WP-DownloadManager

WP-DownloadManager keeps a library of downloadable files, counts how often each
one is fetched, and gives you a downloads page, a feed, a widget and a shortcode
to put them in front of your readers. Files can live in a folder on your server
or anywhere else on the web, and each one can be limited to a role.

Features

• A downloads page with categories, search, sorting and paging.
• A [download] shortcode, plus a button on both the Visual and Text editors.
• Per-file permissions, from everyone down to administrators only.
• Local files, uploads and remote URLs in one library.
• A downloads RSS feed.
• A widget for most downloaded, recent downloads and downloads by category.
• Every piece of markup is a template you can edit.

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Usage

1. To embed a specific file to be downloaded into a post/page, use [download id="2"] where 2 is your file id.
2. To embed multiple files to be downloaded into a post/page, use [download id="1,2,3"] where 1,2,3 are your file ids.
3. To limit the number of embedded downloads shown for each post in a post stream, use the stream_limit option.
   1. Example: [download id="2" stream_limit="4"]
   2. This will only display the first 4 downloads for the post when rendered in a post stream, and display the full list of downloads when viewing the single post.
   1. Example: [download id="2" sort_by="file_id" sort_order="asc"]
   2. This will sort the embedded downloads by file ID in ascending order.
   3. Valid values for sort_by are: file_id, file, file_name, file_size, file_date, and file_hits

   Downloads Page

   1. Go to WP-Admin -> Pages -> Add New
   2. Type any title you like in the post’s title area
   3. If you ARE using nice permalinks, after typing the title, WordPress will generate the permalink to the page. You will see an ‘Edit’ link just beside the permalink.
   4. Click ‘Edit’ and type in downloads in the text field and click ‘Save’.
   5. Type [page_download] in the post’s content area.
   6. You can also use [page_download category="1"], this will display all downloads in Category ID 1.
   7. Click ‘Publish’

   Showing Downloads In A Block

   Two blocks are available in the editor, under Widgets:

   • Download — one file or several, embedded in a post. File IDs and Category IDs in the sidebar each take one id or a comma-separated list, and between them they say everything [download] says: Show chooses between the name with its description and the name alone, and the Order panel carries the sort column, the direction and the limit that applies where the post is one of many in a stream.
   • Downloads Page — the whole library with its categories, search box and paging, the same listing [page_download] produces. Category ID narrows it to one category, and zero lists them all.

   Both render on the server, so the block preview in the editor is the real listing rather than an approximation, and adding a file updates every post showing it without re-saving anything.

   The shortcodes still work and are not going anywhere. [download], [download=2], [page_download] and [page_downloads] behave exactly as they always have, and a post already containing one needs no change. The blocks call the same code the shortcodes call, so the two render identically — use whichever suits the post.

   There is no third block for [page_downloads]. The plural and the singular are one and the same shortcode registered under two tags, so a block for each would be one block under two names — and unlike a shortcode, a block name is written into the post and stays there. The block wraps [page_download]; the plural remains a shortcode you can keep using.

   Read the full description on the official page →