save user feedback and engagement safely.

1. Just activate this plugin.
2. You can see Download link below each plugin name on plugins page.
3. Click on any of them and that plugin’s zip will be downloaded to your computer.
4. Cheers!

Must-have utility plugin that allows you to download any plugin directly from WordPress Dashboard!

WordPress download plugin is a utility plugin that does one thing, and does it perfectly. It may sound simple, but this feature plugs a hole in current set of WordPress plugin functionality. As a site admin you must be aware that you can search and install WordPress plugins directly from the dashboard, or you can upload the plugin as zip files, assuming you received it from another site (for example, a commercial plugin). Once installed, all plugins list themselves inside Dashboard -> Plugins page. After deactivating and deleting them, they simply disappear. All files are removed from the server instantly. WordPress does not allow you to backup or download the plugins before you jettison them from your site. If you also manage your server and are fairly comfortable doing so, you may find a more contrived way to download installed plugins via directory manager app or FTP. Obviously, this requires more than a single click and not for everyone.

What exactly are plugins and how this plugin helps you save time or bail you out from difficult situations? Plugins are files and/ or directories, which are created inside your WordPress installation (defined by WordPress) when you first install them. Both active and deactivated files reside inside them. When you upload zip package of a plugin, WordPress extracts it and places the directory inside it in the plugins folder. Our plugin allows you to reverse the process. It will convert any plugin installed on your site into a zip package ready to be reinstalled later or moved to another site. It accomplishes this by simply adding a new link “Download” under the plugin title to already existing links. It is a single click process and hardly takes any time. Our plugin does not create any other page in the dashboard or clutter menus. It is lightweight, efficient and completely invisible until you need it.

So why would you need it? While there can be many reasons, here are the primary we think you will find it useful.

A. Backup

The foremost and most common reason – when you wish to make backup of the plugin for future installation.

B. Premium/ Commercial Plugins

If you have purchased the plugin from a vendor site, you may want to make a backup of your new purchase to make sure you have it handy if the vendor is no longer available or your account is expired. Please note: Do check terms of use for commercial plugins on publisher’s site.

C. Migrating to a different site

So you have found yourselves dependent on some specific plugins that you want to use on all of your sites? You can download these plugins from your current site do a folder on your hard disk from where you can upload to your other sites.

D. Preserving Changes

If you DIY type and made modifications to plugin files to suit your requirements, you will want to make sure you have an archived copy of the plugin if the files get overwritten by an update etc.

Starter Guide

Checkout Download plugin guide for more information.

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I developed the Simple Download Monitor plugin because I needed a nice way to manage my digital downloads and monitor the number of downloads of my files and documents.

This plugin is very useful for managing and tracking your digital file download counts.

You can password protect your downloadable files and documents too (visitors will require a password before downloading the file when you use this option).

You can configure downloadable files from your WordPress admin dashboard via an elegant user interface. Then allow your visitors to download the files and this plugin will monitor which files get downloaded how many times.

The plugin will log the IP addresses of the users who download your digital files and documents. It will also log the date and time of each download.

It has a very user-friendly interface for uploading, managing, monitoring and tracking file downloads.

Simple Download Monitor Features

• Add, edit and remove downloads from an easy to use interface.
• Drag and drop file and document uploads.
• Assign categories and tags to your downloadable files and documents.
• Rich text editor for editing your download item description.
• Use shortcodes to display a download now button on a WordPress post or page.
• Show trackable download now buttons for your files anywhere on your site.
• Shortcode to create a direct download link for a file. Useful for hotlinking.
• Download counter for each file.
• Ability to set a download count offset for each file.
• Track IP addresses of the users who downloaded your files.
• Track date and time of each file downloads.
• Track the usernames of the users downloading the files.
• Track the User Agent of the visitors downloading the files.
• Track the Referrer URL to see which page the downloads are coming from.
• Option to setup secure downloads for your files (the URL of the downloadable file will be hidden).
• Option to upload a thumbnail image for each of your downloadable files.
• Option to use a nice looking template to show your download now buttons.
• Ability to search and sort your downloadable files in the admin dashboard.
• Ability to create a search page and allow your visitors to search your downloads.
• Track the number of downloads for each of your files.
• Track the visitors country.
• View the daily download counts of your items in a chart.
• WordPress Shortcode for embedding a download link for a file.
• Tinymce button in the WordPress post/page editor so you can easily add the shortcode.
• You can customize the “Download Now” button text of an item to anything you want.
• Ability to add the download now buttons to your sidebar widget.
• Create password protected download now buttons. Users will only be able to download the file if they enter the correct password. View the tutorial
• Option to add additional security to your downloadable files with the Enhanced File Protection Feature.
• Shortcode to show the download counter of a file. Use it to show off your file download count.
• Shortcode to show all the downloads from a particular category.
• Shortcode to embed a file tree browser for your downloadable files. The file browser is ajax based and it shows the files structured by categories.
• Ability to open the downloads in new browser window or tab. When your users click on a download button, it will open in a new window or tab.
• Ability to show your downloads in a grid display. View the tutorial
• Export all the file download logs to a CSV file.
• Ability to reset the log entries.
• Ability to trim the download log entries.
• Shortcode to show a number of latest downloads to your visitors.
• Shortcode to show a number of popular downloads to your visitors.
• Ability to disable the download monitoring (logging) for certain items (or all items).
• You can also choose to only monitor downloads from unique IP address only.
• Option to specify file size info so it can be shown to your visitors. View the tutorial
• Option to specify version number info for the download item so it can be shown to your visitors.
• Option to show the download published date.
• Option to restrict downloads to logged-in users only. View the tutorial
• There is an option to show an ajax file tree browser so your visitors can browse all your files and download the ones they want.
• Option to ignore download count from bots.
• Option to add Google reCAPTCHA to your download buttons.
• Option to add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to your download buttons.
• Option to add Terms and Conditions to your download buttons.
• Ability to easily clone/copy your existing download items.
• Ability to insert Adsense or other Ad code inside the download item display.
• Gutenberg block to insert download now buttons on a post or page.
• Option to override the default template by placing a custom template file in the active theme’s directory.
• The stats menu can show you the top downloads, downloads by date, country, browser etc.

View more details on the download monitor plugin page.

Language Translations

The following language translations are already available for the download monitor plugin:

• English
• German
• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Russian
• Dutch
• Portuguese (Brasil)
• Hebrew

Simple Download Monitor Plugin Usage

Once you have installed the plugin, go to “Downloads -> Settings” interface to configure some options

A) Configure Download Monitor basic settings

• Admin Options: Remove Tinymce Button – Removes the SDM Downloads button from the WP content editor (default: unchecked).
• Color Options: Download Button Color – Select a default color of the download button (default: green).

B) Add a new download

To configure a new download follow these steps:

1. Go to “Downloads->Add New” interface in your WP admin
2. Enter a title for your download
3. Add a description for the download
4. Select the file from your computer and upload it (or use an URL of the file)
5. Select an image for the download (it will be displayed as a thumbnail on the front end)
6. Publish it

You can view all of your existing downloads from the “Downloads->Downloads” interface.

C) Create a download button

Create a new post/page and click the “SDM Downlaods” TinyMCE button to insert a shortcode (This button will only show up if you haven’t unchecked it in the settings). You can choose to display your download with a nice looking box or just a plain download link/button.

Example Shortcode Usage:

[sdm_download id="271" fancy="1"]  (embed a download button inside a box with other information e.g. Thumbnail, Title and Description)

[sdm_download id="271" fancy="0"]  (embed a plain download button/link for a file)

[sdm_download id="271" fancy="0" color="blue"]  (embed a plain download button/link for a file with a blue color)

D) Download logs

You can check the download stats from the “Downloads->Logs” interface. It shows the number of downloads for each files, IP address of the user who downloaded it, date and time of the download.

3rd Party or External Libraries/Services

The plugin uses the Google Charts library to show the download count charts in the admin interface (if you use the stats menu of the plugin). You can see more details about this library at the following URL:
https://developers.google.com/chart/

Detailed Usage Documentation

View more usage instructions on the Download Monitor Plugin page.

Github Repository

https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor

If you need extra action hooks or filters for this plugin then let us know.

Easy Media Download is a free download manager for WordPress. It gives your users the ability to download digital media files from your website. The plugin is lightweight and makes downloading easier. You can create beautiful download button which instantly starts the download once clicked.

Features

• Create quick downloads
• Free downloads for music or audio files e.g. mp3, aac, m4a, wav
• Insert download buttons into your landing page
• Free downloads for video files e.g. mp4, mov, qt (QuickTime), mpg, mpeg, flv, m4v, swf, flash, avi, wma, ogg, webm
• Allow users to directly download in all file formats
• Free downloads for document file e.g. doc, docx (OpenOffice, Microsoft Word), odt (OpenDocument), htm, html, ps, tex, xml, txt, csv
• Allow large file download (No limit on the file size)
• Free downloads for Office file e.g. xlsx (Microsoft Excel), pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint)
• Free downloads for script e.g. js, css, php
• Free downloads for archive or compressed file e.g. tar, rar, zip, 7z, gz, z
• Force the browser to open the download prompt
• Free downloads for image file e.g. png, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp
• Open the download in a new tab
• Free downloads for e-book e.g. pdf, epub

Easy Media Download Add-ons

• User Only Download

Embedding Shortcodes for the Downloads

Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a download button for your digital media file:

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip"]

here, url is a shortcode parameter that you need to replace with the actual URL to your digital file

You can also specify additional optional parameters in the shortcode to customize the free download button.

Button Text

By default the text for the download button is “Download Now”. But you can choose to modify the text using the “text” parameter.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download"]

Button Width

By default the width for the download button is “153”. But you can choose to modify it using the “width” parameter.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" width="100"]

Button Height

By default the height for the download button is “41”. But you can choose to modify it using the “height” parameter.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" width="100" height="50"]

Download in a new window

By default the download starts in the same window. But you can choose to modify it using the “target” parameter.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" target="_blank"]  (opens the download in a new window)<h3>Force File Download</h3>

Usually when a digital file is recognised by the browser it does not prompt for download. The file just opens in the browser instead. You can choose to modify this behaviour using the force_dl parameter in the shortcode.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.mp3" force_dl="1"]<h3>Download Button Templates</h3>

Easy Media Download comes with 21 different download button templates. All you need to do is specify the style and the button will look just like it. For example:

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" color="red_darker"]

• grey
• grey_light
• red
• green_dark
• green_light
• green
• blue
• blue_two
• blue_three
• blue_four
• orange
• orange_two
• orange_light
• orange_dark
• purple
• purple_dark
• purple_light
• yellow_red
• hot_pink
• pink

If you want to fully customize the download button you can use your own button image instead.

Link Rel

You can use the HTML link rel attribute in the shortcode to define the relationship between your page and the linked download.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" rel="nofollow"]<h3>Custom CSS Class</h3>

In addition to various button templates, If you want to apply custom styling to a button you can do so by using the class parameter.

[easy_media_download url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" class="myclass"]

You can specify multiple CSS classes in the shortcode.

[easy_media_download url=”https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip” class=”myclass1 myclass2 myclass3″]

The container that encloses the button can be targeted using the parent_class parameter in the shortcode.

[easy_media_download url=”https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip” parent_class=”blockclass1″]

Easy Media Download Shortcode 2

With this shortcode, you can create a download button with your preferred color.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" bg_color="#CC0000"]

Background Color

The background color of the download button is “#3498db” by default. You can customize it using the “bg_color” parameter.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" bg_color="#CC0000"]

Font Color

The font color of the download button is “#ffffff” by default. You can customize it using the “font_color” parameter.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" font_color="#71B02F"]

Hover Background Color

The “hover_bg_color” parameter can be used to change the background color of the download button when you mouse over it.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" bg_color="#3498db" hover_bg_color="#3cb0fd"]

Font Family

The font family of the download button is “Georgia” by default. You can customize it using the “font_family” parameter.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" font_family="sans-serif"]

Font Size

The size of font is “15px” by default. You can customize it using the “font_size” parameter.

[easy_media_download2 url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/myfile.zip" text="Free Download" font_size="20px"]

For more information please check the Easy Media Download documentation page

Languages

If you are a non-English speaker please help translate Easy Media Download into your language.

Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. Instead of bloated interface it enables simple, drag & drop and AJAX driven metabox where you can insert and manage your Media Library files and automatically or manually display them after, before or inside posts content.

For more information, check out plugin page at dFactory site.

Features include:

• Automatic or manual download links display
• Select post types where Download Attachments should be used
• Select list, table or sortable, dynamic table display style
• Downloads count
• Advanced attachments sorting
• Most Downloaded Attachments widget
• Drag & drop files ordering
• Based on Media Library attachments
• Easy customisation of Frontend & Backend display
• Pretty URLs for download links
• Encrypt URLs by default
• Customizable tamplates engine
• Custom download slug
• Custom permission for metabox display
• Option to exclude selected attachments from display
• Option to select from all Media Library files or only those attached to a post
• 2 shortcodes
• 5 functions and multiple filter hooks for developers
• Option to use attachment caption and/or description for download links description
• Compatible with WPML & Polylang
• .pot file for translations included

Get involved

Feel free to contribute to the source code on the dFactory GitHub Repository.

Download After Email is a free Subscribe & Download plugin that allows you to gain subscribers by offering free downloads.

Subscribe & Download Form

Creating a new subscribe & download form is pretty much the same as creating a new post or page, only with some extra options. If you are satisfied with the preview you can save the form and place the generated shortcode on a page, post or widget. It is possible to create multiple subscribe & download forms.

Enter Email Before Download

A visitor must enter his email address before the download link will be sent via email. For the secured download links, a limit type can be set such as one-time, unlimited or time-based and the download process is protected against unauthorized use. You can choose whether to send an email notification and to which email address it should be sent.

Responsive & Highly Customizable

The Ajax-based opt-in form is fully responsive and adapts to the space around the form and to the screen. There are many options available to customize the layout of the subscribe & download form and to adjust the text for all notifications including the email that is sent with the download link. It is possible to use HTML and images for the email content. “From Email” and “From Name” can be set.

GDPR Ready

Download After Email offers all necessary tools to let you comply with the GDPR. You can enable a required checkbox and a optional checkbox. The text of the checkboxes can be adjusted. In the background, data is stored such as IP address, form content, time etc. The use of the download link functions as double opt-in.

Hooks & Filters

Hooks and filters are available for developers to make adjustments or implement extensions. For example, you can write your own HTML code for the subscribe & download form field(s) or for the email that is sent to the subscriber. Or you could add new actions after a download link has been sent and after a download link has been used.

Add Premium Features

Download After Email Plus is an extension/add-on that adds the following premium features:

• Create and manage your own form fields with the Drag & Drop Form Builder.
• Export subscriber data to a CSV-file and use it for email marketing, newsletters etc.
• Integration with Mailchimp. Automatically add new subscribers to your Mailchimp audience.

Visit our website for more information: https://www.download-after-email.com

Editor Blocks by Download Manager is the collection of beautiful ready-to-use custom blocks for the new Gutenberg block editor. Primarily, this plugin covers various download manager features like embedding package or category within a page/post. Additionally, it includes lots of generic UI blocks to give you more customizability option with your page design.

WPDM Blocks

• Package – a block to show a download/file/package
• Packages – query download managers items using various filters, like WP_Query for download manager items
• Category – a block to list downloads from the selected category/categories
• Category Blocks – shows selected download manager categories in UI blocks with different styles
• Signup Form – add sign up form with custom signup role selection option
• Login Form – add login up form
• Dashboard – Add user dashboard
• Search Results – Add search option on a pge
• Table Builder – Builder all downloads table visually ( Available with WPDM Pro Only )

UI Blocks

Please install Attire Blocks for many free UI block and ready to use layouts

When you are using Elementor and Download Manager together, you will not need to write download manager shortcodes manually anymore. This plugin provides configurable Elementor widgets for all Download Manager features.

Addons

• Package – Embed a single file/package
• Packages – Embed all packages with various filters
• Packages by Category
• Packages by Tags
• Packages Table – Visual table builder with drag-and-drop column configuration
• Search and Search Result
• User Registration Form
• User Login Form
• User Dashboard

Packages Table Builder

Create beautiful download tables with our visual table builder:
* Drag-and-drop column ordering
* 20+ data fields (title, categories, download button, file size, etc.)
* Multiple fields per column support
* Custom column widths and text alignment
* DataTable.js integration for sorting and filtering

Connect your real estate website with MLSImport.com plugin to effortlessly sync, import, and manage MLS property listings, providing your users with up-to-date and accurate real estate information directly on your site.

Built on the latest RESO API Technology

The MLS Import plugin provides an up-to-date method for linking your website to the MLS Reso Web API server. You can leave behind the old IDX solutions that rely on RETS, as they are no longer effective or relevant.

RESO Standard Explained in Detail

Direct Integration

Our MLS solution smoothly brings your chosen properties directly into your WordPress website. Additionally, it optimizes performance by serving images from a content delivery network (CDN).

Sync Listings Automatically

MLS Import regularly updates your published property listings to match the most recent changes in MLS listings, ensuring that your website always displays accurate and up-to-date information.

800+ MLS Markets Coverage

We can establish connections with more than 800 MLS markets in the United States and Canada. If you don’t see your specific MLS listed, please get in touch with us, and we’ll gladly assist you.

CONNECT WITH US

YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

Use of 3rd party services

This plugin will connect via REST API to mlsimport.com and https://requests.mlsimport.com to get real estate data from your MLS. It will send your connection details and reply with real estate prepared to be imported into your website.
Read the terms and conditions of using MLSimport APIs here : https://mlsimport.com/terms-conditions/

Download Theme allows you to download any theme directly from your WordPress dashboard. It adds the download link right on the theme listing page, on each theme, as shown in the screenshot.

1. Just activate this plugin.
2. You can see Download link on each theme box on Appearance page.
3. Click on any of them and that theme’s zip will be downloaded to your computer.
4. Cheers!

Download Theme Services

Download Theme now offers Theme Services. If you need expert help setting up your WordPress theme, simply go to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Help button in the top right corner, and click on Get Help Now.

Download Plugin

If you want to download any plugin from your WordPress admin panel’s Plugins page, then use our other plugin – Download Plugin

Premium Packages transforms your WordPress Download Manager into a complete eCommerce solution for selling digital products. Whether you’re selling software, ebooks, music, themes, plugins, or any other digital goods, Premium Packages provides all the tools you need.

Simply set a price when you want to sell a digital item. You can also use license-based pricing (e.g., Personal, Extended, Unlimited) for your products. Users can directly download free items, while paid items require going through the cart and checkout process.

WordPress Download Manager with Premium Packages offers the easiest checkout experience, helping users complete purchases quickly and increasing your conversion rates.

Why Choose Premium Packages?

• Zero Transaction Fees – Unlike other platforms, we don’t take a cut of your sales
• Complete Control – Host everything on your own WordPress site
• Flexible Pricing – Fixed prices, license tiers, pay-what-you-want, and subscriptions
• Secure Downloads – Protected file delivery with expiring links
• Built-in Licensing – Software license key generation and validation

Mini Cart Widget (NEW)

Premium Packages now includes a modern Mini Cart widget that enhances your customers’ shopping experience:

• Three Display Styles – Dropdown, slide panel, or floating button
• Real-time Updates – Cart updates instantly when items are added or removed
• Nav Menu Integration – Add mini cart to any menu item with a simple CSS class
• Mobile Optimized – Full-screen mode on mobile devices for better UX
• Customizable – Match your theme with custom colors and positioning
• Shortcode Support – Place anywhere using [wpdmpp_mini_cart]

Shopping Cart

Full-featured shopping cart with integrated PayPal payment system to sell your packages and products. Complete order management system to track and manage all orders for premium packages.

Order & Invoice Management

Extended order and invoice management options with multiple invoice templates and customization options. Generate professional invoices automatically for every sale.

Sales Reports & Analytics

Comprehensive sales reporting with detailed analytics. Generate custom charts and graphs for site-wide sales, shop-specific, or product-specific data. Track your business growth with ease.

Mobile Apps

Get everything in your pocket! Check sales reports from your mobile device and receive push notifications for each sale directly on your phone.

Coupon Management

Extensive coupon management system. Create product-specific coupons or global discount codes. Set expiration dates, usage limits, and discount types (percentage or fixed amount).

Role-Based Discounts

Apply different discount percentages based on user roles. For example, give editors 20% off and subscribers 10% off – perfect for membership sites and B2B scenarios.

Product & Price Variations

Create unlimited product variations with license-based pricing. Set different prices for Personal, Extended, and Unlimited licenses. Sell individual files from a package (like single songs from an album). Requires WPDM v4+

Pay What You Want / Donations

Enable “Pay What You Want” pricing with optional minimum amounts. Set the minimum to $0 to allow free downloads, or set a floor price while letting customers pay more if they wish.

Accept Payment Without Creating Products

Need to accept a quick payment? Use the dynamic payment link shortcode without creating a full product:

[wpdmpp_pay_link price="59" name="Consultation Fee" desc="1-hour consultation session" cssclass="btn btn-primary" recurring=0]

Sell Extra Services (Gigs)

Offer additional services like installation, priority support, or extended maintenance for extra fees. Customers can select multiple add-ons, and prices are automatically calculated.

Simplest Checkout Experience

Premium Packages features the simplest checkout system available – complete purchases in just 2 clicks for both guests and registered members.

Abandoned Cart Recovery

Recover lost sales with automated abandoned cart emails. Configure up to 5 follow-up emails at different intervals. Include dynamic coupon codes as a final incentive to complete the purchase.

Save & Email Cart

Let customers save their cart to complete the purchase later, or email the cart contents to someone else (great for gift purchases or approval workflows).

Dynamic Products

Accept quick payments without creating products. Enable one-time or recurring payments on the fly – perfect for services, consulting, or custom quotes.

Software Licensing System

Complete software licensing solution with license key generation, domain activation, and verification API. Perfect for selling themes, plugins, and software.

Automatic Order Expiration

Set custom access periods for purchased items. For example, offer 1-year updates – after 365 days, the order expires and customers see a renewal option.

Automatic Order Renewal (Subscriptions)

Enable subscription-based pricing with automatic recurring payments. Orders renew automatically at each expiration period. Send reminder emails before charging customers.

Tax Management

Simple yet powerful tax configuration. Set up tax rates for different countries, states, and cities in just a few clicks. Automatic tax calculation at checkout.

At A Glance

• Sell Digital Products Securely
• NEW: Mini Cart Widget with multiple display styles
• Accept payment without creating products using [wpdmpp_pay_link]
• Easy Administration Dashboard
• PayPal Integration (more gateways available as add-ons)
• User Role-Based Discount Management
• Comprehensive Coupon System
• Flexible Sales Tax Configuration
• Save Cart and Checkout Later
• Email Cart to Others
• Product & Price Variations (License-Based Pricing)
• Promotional/Sale Pricing
• Abandoned Cart Recovery with Email Sequences
• “Pay As You Want” Pricing Option
• Professional Invoice Generation
• The Easiest 2-Click Checkout
• Guest Checkout and Guest Download Support
• Order Expiration (e.g., 1-year support access)
• Auto-Renewal/Subscription Orders
• Complete Order Management
• Sales Email Notifications
• Mobile Push Notifications
• Detailed Sales Reports & Charts
• Manual Order Creation
• Order Notes & Customer Messaging
• Software License Key System
• License-Level Pricing Tiers
• REST API for License Verification

Cryptocurrency Payments

Accept crypto payments directly with WPDM – Crypto Connect.

Need More Features?

• Full-featured Digital Marketplace with frontend product submission & vendor payouts (Requires WPDM v4+)
• Sell individual files (like single songs from an album) (Requires WPDM v4+)
• Additional payment gateways: Stripe, Authorize.net, Mollie, Razorpay, and more
• Browse all eCommerce add-ons

Documentation & Support

• Documentation
• Support Forum
• Feature Requests

The Quick Download Button plugin for WordPress allows you to easily integrate a simple but sophisticated download button into your posts and pages. This versatile plugin offers a range of features like a countdown timer, multiple button styles, and the ability to hide or show file size and extension. It supports both WordPress blocks and shortcodes, making it highly adaptable to your website’s needs.

Features

• Display file size and extension.
• Create customizable download buttons via shortcode.
• Link your download button to any publicly accessible web location.
• Support for a wide range of file types including music, video, PDFs, spreadsheets, and more.
• Option to hide the download link for added security.
• Countdown feature to specify a waiting time before the download starts.
• Customizable waiting message for user engagement.
• Support for external download links.
• Shows download file extension for ‘pdf’,’mp3′,’mov’,’zip’,’txt’,’doc’,’xml’,’mp4′,’ppt’ and images ( png, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp).
• Support for htm, html, ps, tex, xml, txt, csv, xlsx (Microsoft Excel), pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint), js, css, php.
• Open external download in new tab or same window.
• Force file download.
• Access control based on user roles and login status.
• WordPress Gutenberg block support for easy integration.

Basic Usage

** Shortcode **
To add a download button, open the post or page editor and paste the following shortcode example:

[quick_download_button title="Download" url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]

Replace the url value with your file’s URL. Change the title value to customize the button text.

More Shortcode Usage

** Open link in a new window **

Set open_new_window to true to open the download link in a new tab, or false to open it in the same window.

[quick_download_button title="Download" open_new_window="true" url_external="https://google.com"]

** Set the button background color (color_bg=”#ffc107″), waiting timer (wait=15) and a custom message (msg=”Please wait 15 seconds”) **

[quick_download_button  title="Download" color_bg="#ffc107" open_new_window="true" wait=15 msg="Please wait 15 seconds" url_external="https://google.com"]

** Link to an External URL **

To use external url, add url_external attribute.

[quick_download_button title="Download" url_external="https://google.com"]

** Auto Calculate File Size **

To have the plugin automatically generate the file size, ensure the file URL is in the WordPress upload directory and set file_size to 1.

[quick_download_button file_size="1" title="Download" url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]

** Manually Add File Size **

You can manually specify the file size in the file_size attribute.

[quick_download_button file_size="14.5MB" title="Download" url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]

** Hide File Extension Icon **

To display both the file extension icon and text, set extension and extension_text to 1.

[quick_download_button  title="Download" filesize="1" extension="0" url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]

** Display File Extension Icon and Text **

To showcase both the file extension icon and its text, set both the extension and extension_text attributes to 1.

[quick_download_button  title="Download" filesize="1" extension="1" extension_text="1"  url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]

** Using the Gutenberg Block **

1. Open the post where you wish to add a download link and click on the ‘Add Block’ icon (+).
2. Look for ‘Download Button’ under the Media category and click to add it.
3. Click on the button to edit its title and the adjacent download icon to upload the file for download.
4. Provide a custom title in the text box if desired. The default title is ‘Download’. That’s it!

** Advanced Gutenberg Usage **
To hide the file size in the Gutenberg editor, utilize the ‘Additional CSS class(es)’ field in the block settings. Add ‘hide-size’ to this field to apply the effect.

For Developers: Integrating in a Theme File

To incorporate the download button within a theme file, use the following code with your specified attributes and values:

echo do_shortcode('[quick_download_button title="Download" url="http://yoursite/wp-content/upload/fileto_download.pdf"]');

Donations

If you find this plugin helpful and would like to support its ongoing development, please consider Donate

Documentation

To contribute and improve this plugin please visit the Git repo.

Add a template to NextGEN Gallery that provides multiple-file downloads for trade/media galleries. NextGEN Gallery is one of the best gallery plugins for WordPress because it is very flexible and has a nice, simple admin. This plugin adds a new gallery template that lets you select multiple images from the gallery to be downloaded as a ZIP archive.

NB: the Photocrati version of NextGEN Gallery can impact the performance of your server, and not all of the old plugin’s functionality works. You might want to consider using NextCellent Gallery instead — it’s a fork of the original NextGEN Gallery with continued support and compatibility, without the performance impacts.

NextGEN Download Gallery is targetted at creating “Trade/Media” areas on websites, allowing journalists to easily download multiple product images. It’s apparently very popular with photographers too.

Translations

Many thanks to the generous efforts of our translators:

• Czech (cs_CZ) — Rudolf Klusal
• Danish (da_DK) — Ligefrem
• Dutch (nl_NL) — the Dutch translation team
• English (en_CA) — the English (Canadian) translation team
• English (en_GB) — the English (British) translation team
• English (en_ZA) — the English (South African) translation team
• French (fr_FR) — Nicolas Sizun
• Korean (ko_KR) — the Korean translation team
• Portuguese (pt_BR) — Juliano Arantes
• Polish (pl_PL) — Jakub Molek and the Polish translation team
• Russian (sv_SE) — the Russian translation team
• Swedish (sv_SE) — the Swedish translation team
• Turkish (tr_TR) — the Turkish translation team

If you’d like to help out by translating this plugin, please sign up for an account and dig in.

Credits

This program incorporates a little code that is copyright by Photocrati Media 2012 under the GPLv2. Some PHP code was copied from NextGEN Gallery and altered, so that the nggtags shortcode could be extended as nggtags_ext and specify a gallery template.

Lana Downloads Manager is a downloadable files management system.

Manageable local files (WordPress uploaded) and remote files.

Includes:

• Counter system
• Log system

Lana Codes

Lana Downloads Manager