Has anyone else experienced a completely jumbled and broken layout/them color/fonts/font colors/ ZERO CONTROL over widgets now embedded in download pages etc, etc, etc? My use is intended for simple downloads of custom voice files. Has been working fine with a basic theme installed and since this past Monday Night…. WHAM, everything is now beyond repair. Any theme change on my site does not carry over to the download pages. I am at the end of my rope trying to figure this out. Am I crazy or has there been something changed in the updates recently that is causing this? How do I revert back to 6.9 as others have mentioned? I have a pro license but cannot locate my original download of 6.9
Any suggestions? TYIA
Hello,
If you are a pro user ,then you can import all the templates from Downloads > Templates > Import Template (top right corner of the templates page with blue button)
Kindly share the screenshot of that specific template you are looking for.
We have also introduced 2 new link templates for the free version, kindly check
Regards
Hi, after recent update our download packages which have attached dirs connected to them doesnt allow to download individual files, file icons show as links but nothing happens when clicking.
Even with “Single File Download” enabled it does not work. Anything else we can try?
My link template works fine with WPDM 6.8.9. After updating to 7.0.2 my template styling breaks (wrong colors). Here’s my code:
<div class=”card” style=”border-radius: 1px; margin: 5px;”>
<div class=”card-body”>
<div class=”media”>
<p class=”mr-3 img-48″ href=”[page_url]”>[thumb_96x96]</p>
<div class=”media-body”>
<h3 style=”font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;”>[title]</h3>
<div class=”meta text-white-50 text-small mt-1″><i class=”fas fa-hdd text-white-50″></i> [file_size] <i class=”ml-2 far fa-arrow-alt-circle-down text-white-50″></i> [download_count] [txt=Downloads]</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”card-footer”>
<div class=”row”>
<div style=”line-height: 15px; font-size: 12px;” class=”col-6″><i class=”far fa-calendar”></i> [create_date]<br><span class=”[hide_empty:version]”><i class=”fas fa-code-branch”></i> [version]</span></div><div class=”col-6 text-right align-right”>[download_link_popup]</div><div style=”clear: both”></div></div></div>
</div>
Have you changed template handling? What is your suggestion?
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The modal is coming from our testing site, can you please clear site cache and try again. And for email lock any other pages, posts if you want to use, you can use the below code in your link template, and use the link template id in your package shortcode that comes from Downloads > All Packages Embed column, then use the shortcode in your page or posts editor,
<a href="[download_url]" data-package='[ID]' class="wpdm-download-link wpdm-download-locked btn btn-primary"> [title] </a>
Please kindly check and let me know if the issue still persist.
Thank you and regards
Hey team – free user at the moment, but considering buying 🙂
I hope you can help me with this – your help will influence my purchase.
On my site i use WPDLM and publish large downloads that are always secured by recaptcha – I found it not working yesterday by accident and set about troubleshooting it.
I created a wordpress plugin specifically to log any errors in REcaptcha the process, here is the file output.
Are you able to provide any guidance to getg this to work ?
[2026-01-08T01:17:12+00:00] Parsed: valid=NULL invalidReason= score=NULL errorMessage=Requests from this referer are blocked.
[2026-01-08T01:20:27+00:00] HTTP OUT: https://recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com/v1/projects/bmsworld-humante-1767830430885/assessments?key=REDACTED
[2026-01-08T01:20:27+00:00] HTTP OUT body: {“event”:{“token”:”REDACTED(len=1700)”,”siteKey”:”6Ldhd0MsAAAAAO-REDACTED-Om-BKnrH9MoivmDoOMH”,”expectedAction”:”DOWNLOAD”}}
[2026-01-08T01:20:28+00:00] HTTP IN: https://recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com/v1/projects/bmsworld-REDACTED-1767830430885/assessments?key=REDACTED
[2026-01-08T01:20:28+00:00] HTTP IN code: 403
[2026-01-08T01:20:28+00:00] HTTP IN body: {
“error”: {
“code”: 403,
“message”: “Requests from this referer are blocked.”,
“status”: “PERMISSION_DENIED”
}
}
[2026-01-08T01:20:28+00:00] Parsed: valid=NULL invalidReason= score=NULL errorMessage=Requests from this referer are blocked.
Hello Lia Dossin,
Hope you are well. And sorry for the inconvenience. Are you facing issue with the options as I image attached from Downloads > All Packages section?
Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and kind regards
First issues I’m having is on the back end.
The modal windoes for generating a temp link or any promopt that pulls up a modal window this plugin the opacity is set to 0 so I don’t see it.
`.w3eden .modal.fade .modal-dialog {
opacity: 0;
transform: scale(.95) translateY(-20px);
transition: opacity .25s ease, transform .25s ease;
}
I have to manually go into the inspector and put it to 1 in order to see the content.
I also would like to know if there is a way to avoid the download page and just have a link that will prompt the email catupre and download after email validation. I don’t want to user to go to an additonal page. Most of the downloads are of single files.
We have checked the all_packages shortcode(All Downloads) table, and the filter and spinner appear to be working correctly. This issue may be caused by a conflict with the theme or another plugin.
Could you please try deactivating all plugins except Download Manager to check for a potential conflict?
Please let us know how it goes.
Regards
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– By default, the package count is displayed in all_packages shortcode. That feature is not available for the archive_page add-on. If you’d like to display the total number of packages on the archive page add-on, you can do so by adding custom code.
– To change the background color of the “Loading…” text, please add the following CSS to your theme’s Additional CSS section:
.wpdm-loading {
background: #your_color_code !important;
}
– Regarding the scrolling issue, it occurs due asynchronous page load. This will be fixed in an upcoming update.
– Please note that your previous page view was generated using the all_packages shortcode, which differs from the archive_page_compact view. If needed, you can create and use your own customized template for the compact view. I would suggest you to create a new link template(Downloads > Templates > Create Link Template) according to your need and use it for compact view.
If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.
Regards
Hi,
Thank you for the reply, I double checked and did not see any settings anywhere to ignore Download Manager, that is a shame and not good for websites with large libraries of downloads.
I will contact WP Optimize tomorrow and report back what they say. I hope this is an issue that can be resolved by them or you all.
In the mean time I am thinking of moving my download library folder to the root of the Public_HTML folder and see if it does or does not delete it located there being that is at the root of the site and not under any WP directory. I will also report back on my findings for that.
Thank you,
Shane.
Hello,
Thanks for reaching out.
Please note that the Attire theme and Download Manager do not have any specific or special server requirements. However, for better and more stable performance, we do recommend maintaining a decent and properly configured hosting environment.
If your site contains a large number of downloads or categories, a well optimized server setup will naturally provide better load times and smoother navigation. In some cases, unwanted database rows can slow down page loading. Running a database cleanup can help to improve the performance.You can also use a caching plugin to get better performance.
Regular cache cleanup and database optimization are also recommended to avoid slowdown.
We suggest ensuring proper optimization before upgrading your hosting plan.
Please feel free to reach out if you need further assistance.
Regards
You can find the tag slugs from Downloads > Tags > slug.
If you have tag slugs A,B,C and only want to display the downloads from tag A then use it like this,
[wpdm_tag id="A" toolbar="1" order_by="title" order="desc" items_per_page="10" template="link-template-calltoaction4" cols=4 colspad=2 colsphone=1]
Hello,
I hope this message finds you well and thanks for reaching out.
You can use [wpdm_tag] short-code to query specific tag(s).
Further details here: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/short-codes/wpdm_tag-query-all-downloads-from-specified-tags/
Kindly check and let me know, if you have further questions.
Regards
First, create an export file from the old site using Download Manager(Downloads > Import & Export > Create Export File). This export will not include the description field. Import this file into the new site without the descriptions(Downloads > Import & Export > Select CSV file).
Next, create another export file from the old site using WP All Export, this time including the description field. In this export, keep only the ID, title, and description fields. Import this file(Downloads > Import & Export > Select CSV file) into the new site to update the items with their descriptions.
Please let me know if it’s clear to you.
Regards
Hello Tahasin,
I have the feeling that we’ve drifted away from the actual problem.
Can I now export all or some downloads (including the description) and import all or some downloads?
And how exactly does this need to be done?
Do I have to export everything with WP All Export and then import it with WPDM? Including the description?
Sorry, I’m completely confused at this point.
Hi there. I have WPML installed on the site, and the site is translated to French, so the user can switch between English and French. However, the downloads on the French side of the site are displaying English titles.
I think you are talking about User Dashboard > Download History section. Generally User Dashboard > Download History section doesn’t have the download button. Are you talking about My downloads section of User Dashboard. Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and regards
When redownloading from the download history, is it possible to prevent the counter from incrementing?
Specifically, I want only new downloads to be counted.
Those link you have shared that those packages downloads are not working properly, I have tested from my side all of them are Terms and Conditions locked packages, all of them are working properly from my side. Please kindly check again and let me know.
Thank you and kind regards
Hello Support Team,
a large German company would like to download various files from our website. Unfortunately, this only works for a few downloads, but not for all of them. Our IT department and the customer’s IT department have already looked into this. So it must be due to the Download Manager plugin (we use the Pro version). The latest update 6.8.9 did not help either.
Thank you for your help and please understand that I cannot provide any more detailed information here publicly for safety reasons.
Hello Tahasin,
I am currently trying to get WP All Export and WP All Import running, because of course we need not only an export but also an import. At first everything seemed fine, but during the first import attempt it removed the category of the downloads as well as the tags, and it also didn’t change what I intended to change (the icon).
Could you please support us here so that we can at least get this part working? The pressure on our side is enormous.
Hi,
I’m experiencing an issue with the search functionality in WP Download Manager.
The main downloads page uses the shortcode:
[wpdm_my_downloads login=1 wpdm_category orderby=”publish_date” order=”desc”]
and the search works fine here.
The downloads use the Default Template (page-template-default) and the template content is as follows:
<!– WPDM Template: Default Template –>
<div class=”row”>
<div class=”col-md-12″>
<div class=”card mb-3 p-3 hide_empty [hide_empty:featured_image]”>[featured_image]</div>
</div>
<div class=”col-md-5″>
<div class=”wpdm-button-area mb-3″>
[download_link]
</div>
<ul class=”list-group ml-0 mb-2″>
<li class=”list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center [hide_empty:version]”>
[txt=Version]
<span class=”badge”>[version]</span>
…
</div>
<div class=”col-md-7″>
<h1 class=”mt-0″>[title]</h1>
[description]
<h3>Attached Files</h3>
[file_list]
<div class=”wel”>
[tags]
</div>
</div>
</div>
Frontend search is enabled in Settings > Frontend Access > Enable Search in File List.
The problem is that when I click into an individual download, the search box doesn’t function.
Could you advise why the search isn’t working inside individual download pages and how to fix it?
I’m happy to provide login details to test (all downloads are assigned to user accounts that are password protected).
Thanks,
Austin
