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Hiding individual package download pages

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Aug 9, 2016 at 6:09 am #48097

imageSurge
Member

I am using a Directory Add-on, which I need to have on a password-protected page. However, the individual package download pages (see screenshot) are still accessible and files can be downloaded from there. If I make the page private the package disappears from the directory. How can I hide these pages, or at least remove the download link?

Aug 11, 2016 at 5:50 am #48152

Jass
Moderator

Hi,

Would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? Your site seems to be on Under Construction Mode. To do this, you can make a post with the following info:

– Link to your site
– WordPress Admin username / password

Don’t forget to select Set as private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.

Thank you.

Aug 12, 2016 at 3:40 am #48170

imageSurge
Member

There is nothing under construction on our site .. where did you look, I didn’t even provide a link?

Why do you need login to comment on the issue that I described?

Aug 12, 2016 at 3:56 pm #48179

Alan Petersen
Member

I was wondering how to do the same thing.

The only way I could find to protect the actual download link was to lock it with a password (“lock options” tab).

When I send out the download page I’ll provide the password so the person can access the download link. That way if anyone happens to the download page on their own they won’t be able to access the actual download link without the password.

I attached a screenshot.

Aug 12, 2016 at 4:24 pm #48181

imageSurge
Member

Our download page is password-protected, so this will mean you have to enter password twice – to access the page and then to download – that ‘s what I am trying to avoid.

Aug 13, 2016 at 12:32 am #48185

Alan Petersen
Member

That’s how I had my download page setup as well. But since the download links themselves are now password protected, I removed the password protection from the actual download page since a visitor to it will not be able to actually download the files without the password. So the download page is now public but they can’t access the actual download link without its password.

Not sure if there is a better way (I’ve been waiting to hear back from an official plugin person) but for now at least, it works for me since I don’t want the person having to enter a password to access the download page and then another password to access the actual link.

Aug 16, 2016 at 10:54 am #48214

Jass
Moderator

Hi there,
Probably you can do that by setting access option somehow, you need to set Allow Access = “user-role” or specific user roles you want to allow access.
Check wp-admin► Downloads ► All files(Edit)/Add file ► Package Settings ► Allow Access
Thank you

Sep 19, 2016 at 5:32 pm #49300

berkoz912
Member

These download pages also get indexed by Google search engines and can be accessed from there as well. I have brought up this issue int he past but it didn’t receive a reply.

To prevent the pages from being indexed, a noindex tag would need to be implemented but that doesn’t seem to be happening.

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