WPDM Directory Add-on

Version: 5.1.0 76.50 KB Updated Feb 23, 2026

WordPress Download Manager Directory Add-on will help WordPress Download Manager users to show all categories and downloads on a single page with different styles.

WordPress Download Manager Directory Add-on Setup Instructions:

Install:

Upload/Install from Admin Menu Plugins Add New Upload, Just the same way as other WordPress plugins.

Usage:

[wpdm_archive button_style="default" template="link-template-default" cols=1 items_per_page="10" orderby="title" order="ASC" login=1 last_state=0]

[wpdm_archive_compact template="link-template-default" cols=2 colspad=1 colsphone=1 items_per_page="10" orderby="title" order="ASC" login=1]

[wpdm_archive_simple template="link-template-default" cols=2 colspad=1 colsphone=1 items_per_page="10" orderby="title" order="ASC" login=1]

[wpdm_archive_flat orderby="title" order="ASC"]

Use the shortcode inside page or post content to show directory like interface for WordPress Download Manager

Parameters:

— buton_style: `default` or `success` or `info` or `warning` or `danger` or `primary` or `secondary`
— template: any link-template ID( optional parameter )
— category: use any category slug here if you want to create an archive page for that specific category or don't use the parameter
— include_children: if you use category parameter, on initial load, it only will fetch the packages from the mentioned categories, if you want to include packages from sub-categories too, you must use include_children=1.
— orderby: `package_size_b` or `date` or `modified` or `download_count` or `view_count` or `title`
— order: `asc` or `desc`
— order_fields: optional parameter, you can use this option if you want to edit order fields dropdown options. Ex: order_fields="date:Date|title:Title|modified:Last Updated"

— login: 1, use this parameter if you want to make the shortcode members only / login protected. Otherwise, you may skip this parameter.

[wpdm_categories] - Use the shortcode inside page or post content to show all categories

[wpdm_categories orderby="name" order="DESC" subcat="1" showcount="0" cols=3]

Parameters:

— orderby: how the retrieved terms should be sorted:

name – Sorts terms alphabetically by name.
slug – Sorts terms alphabetically by slug.
term_id – Sorts terms numerically by term ID.
id – Alias for term_id.
count – Sorts terms by the number of posts associated with them (post count).
description – Sorts terms alphabetically by description.
parent – Sorts terms by their parent term ID

— order: ASC or DESC
— subcat: Show ( 1 ) or Hide ( 0 ) sub-categories
— subcat: Show ( 1 ) or Hide ( 0 ) sub-categories
— showcount: Show ( 1 ) or Hide ( 0 ) number of packages in a category
— cols: Number of columns

[wpdm_tags btnstyle="link" icon="tag" showcount=1 cols=3]

Parameters:

[wpdm_category_blocks categories="slug1,slug2..." cols=4 button_color="green|blue|purple|primary|info|warning|danger|success|#colorcode" hover_color="primary-hover|info-hover|warning-hover|danger-hover|success-hover|#colorcode"]

Parameters:

— categories: Category slugs separated by comma
— cols: Number of columns, 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or 12
— button_color: Block color scheme, use any of the pre-defined colors ( green, blue, purple, primary, info, warning, danger, success or color code like #339966
— hover_color: Block hove color, use any of the pre-defined colors ( green, blue, purple, primary-hover, info-hover, warning, danger-hover, success-hover or color code like #339966

Category Block View Demo

Generates advanced search and filter page:

[wpdm_archive_filter items_per_page="12" template="link-template-default" cols=1 colspad=1 colsphone=1]

Parameters:

— template: any link-template ID ( optional parameter )
— category: use any category slug here if you want to create an archive page for that specific category or don't use the parameter
— include_children: if you use category parameter, on initial load, it only will fetch the packages from the mentioned categories, if you want to include packages from sub-categories too, you must use include_children=1.
— orderby: `package_size_b` or `date` or `modified` or `download_count` or `view_count` or `title`
— order_fields: optional parameter, you can use this option if you want to edit order fields dropdown options. Ex: order_fields="date:Date|title:Title|modified:Last Updated"
— order: `asc` or `desc`
— login: 1, use this parameter if you want to make the shortcode members only / login protected. Otherwise, you may skip this parameter.
— cols: Number of columns, 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or 12 ( optional parameter )
— colspad: Number of columns in tabs/pads, 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or 12 ( optional parameter )
— colsphone: Number of columns in phone, 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or 12 ( optional parameter )
— sidebar: left or right

additionally, there is a search box widget for searching downloads.

Note:

Please use WPDM Gutenberg Block Add-on or Advanced TinyMCE Button Add-on to generate short-codes properly, short-code options are marked in the following image:

wpdm archive page addon shortcode generator

Editing Template Files:

If you want to customize a view in your own way, you need to edit template files inside /plugins/wpdm-arhive-page/src/Templates/****/views/ dir. Please follow the following steps to edit a template file so that the new update doesn't erase your changes:

Create a dir path download-manager/wpdm-arhive-page/**** inside your active theme directory if it is already not there. Here replace **** with simple or flat or filter or compact, depending on the template dir name, from where you are moving the template file.
For example, if you are editing template file from /wpdm-archive-page/src/Templates/Filter/views, you need to place it in {active-theme-dir}/download-manager/wpdm-arhive-page/filter/
Copy all the files you need to modify
Update template file(s) in {active-theme-dir}/download-manager/wpdm-arhive-page/**** dir as per your need