Please read accurate what I´m writing to you.
- I do NOT want to color the default theme title in black. Instead I want to color the DOWNLOADS menu item in black, as the black color is the active state for the menu.
- The
/plugins/download-manager/tpls/wpdm-category.php
is not been used at all. I can change in this file whatever I want and nothing happens.
- I need to add the name of the category as title into the view
List-of-files-in-category.jpg
above the list of files. This view is using the archive.php
template for any reason and no specific wpdm template. How can I change this AND how can I add the name of the category as title?
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Do you use any other plugin to show this page(https://plural.wpengine.com/downloads/pdf-test-front-preview/) only to logged in user?
First of all, I have tested all way, in the package setting the package is visible to all visitor. but it seems like without login the page is not accessible, it redirects to login page.
Do you have any PHP error log on the server?
There is a security access which checks the admin role to load the pdf file maybe.
Thanks
Hey,
I attached three files.
- Categories-view.jpg: You can see the view of the categories. I did this by the following tag
[wpdm-categories cols=4]
- List-of-categories.jpg: These are the categories you can see in the first screenshot but defined in the backend
- List-of-files-in-category.jpg: If you click on one category as you see in the first screenshot, you get a list of all files in that category
What I want to change is that template of the List-of-files-in-category.jpg screenshot. As described in the posts before, I was able to change this template by adding a file archive.php
into the active-template-folder. But this is not pretty nice, as the archive.php
is been used by wordpress also for other pages.
In this view I need:
- The menu item DOWNLOADS needs to be colored in black as it is still the active navigation point, but even if the URL is
/downloads/hotfixes-und-patches/
, in the menu the navigation point is not set as active one
- On that page there should be a headline with the name of the category, where files belong to. (In this case it would be Hotfixes and Patches)
I hope my problems are clear now and you are able to help me.
Thanks!
When someone is adding a package from frontend, he/she must select the value for “Allow Access” field:
https://www.evernote.com/l/AV1HzvCYt1JBBKe3QnqCS5BKuUUzB256eF0B/image.png
I created the following package from frontend and it is working fine:
https://plural.wpengine.com/downloads/test-frontend-pack/
Sorted. Thanks.
A quick observation – it would be great if in the downloads area it showed you the domain against each product. When you’ve a few managing licenses and renewals becomes a bit of a pain. I’ve seen somewhere else do that really well and it’s very helpful (WP Rocket I think).
Anyways, sorted. Many thanks again.
Ken
Hi there,
I’ve tested with different browsers but all the downloads are functional. If there any specific php error for chrome on OS X available, can you give us from error log?
Thanks
I can’t give you a login because the server is private, so even if you had credentials, the development website is still inaccessible to the public.
And Shahriar, unlocking all downloads with one form submission would be nice, but I found a work-around that suits my needs.
I changed the link-template to one that only has the link to the designated download page of the file. Then, I changed that page template to a custom one I made that only shows the extended download link. Since Form Lock is on, this is replaced with the form, so it looks like the page redirected to the form, but is actually on the package page. Filling out the form and clicking “Submit” shows the direct download link as I wanted it to.
Thank you guys for all of your help! Bouncing some ideas off of you helped me figure-out this clean work-around 🙂
Hi,
Please update the WordPress to the latest version. And I have tested your package downloads. All working fine. But you are getting download-not-available error in which package the file is not available.
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Thanks
Hi,
It is not possible yet to use only one form to unlock all downloads. But we will look into it.
Thanks.
there is a method for make a backup of my downloads? i want to remove the plug-in and then reinstall it
You think that maybe the solution?
All package table has the search feature and you can also use WPDM Search widget. Directory Add-on just extends the feature and has various ways to show, search, filter downloads. Ultimately it’s your choice if you want to buy it or not. I just showed a different option for you as you didn’t like the all packages table search.
Hi Hasibul and thanks for your reply.
The URL aren’t the same?! The one abowe has a dashes… Is it not enough?
Compare: http://195.238.77.215/~kavlingelarcen/ladda-ner/ vs http://195.238.77.215/~kavlingelarcen/laddaner/
Ok, I don’t think the customers understand we shall click the link a the right… Is there a way to make (in my chase TEST) download directly? Or REMOVE the link so it’s only the link at the right that i clickable??
I’m now familiar with php, but if I change the table template, can I do it right here ../download-manager/tpls/wpdm-all-downloads.php ??
It will not be overwritten when updating?
I saw your category base and package base was the same?
There is a quate above. “Caution: Use unique word for each url base. Also, don’t create any page or post with the same slug you used for WPDM URL Bases below.”
Please modify it.
So category page will be work here http://195.238.77.215/~kavlingelarcen/laddaners/instruktioner/
And yes, the user can download from that page not going the package details page from this page. Here is the button for direct download.

But if the user can see details page by clicking on the title. You can modify that too from all downloads table template here ../download-manager/tpls/wpdm-all-downloads.php
Thanks
Hi,
You can list all your download package by using [wpdm_all_packages] shortcode. Details Here.
Thanks.
Hi,
You can format the page with the template file describe here (https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/template-files/).
And you need to
Create a dir named download-manager
inside your active theme dir
Copy wpdm-all-downloads.php
from plugins/download-manager/tpls/
dir to the dir you created in step #1
Now you can edit copied wpdm-all-downloads.php
the way you want.
The process is to keep your changes even after updating the plugin.
Thannks
Hi,
I checked the page downloads. All files are downloadable.
Thanks
Hi,
You can just modify the existing template file and puts it in your theme folder/tpls. The filename for the shortcode is wpdm-all-downloads.php
, you can find it in plugins/download-manager/tpls
.
Thanks
Hi there,
From the Downloads -> Settings you can enable login at the single package page.

And you need to change the Allow Access option to subscriber from single package settings section for showing the package only the login members.

Here is the single package with login:

Thanks
Hi
I had to restore our website after updating this plugin as all document downloads disappeared. Please can you advise how to update while avoiding a recurrence of this.
Many thanks
Maybe the package was accessible to all visitors when those downloads were served. If you see any recent entry check the package setting for access rules and let me know.
Is there a way to download basic stats such as downloads and views? It can of course be done manually, but that’s incredibly time consuming.
Hi,
I cannot find any help in setting up Social Settings. I want to be able to share downloads using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter especially but no explanation of what to do.
Dear Shahriar, how can I install the old version without losing any of my downloads?