I am using the WordPress Download Manager on a client website and recently started using the wpdm_archive_filter shortcode added in version 4.0 to the archive page add-on. The client and I were hoping this new advanced filtering would be able to filter downloads based on the selection of multiple categories.
For example, they have “Product Literature” as one category and “Chinese” as another category. The client was hoping a user could click on both categories and only see Product Literature that is also Chinese language.
Instead it looks like the filtering is inclusive and when you click on both Chinese and Product Literature categories it displays all the downloads in Chinese and all downloads in Product Literature.
Is there anyway to make the filter exclusive instead? So that it only displays files that are present in both categories?
Thanks for the hint, but I must admit that I am not able to follow it! Because basically this is what I was looking for without any success before I posted my question here.
“Basic settings”: Do you mean the “Settings” that you find directly in the main menu? Anyway, I cannot find any download related point in any of the submenus
“Settings” submenu in the “Downloads” main menu? Same thing
Any other location?
I would be happy if you could specify slightly more!
Hello!
I am trying some things with the plugin right now. Works just perfect. Only thing I don’t find is that the download links in the “all packeges” table can be opened in a new tab via target=”_blank”.
I thought I could be possible to add that to the wpdm-all-downloads.php but the link seems to be built somewhere in the core files.
Could somebody help me out?
It’s no problem for “normal” downloads I place throughout the page as I could create custom layouts for that in my theme.
Two types of downloads: one for all logged in users, one for customers only (specified by user roles)
The downloads are managed by “WPDM Packages by Category” widgets
The link template is customized as shown below
The purpose is to immediately start the download (downloads for all) or after accepting the conditions (dld for customers), with no additional template showing that has a “Prev” and “Next” button that would lead to packages that are not supposed to be visible for the category of users
Here follows the template code. The [download_link_extended] does all the above, generates the word “Download” marked as link and also reacting like a link should react on mouse click – only the download is not starting, like the link goes to nowhere.
For showing all categories and downloads on a single page with different styles, you can use this add-on, and you will also able to customize the link-templates for using in that shortcode,
I am using the short-code [wpdm-all-packages] to display downloads available to registered users. It works perfectly except for one problem.
Our audience is “Over 50’s” with many people coming to look for material well into their ’70s and ’80s. Sadly for many of us, getting older brings with it failing eyesight. Our problem is that the fonts used in this short code are VERY small, especially the second (post_content) line. We are already getting complaints from people about how hard this is to read.
I have tried other short codes but this one sorts properly at startup and allows me to display all the information needed by our members to decide which material they want.
Is there any way I can increase the font (several options would be brilliant) for this short-code or is there some way that the short-code can be modified to add a font size option
My code is as follows;
[wpdm-all-packages items_per_page="30" categories="computers" jstable=1 order_by="title" order="asc" cols="title,post_content|publish_date|download_link,package_size,view_count,download_count" colheads="Title|Published Date|Download"]
I think I may not have explained my issue properly.
The link template that is applied to all downloads by default (the global default setting) is link template ‘A’ let’s say. I would like to change the global default to template ‘B’, a different template, so that it will universally apply across my site.
All given downloads don’t work since I downloaded the given WordPress Download Manager (the old download plugin couldn’t be updated anymore). If I click on the download-button, there’s just a download of a “download-not-available.txt” – all previous linked documents aren’t linked anymore. And I neither know where to find them in the backend, nor do I know how to re-attach them to the respective link. (https://hans-josef-fell.de/dokumente/)
The “You are not allowed to download” warnings are all WooCommerce products. I do not know why they are being pulled in. The SLUGs of the WooCommerce have /products/ in the URL and the downloads have /package/ in the URL.
Hi
You can check Downloads>Subscribers to know which users actually downnloaded the file. Downloaded will show on the right side of the users name and email address.
new update of directory add on has missing “languages” folder. I’ve created it under plugins/wpdm-archive-page/ and copied my own translations and now it works again…
Also:
– now it properly does not show all-downloads until you select a category BUT breadcrubs still show “Home All downloads” (make no sense).
– my translation works on HOME ALL DOWNLOADS on initial page opening. BUT when I select a category and go back (click “HOME”), the translation does not work anymore for breadcrumbs.
This reply was modified 6 years ago by bostjan laba.
I thought it was something on my end I tried different themes even ones from them and reinstalled my server and files and its still just showing a rectangle or an arrow for the download count and it says Download and not like Total DownloadS with an S on the end.
Awesome thank you for quick response. That worked.
Couple questions:
1. https://share.getcloudapp.com/QwukAb78 Is it possible to re-direct users to the downloads page from this screen, or make it more prominent so there is no confusion?
2. When we assign a user access to a download, is it possible to use their email or only the username works to add them?