Use A WordPress Download Manager To Hide Download Links And Track Download Numbers

[@wplearninglab]

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[@hottubmobileneil]

i went through 2 other downloaders - both explanations were outdated garbage i wasted all fucking day trying to get this done. i found your youtube video downloaded your awesomely simple plugin. Followed your super straight forward explanation and I was done in 5 flippin minutes . thank you thank you thank you . i'm given you 5 stars on your plugin rating but you deserve 10!! thanks alot

[@adsense.arbitrage]

No doubt, this is the best wp channel ever

[@PassioneItaliana]

Hi Bjorn, love the video. Is there any way to use this plugin and hotline protection in cpannel. I want to be able to sell a language course (mp4, pdf files) and secure the download. Thank you!

[@shaifuddin]

WordPress Download Manager is an Excellent choice for Manage And Distribute Your Digital Content

[@goPlanB]

Hi, I am really keen on your videos, this video in particular has helped me. I am considering purchasing the premium version of this product. I noticed they have themes. I am wondering if the theme replaces the main wordpress theme or if its just for downloads section? Do you know? I have emailed their support but they are slow to respond. Thank you.

[@lauradamico7370]

Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question: I want to allow customers to see the files, and I also want to prevent the download from the URL. How can I do that?

[@wtf.university4627]

Your tutorials are great thanks.. I have been watching as many as I can so I can learn myself.. i am relatively new to all this and with people like you in internet, I am slowly learning.. Thank you so much for your time and energy you put in to help people like me.. I do have a question, that apparently my web-designer can't figure out how to limit downloads from files linked to my website from MEGA (where I store all my files on for direct downs). It is a multi level membership site that 3 levels have three different daily download options. level 1 - 5 downloads daily, level 2 - 10 downs daily and Level 3 - 3 downs daily., I am using WP Download manager, membership pro and link limiter. But the issues she has, she states, can not hide links from downs, or restrict # of daily downs per level. Do you know if this can be done? as I can not store the files on my direct server.. To large number of files.. I am at a real loss here, time is of the essence and WPDM has not answered my emails yet. i am hoping that you have an answer to this dilemma I am having.. I would be beyond appreciative if you might help?! Bob G.

[@pammie1412]

Can this be used in conjunction with WooCommerce Digital Download purchases? Thanks so much for your help!

[@davewettlaufer7885]

thanks for the video' again. question what is the "activate digital store option" that I notice on the bottom of one page?

[@pegewebdesign111]

Very helpfull video, thank you! Please create another one explaining the payment settings, with dashboard etc. It took me a while to figure it out on my own. Still don't know how to change download purchase from a subscription to standard sale.

[@Hassan_Omer]

Thank you for the tutorial. Do we still need this plugin or wordpress now takes care of the links ?

[@rayeaglenz]

Brilliant, very helpful, thank you 👍😊

[@wellofbeersheba]

It is my hope that one day, my site will actually need a plugin like this. Another helpful video.

[@wplearninglab]

Keep making valuable content that your audience loves and you'll be needing this plugin before you know it.

[@memumbaidotcom]

Thank you useful video. After clicking the download link, instead of downloading the PDF file opens in the browser and display the root path of the file. I checked the settings where "Open in browser' is not enabled. Kindly guide.

[@allenpayne9182]

Great video. One question: Is there an option to hide the IP adress. I need a download plugin which is DSGVO conform for europe / germany.

[@SuperArnie]

Big thumbs up (like an subscribe included). Short, informative, concise and easy to understand.

[@mahdisadughi3010]

Hi there. I am looking for a secure way to hide my woo-commerce download links (on my download host). I am using a download host for my WordPress site and wondering if there is any way to upload files there using "WordPress Download Manager". Does the plug-in support download hosts in the section “Server File Browser Base Dir”?! Is there any alternative way (plug-ins, scripts .... ) to hide download links (on download hosts) on woo-commerce? Thanks for your video.

[@mariogrondin5382]

Very good tutorial. However, it doesn't seem to work with woocommerce. I paste the provided shortcode in the URL bar in the product page and the link sent with the invoice mention "Page not found - Go to shop". Is there something else I could do? - Thanks

[@veronicabe1961]

Dear publisher, i want to know the first screen you input , is it a first page in Wordpress? or if not, where? thanks

[@vasarek5883]

Hi, thank you for the great info, I have one question, is this compatible with woocomeerce in wordpress? Thanks!

[@AfricanFlightStar]

Excellent! Just what I was looking for 💥👍🏻

[@wplearninglab]

Cool, I’m happy I could help.

[@ruthnyakio7913]

@@wplearninglab How do you turn off the link to the download page. How do you allow users to download without viewing the download manager page?

[@whymommytakesmeds]

This was super helpful. Wondering how to place the wpdm package within a button in WPBakery. Any suggestions?

[@osvaldowesly9993]

Bjorn. Excellent tutorial as always.

[@KBlakK]

I have a recording studio website where I need clients to upload their music files, pay me to mix or master their audio, then provide them the download of the edited audio to the woocommerce my account downloads endpoint. Can this plugin do this? If not how else would I go about this?

[@achaningaadragaya7462]

I just liked you. I feel so drawn to you. so connected. it seams you have favour. what ever God you worship keep it up.

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks for your kind words Achaninga 😀

[@mohammadseraji2088]

Excellent tutorial, enjoyed just like all other tutorials from you. Is there any option to control the text, button, icon size etc.? I wanted to use it in a column, but it overflowing the boundary. Also filesize, download count etc. from the download page?

[@mohammadseraji2088]

Also what's the use of the "Templates"? How could I use them to customize view?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Mohammad, Those are not changeable using options in the plugin, but all of those things can be changed using custom CSS.

[@folafayo4838]

Instructive video, thank you. Is there a way to deactivate the sales/pricing option in download manager? Just incase I activated it in error and won't need it?

[@ericvanriessen585]

Hi I have a problem I work with wordpress on gutenberg an on a page with a secret code i want to put download button for songs. So people can listen to it without using internet. Do you have some free adivce. Thank you

[@dappledandy]

Can this be used in conjunction with PDF Embedder? I'd like to have the embedded pdf visible with a button to download it. Suggestion?

Hi thanks. When I did exactly what you did the button for the download leads people to the file page. I wish it only had the download option. I selected Page Content as you did...

Is it possible only on the premium version?

[@alamm1714]

Hi, I want to keep all the digital downloadable products (suppose, test.zip) in a new folder (downloads) that will be outside of the public_html. Suppose, /home/WPLearningLab /downloads/test.zip, then what will be the URL of the test.zip file that I can put in the woocommerce product? I am using shared hosting. If I upload all the files in the WP media, then undoubtedly my site size will be huge that I don't want. Hopefully, you can understand the situation and give me a great solution. Bye, Take Care, Mate.

[@TriXoX1]

Hi! I need to make every file visible for google.. For example if someones searches in this plugin: download 01, it needs to appear in Google. Could you help me with that? Great tutorial!

[@wagiegica5713]

Very Helpful tutorial, i have one question how to assign users to a specific file and the file assigned to them will be the only file they can see and download?

[@pete7289]

How do you set this plugin in such a way that you don't have to manually embed the short code of the pdf document in the page every time you upload a new document. I have a section on my website called newsletter and I saw someone who had used this plugin previously set it up in such a way that everytime they uploaded the document in the dashboard it automatically updated in the page without needing to embed the shortcode all over again

[@evolutionclouds]

Very insightful tutorial you just got a like and a new subscriber to your channel. I hope you don’t mind me asking a question. We are a small accounting/consulting firm we would like to stop sending financial reports as email attachments and give our clients access to their documents via our website So basically each document should only be available to us in the business and one client only. Is it possible to achieve this with this plugin? From all the tutorials I have watched the access seems to be driven by a level or a category, not to one or more individual accounts...

[@wplearninglab]

Thanks for your like and subscribe! I appreciate it! It is possible to have individual client pages accessible only to you in the business and one client. The easiest options are membership plugins. You could make a membership level for each client. And then create a page or pages for each of your clients with their financial reports and assign those pages to the appropriate client's membership level. I've been slowly working on something else that could work. I haven't completed it yet, but it will become a tutorial on this channel. Here's the concept. Every user in WP has access to their own profile page in the back end of WordPress. Using some plugins you can make this profile page a front-end page that only shows the content linked to that client's profile. Then you can use a page builder like Elementor to make that front-end page good to look and easy to use. Like I said, I haven't completed work on the second solution. But the first idea will work right away with Paid Memeberships Pro or Wishlist Memeber, both of which I've used and can recommend. I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@rubenloiacono]

Thanks for the tutorials very helpful. Question: Have any script for display the counter?

[@gustafdownunder]

Tell me if you are using Download manager you can still use Woocommerce for your physical products?

[@rodneysyler9498]

I didn't catch it the first time through. Does the free version provide for a one time download that is not timed?

[@carlogabrieli2498]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. Please can you explain how to make a download accessible only to logged in users of a website? Thanks

[@bradmarlin2964]

Is there a way to edit the page? I'd like to delete the 'Share' w/ FB & Google+.. Looks like the pro version is required to edit page templates. Thanks in advance

[@4hafricazambia485]

Thanks, your guide was amazing. It worked so well. Thank you again

[@sarfealam8267]

It is so simple thank you so much. could you please teach how to add some condition on download like share to download, or refer to friend to download etc.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Sarfe, Great suggestion. I'll add it to my list of videos to make.

[@stevewilson6316]

Great tutorial thanks. Within settings I see that there is an option to attempt preview before download, is it possible to get the preview to open in a new tab on browser?

[@paraskatoch271]

Can this be used for public download without exposing the URL address? avoiding copy paste of URL link

[@aricainnova-inteligenciadi4824]

Hi there Bjorn. Could it be used for downloading results of personal medical exams?

[@fallofthe]

Does this download manager limit the number of files I can process, I have used it three times to add updates to the same file but it just dosen't want to work for the fourth time... any ideas why? When I go to "all files" my newest version is not there...

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Frank, I'm not sure why that would be unless there's a paid version that lifts that restriction. Some things I would try is logging out of your WP site, then log in again and try again. I would check to make sure there isn't some limit on your server's side as well.

[@gustafdownunder]

Do you know any hosting company that allows people to have a folder outside the public dir?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Gustaf, You can have folders outside of the public dir in most hosting accounts. But those folders won't be accessible by the public. You can create folders outside of the public_html folder using FTP or the file manager in cpanel. I hope that helps and thanks for watching!

[@raxoo1981]

can we use this 'as it is 'with paypal for digital sales ? i mean just for the link protection,not integrating it with the hall buying process just for hiding the download link somehow?

[@GavinMcCloy]

I'm looking at one that I can basically just share an actual folder and it automatically lists everything in that folder for download as I have far too many files to add them all manually, any ideas?

[@KengD]

Have you pressed F12 Chrome yet? It doesn't hide download links. I bought Pro and still can unpack the link.

[@mulugetahadgu2747]

i am a music producer but how to sell beat and the user after perches the audio hot how to encrypt or disable sharing file to other device or person pls tell me if u know ir

[@AnirudhMangalvedhe]

Hey really great video but what i want to achieve is A textbox in contact 7 form where user will input a number and based on that number particular document has to be downloaded please help me to achieve this in wordpress.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Anirudh, Would the user be adding random numbers or are they selecting a number from a menu? I haven't this partially done already in this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3axgKCCg617oq8 The code from that tutorial can be changed to detect a number in a specific field and the "location" option can be updated to be a link to a PDF.

[@Authoratah]

I've been needing an plugin like this for awhile

[@wplearninglab]

It's definitely a great plugin and the price is right! :)

[@NEELKO90]

one person purchase and downloads the PDF from your website and shares with thousands via email and WhatsApp for free. How to stop this? is there any solution?

[@vanessalynnrancourt3416]

Hello there, Lovely tutorial. I keep getting an error message when I download a file. I am downloading the original PDF from my laptop still isn't working. I tried different files, none will work. It says MAX: 32 MB while in your video it says Max: 128 MB. Is it because my PDF's are too big ? Thank you for your help

[@DjKimhera]

But what about Woocommerce? Can you integrate this with Woocommerce? I'm trying to sell video courses and this mix can really help.

[@wplearninglab]

I don't know if this integrated with WooCommerce, but my feeling is that it doesn't. If you are just selling video courses and no other merchandise I would use just the course creation plugin. I use LearnDash on my site it will lock content, connect to payment processors and automatically add buyers to the course they bought. LearnDash isn't free, but there are others that are free, like LifterLMS. I have used the others, but the should have similar functionality. I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

[@danielromagnoligoncalvss]

Great video! Im looking for a way to allow acces to a specific user. So I have a client portal setup, and when my client logs in I want that client to be able to download a report. I still haven't found a solution... any ideias?

[@jhonpaulo6675]

I found they have a premium add-on for this www.wpdownloadmanager.com/download/advanced-access-control/

[@TheHuiwen]

Nice thanks. I keep getting an error message. I dragged my pdf file from ipages and iBook, both has the problem. Than I went to cpanel to upload in the database. Same result. Question: is there a specific format for the pdf file?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Roger, Instead of dragging the PDF from iPages and iBook are you able to export it? Or find the original PDF file on your hard drive? I think you may be trying to drag and drop the PDF out of a third party program, rather than dragging the original file. Let me know if that helps!

[@TheHuiwen]

WordPress Tutorials - WPLearningLab I even tried importing it into my cpanel DB and uploading it from the folder. Same error message. FYI I’m using an iPad.

[@wplearninglab]

The trouble with iPads (and smart phones for that matter) is they don't really give you the access you need to raw PDF files, the usually load them in an 'app' that isn't really the true PDF file. Also, you don't want to upload into the DB, but rather inside the file manager. Or you can log into your WordPress site and upload it into the Media Library or directly in to the Download Manager like I walk you through in this tutorial. I hope that helps!

[@fanait1636]

txs for the tuto. is it possible to do this...from the end? I already have videos published on my site (I don't want to add them again in a new page)...I'd like now to apply this plugin to my existing pages with videos... Keep up the good work.

[@wplearninglab]

Using this plugin there's no way to do it backwards as far as I know. You wouldn't have to add them in a new page with this process. Just add them to the plugin then put the shortcode on the same page the videos are already on.

[@CarolHelmick]

@@wplearninglab Thank you for such great tutorials...your a great teacher!!! I know you answered the above question, but dont understand... How do you add them to the plugin with out making a new page???...please explain...how to "Just add them to the plugin then put the shortcode on the same page the videos are already on." Thank you in advance!!

[@leebuckley4873]

Good morning please can you let me know how do we just have the download button with nothing else ?

[@rrnewmed]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome Reed, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@247earnings2]

My files are stored on Amazon S3. How do I configure WPDM to download files from there?

[@pamg8580]

Hi, how can I redirect to a URL where customers can download after they pay thru paypal? Thanks

[@leebuckley4873]

Hi can I put the button into a text widget ?

[@alo5323]

is it compatible with woo commerce

[@intercambioradial]

how do you make it appear in allow acces, shop manager you have to install some other plugin

[@truthseeker502]

What's the best way to sell mp3 downloads processed through PayPal?

[@einfachbjoern]

can i do that with woocommerce? if yes, a tutorial please??

[@nobelium7152]

Thank you so, so much !

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@BraianMellor]

How can you change the label of download button?

[@philip9677]

can i integrate this with contact form 7, and the pdf gets sent to the persons emails instead of download link

[@benjamink1987]

Hey, your "how about thumbs up" overlay is interlaced video (these strange lines), makes it look glitchy - in an unprofesional way

[@benjamink1987]

and its scaled unproportianal, you're adressing website people here, better take care of beginner errors like that.

[@chefmanrashidchannel88pl3]

Suspicions are always running in this world of technology good editorial?

[@swfx_real]

how to make that before downloading any file from download button visitor must wait a few seconds and after that show download link

[@techrooms]

Hello, how can I protect my WordPress content or videos from screen recording.

[@stevejones4010]

Thank you.

[@wplearninglab]

You're welcome Steve, thanks for watching!

[@muhammadsharjeel1491]

Hello brother If I upload zip file into file manager in Cpanel and linked the path of that zip file through download manager to download that zip file. so is it secure for my website security? I want this because I have limit to upload only 10mb file in wordpress so due to this limitation I want to upload my file in cpanel file manager. And I ask the question about security because I watched your restore website video, in that video you delete the zip file after uploading it and say due to security reasons I delete this.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Muhammad, As far as security goes, it depends what's in the zip file. Most hacking attempts are automated. The hacker's bots look for files that have security vulnerabilities. These are files in plugins or themes or WordPress core. If your zip file contains PDFs or images or word documents you'll be fine. Keeping the zip on your server doesn't create a security risk in that case. I hope that helps and thanks for watching!

[@muhammadsharjeel1491]

Thanks for replying brother, if I add videos in that zip file then? Does create a security issues?

[@surenjaghinyan2778]

Hello, how can I redirect to thanks page after click "download file " button

[@CefaCaton]

I just downloaded this plugin but when I tried to upload my .pdf files I keep getting an error message. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Christine, what does the error message say? Are all your plugins, theme and WordPress core files up-to-date? If not, that can cause issues.

[@tedahd5004]

does it prevent download pdf ?

[@johnfab7579]

I can't get the free or paid version to do what I want.

[@FabulousFab72]

Too bad the memebership levels from Paid Membership Pro aren't usable with this plugin : they don't appear in "allaow Access".

[@wplearninglab]

That is unfortunate, maybe in the pro version?

[@oOoGBOUTIQUEOoO]

The version with all those options and give a short code is not free.

[@julianamartadilinga2515]

how hidden real download url link with showing fake url in wordpres? example: cdn.otherwebsite.com/1234 I want the download link to show mywebsite.com/file/12345 but I just want to hide the download link from browsing in the lower left or hide from "inspect" Download its htm for show link but i dont know code for hiden

[@ranjithr8746]

what browser is this

[@wplearninglab]

Google Chrome. I don't know the version number

[@ranjithr8746]

thanks pro

[@wplearninglab]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@Adventour04]

It did not work.

[@wplearninglab]

Hi Meneer, did you receive an error message?