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After further investigation, I have been able to solve this issue, but want to share what I found because it may impact you since these did used to work just fine. This is happening on PDF Viewer previews with both the [doc_preview] and [pdf_gallery] shortcodes.

It appears that if the .xlsx file isn’t saved with “view only” permissions, the preview won’t show…it also won’t download or show the preview/download links in the attached files. Instead, I get an error that says “File not found. The URL of the original file is not valid or the document is not publicly accessible. Verify the URL is correct, then contact the document owner” and it links to Microsoft Office help.

Once file permissions are updated, they preview and download fine. Is this completely a file type issue or is there something that can be done on the WPDM side to fix?

So if I understand correctly, a person can access the files if they have the master download link, regardless of login status? I’d really like to make it so non-members cannot access the file at all.

Thanks for clarifying. Please understand the actual accessibility issue though. It is not good enough to just apply the exact same link label text on all of my links either. They have to all be different from each other to comply. This is not accomplished with a single bulk update unless I can use some dynamic shortcode or way to use the document’s title within the label (like “Download {{Post_Title}} file”). Understand?

That add-on looks interesting for initial default settings for new or copied downloads, but I already have 700+ documents input so isn’t helpful in this case. This also still does not fix the WCAG accessibility issue (2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context): The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general. (Level A) ). Each download link/label needs to be contextual and different from the others around it. You would need to be able to apply the document title dynamically for this to be a manual solution. Why not just take this as a future suggestion to make your plugin web accessible by default?

This is not a unique or custom problem with our installation specifically, but an overall accessibility issue within your own plugin. Please see your own Demo pages as an example: https://try.wpdownloadmanager.com/list-packages/. Any time there is a button on the frontend from your plugin (“View More”, “Download”, “Add to Cart”, “Details”, etc.), you need to apply a unique, contextual “aria-label” attribute to it with more context for screen readers. Otherwise, it fails basic WCAG compliance (https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-refs.html). Having a long list of files with the exact same “Download” labeled button one after the other does not provide enough context to users and screen readers on what that link/button will actually do or which file it will download. I’ve just manually added an aria-label=’Download {$post_vars[‘title’]} file’ to your code mentioned to remedy this and fix this accessibility issue temporarily. The preference would be the plugin actually gets fixed and updated throughout for this specific accessibility issue though. Thank you!

Hi Again Nayeem Riddhi,
I want to get the package ID that is displayed on my page, is it possible? I am using a combination of the shortcode:
[wpdm_category id="details, terraclad" operator="AND" order_by="create_date" order="ASC" cols="2" colspad="2" colsphone="1" toolbar= "0" paging="0" ]
And I modified the default template to display the structure I need, I tried to use get_the_ID but it returns me the post ID but not all the packages that are displayed on my page

<!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->

<div class="link-template-default card mb-2">
    <?php 
        echo 'Post ID: ' . get_the_ID();
    ?>
    <div class="card-body">
        <div class="media">
            <div class="mr-3 img-48">[icon]</div>
            <div class="media-body">
                <h3 class="package-title">[page_link]</h3>
                <div class="text-muted text-small"><i class="fas fa-copy"></i> [file_count] [txt=file(s)] <i class="fas fa-hdd ml-3"></i> [file_size]</div>
            </div>
            <div class="ml-3">
                [file_list_extended]
                [download_link]
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Thank you for your reply. The image you posted isn’t loading.

I have package that uses a url for the file. I don’t want that file URL public.

I don’t want to need to change the download the slug necessarily, I want to change the link:

My file is blocked behind a captcha. when someone passes the captcha they get a new link to dl the file:

https://www.nodal.com/download/eod/?wpdmdl=29683&_wpdmkey=673e3e75b9213
the wpdmkey changes though sometimes:
https://www.nodal.com/download/eod/?wpdmdl=29683&_wpdmkey=673e1232636ce

Whats strange is that even after it changeds, both those links still download the file. (and all the other links with different wpdmkeys for that matter)

I want to make it so that the link changes and none of the others pull the file.

What is the wpdmkey by the way??