Hi,
Only link or page template files should be customizable not the wpdm-all-downloads.php file.
As it’s described in the docs /{active-theme}/download-manager/link-templates.
Thanks.
Hi,
yes, it is the right folders structure, and before the update, it was my custom template that was taken into account. But since the update, it is not the case anymore.
Here is the structure of my folders in my worpdress theme:
download-manager/
> link-templates/
> files....php
> page-templates/
> files....php
page-template-default.php
wpdm-all-downloads.php
I checked, my wpdm-all-downloads.php file is my custom template, but it doesn’t seem to be taken into account as default template.
Thanks to you.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by
YinYang.
Hi I look at your demos, but can´t understand how to do this:
I want to view ALL our downloads on ONE page on the frontend for our clients. On that page I want the clients to see a list of FOLDERS (not a list of files), one for each download file category!
Important 1: I need the folders to be clickable, so that when they click on a folder it opens. And when they click on it again, or on another folder, the folder is closed.
Important 2: Inside each category folder I want to use the short code “wpdm_all_packages”, specified for each category, so the clients see a nice “table view” with all files information.
How do I set up a list of folders like this, with a specific category short code inside each folder??
(If sub-folders also it possible that is a bonus, but not a must have.)
The shortcode I will use is this, that is not my problem. But I do not understand how to do the folders?
[wpdm-all-packages categories="category A" items_per_page="20" order_by="title" order="ASC" jstable=1 cols="title,download_count|package_size|publish_date|version|download_link" colheads="Title, Downloads|Size|Publish|Version|Open/Download"]
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This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by
Lollen. Reason: (I forgot to add the categories to the short code)
Hi, I’ve created a custom template for render my download links, but since the last update of wp download manager, my custom template has been replaced by another template.
By watching my custom wpdm-all-downloads.php file, apparently nothing has been changed.
How can I retrieve my custom template ?
Thank you.
Hi,
Those coordinates are mm supported only. Sorry to say that there is no percentage option right now. If you want to adjust positioning then you have to do it by the mm coordinates.
However, Those are not shortocde. They are template tags. You can use them by following this.
Apart from that, you can add other fields rather than pre-defined fields by using the below filter.
https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/filter-reference/wpdm_after_prepare_package_data/
If you are not aware of the code or customization then you may leave a mail through
customize@wpdownloadmanager.com
or
You may knock to the customized team through the below link
User Dashboard
Thank You
Hi folks,
we are using the “password lock” to protect some files.
Is it possible to access this download providing a direct link as an email?
We dont want the user to enter the password manually on the website.
Thank you very much!
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Hello,
I’m facing an issue regarding the custom login / logout page with WPDM Pro.
When accessing a protected download page, from times to times after entering my credentials and a sucessful login, an error message is show saying that i’m already connected.
When i click on the disconnect link and login again i’m still having the same error message again and again.
Suspecting that it’s a cookie retalted error i cleanded all the cookies for the domain and that seems to resolve the eror. The problem is that i can not ask the visitors of the website to clear their browser cookies when/if they faced that login issue.
How can this issue can be solved? What does the Checkbox “Clear the connection page” mean in the “Settings > Frontend Access” page ?
Hello Nicolas,
Hope you are well. the shortcode you have referred is working fine from my side with latest version,
https://wpdmpro.w3eden.com/wpdm-archive-compact-test/
I have used this shortcode here,
[wpdm_archive_compact category="101-main" template="link-template-default" cols=4 orderby="date"]
And for add-on updates,
WPDM->settings->updates sometimes will not work with some sites for server settings. For now, For add-on updates, you can follow these steps,
1 ) Download the latest version from here https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/user-dashboard/?udb_page=purchases
2 ) Install the latest version and activate.
I hope it will work fine then
Thank you and regards
Hiya,
How can I include the master URL in an export of all downloads as a CSV or simmilar?
Thanks!
M
Hi Nick,
Hope you are well. For creating and cloning templates and for the full feature, you may have to use the PRO version of WPDM PRO, you shall get the features as I image attached for creating templates,

And for Free, it has a limited version. However, you can also edit link-template PHP files too, if you want to edit any pre-designed template you have to edit those directly editing PHP files at wp-content/plugins/download-manager/src/Package/views/link-templates dir files,
for making backup files, you have to follow this doc,
Template Files
Template tags will be found here,
https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/templates/template-tags/
please check
Thank you and regards
Hello,
I´ve some questions related to “Link Templates” and “Page Templates”. As well as a problem with cloning of “Link Templates”.
When creating a new download I can select a “Page Template” in the package settings.
My questiong is: how do I select a “Link Template”? Currently it seems that the link template by default is “Default Template w/Icon”.
I would like to change the default link template and more important, I would like to change the look and feel of the link template.
For exeample using a transparent background as well as changing font and font size.
My second issue is, that I cannot clone a link template.
After clicking on “Clone” I only see a blank page and nothing is happening.
For adding downloads to certain pages I am using the shortcode.
Best regards,
Nick
Hello,
After updating to the latest version simply visiting the link and page template menu on the admin dashboard will resolve the issue. As the action will regenerate the templates automatically in the new style.
Go to Downloads>templates then visit all tabs there.
Hopefully, your problem will be solved.
Regards
Hi Nayeem – I have updated the plugin but no difference – this issue has been there for multiple releases.
We are using Elementor for the site and need to use that page builder for different views on packages, depending on their use. The page is built using an Elementor template, and then embedded link templates show content – on the right hand column a link template shows:
<div>[download_link]</div>
<div style=”margin-top:5px;font-size:0.8em;”>Size: [file_type_icons] [package_size]</div>
The [package_size] shortcode isn’t working – and it’s the same behaviour on all of our sites. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and shows nothing.
/*
CSS for Download Manager installed on Elegant Themes Divi Theme
to format the file details pages (‘page template’) and file overview pages
to look good on desktop and mobile
v1.0 by Nice Agency / Diego Matter 2021-12-10
add to WP Dashboard –
Appearance – Customise –
additional CSS
*/
/* if necessary : link hover color and text decoration
.w3eden a:hover {
color : Coral;
color : DarkOrange;
text-decoration:bold;
}
*/
/* Text sizes */
/* ———- */
.w3eden {
font-size : 14.7px;
line-height: 1.6;
}
.w3eden body,p,ul,li,link {
font-size : 14.8px;
}
.w3eden h1 {
font-size: 1.6em;
}
.w3eden h2 {
font-size: 1.51em;
}
.w3eden h3 {
font-size: 1.2em;
}
Finally figured it out. You were right, I downloaded php7.4, switch nginx to use that, re-installed wpdownloadmanagerpro and it worked. To get the icons and links to show up properly I downloaded the non-pro plugin first, then installed the pro over that. Just wanted to update in case anyone else runs into this (i.e., don’t migrate your wordpress site from a php7.4 to php8.0 version without testing fully first). Thank you so much for the support I really appreciated it!
Also updated to 6.1.0, tested 6.0.9 as well, was 100% php issue.
The orderby and order parameters don’t seem to work!
We have shortcode
[wpdm_category id="elterninfos" operator="IN" orderby="date" order="desc" toolbar="0" template="link-template-default-icon" cols=1 colspad=1 colsphone=1 paging=0 items_per_page=999]
on page
https://steinach.bald.live/schule/elterninfos/
So it should show 2021 first and 2019 last as they were dated that way but it is not working. changing order from DESC to ASC doesn’t change anything…why is that so hard to do?
Thanks for a fast answer, as the page should go online but has several sites with non working download-orders..
Oh, I can see it now. However, we do need to use the Form Lock and I was wondering if we can show the Viewer once a person has submitted the form, instead of “Your download link is ready now: [Download]” we want “Your download link is ready now: [View] [Download]. Is that possible? The challenge is that the client wants the PDF open in the browser but also would like to protect the URL so people won’t share that link.
Thanks again for your help.
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Hi again!
Well I mentioned that I was new to the tool. Was a bit dissapointed about the poor features in Download Manager – i heard that it’s the number #1 tool for WordPress. However then I found the options of “Link Template” and “Page Template”. WOW WHAT A GOOD TOOL DOWNLOAD MANAGER IS!! There are so many options and layouts you don’t need to to into programming mode to use it. So besides that users should read the manual & instructions – these instructions could be made a bit easier to understand with more examples etc. Would be great if that could be the case.
Hello @oled,
I asked to get a clearer idea which would help me to give proper. However, I have given solution below from my understanding. Please check that.
The shortcode is like this:
[wpdm_category id="Category Slug or Slugs" operator="IN" title="Custom Title Here or 1" desc="Custom Description or 1" toolbar="1" paging="1" orderby="field name" order="asc or desc" items_per_page="10" template="template name or ID" cols=4 colspad=2 colsphone=1]
Here you can select link template in the template parameter. You can edit link template and use the below template tag in that.
[download_url]
Returns Package Download URL
Usage example:
<a href="[download_ur]" class="btn btn-info">Changed download tag!</a>
Thanks
Hello,
Thank you for the details.
You should be able to change the link-template designs by following the below link which will solve the mobile view issue.
Template Files
Thanks.
Hi!
Thanks for quick reply. The webpage is; https://www.planario.se/ and it’s in the bottom of the page where it says download.
I put the image in the link in download manager itself, so clicking this link you will be able to download the imgage Can you get the picture from that link. (Perhaps i missunderstood the product, but instead of using Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, ShareFile etc. my plan is to use Download Manager more to share files so i know who has downloaded it etc).
wbr
/Sten
Link is
wasteeducation-qld.org/download/managing-waste-in-your-kindergarten
Hi
This is a link to one document. But it should use the same font size for ALL documents listed on https://wasteeducation-qld.org
Managing waste in Kindergartens and Early Learning Centres
Thanks,
Diego