The download button is also not working for me… and I’ve installed all available updates.
The recommendation to “Unmask Download Link” works insofar as the download button now connects to the file, but making all site downloads indexable isn’t a great solution for us.
Are the updates supposed to have fixed this issue?
Question – could site-based caching be impacting at all? We use WP Fastest Cache.
Thanks
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please give the related page/package URL for checking. I think it is maybe coming from your site. because WPDM doesn’t provide spam link when downloading links
Hi,
I’m getting a lot of errors in my log file which is linked to WPDM. I’m getting this line repeated in the log file:
[08-Jul-2020 08:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning: array_merge(): Expected parameter 1 to be an array, null given in /home/techygee/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/libs/class.Apply.php on line 863
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thanks.
Hi, I was notified by users that they are receiving referrals to a spam link when downloading links on my site. I repurchased and downloaded updated versions of the plugin but the error is still occurring.
Hi,
Where are you trying [download_link_extended]
template tag in the link or page template? does the button showing nothing or not working at all. please give your package or page URL. if possible, Please, give your temporary wp-admin login details in a private reply for checking the issue.
Thanks.
I’ve watched several of your YOUTUBE videos and nothing that is listed there is accurate when I apply steps to my download. Here are my issues:
1) I customized the color of the download button and it’s not changing. It remains green.
2) I’ve followed all instructions, but once I test and press submit, I only get a thank you with no further download.
3) When I visit the Lock Options in Package Settings, I do not see anyplace to add a Title as referenced in your YOUTUBE video AND I do not see a link of instructions for “After Submitting Form” as referenced in YOUTUBE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYM2fN-LVJ0&t=75s
Help!
Hi there,
We’ve deleted the plugin and uploaded the new version we downloaded via the link you sent in your message. After we uploaded the file, it instructed us to update it to the latest version – after updating it, the plugin disappeared again.
Please advise on how to proceed.
Thanks,
Chris
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Hi,
It was probably due to cache, download links are working for me. Please try now.
Please try to adjust the settings as I image attached, please make Unmask Download Link from the basic settings,

Thanks.
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Greetings. My WPDM Pro subscription expired in May, 2020. In June, I attempted to renew, following the link from within the WordPress plugin list. This did not work, so I sent email to the WPDM company.
WPDM responded, “Please purchase a new copy from here https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/pricing/ There is an issue withe manual renew procedure.”
I followed those instruction on July 4, ordering a new subscription and downloading 5.1.1. I deactivated and uninstalled 5.0.5, used the “Add New” button in WordPress to upload and install the 5.1.1. Zip file, and activated 5.1.1. I then found and entered the new license key into the appropriate settings field.
After doing so, all of the download links on my site stopped working. When I click on one, the only thing that happens is a page refresh.
Please advise how to resolve these issues.
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Jay Farlow.
Which option has been set in your access settings as I image attached?
https://prnt.sc/tc6xuh
if you Only Block Download Link it will block only download link otherwise if you select Hide Everything, it will hide package title and info too.
Thanks.
Wordpress plugin indicates that there is version 5.1.15 but when i go to my downloads page to download, it shows version 5.1.1
See screenshot. Please update and i would appreciate if you notify me when its done.
Screenshot 
Thanks
And kindly update the change log, so that i can know whats updated.
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This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by
twomuch.
Got through the upgrade of the Download Manager. Now my Link Templates are displaying this additional error code:
Warning: Illegal string offset ‘secondary’ in /code/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/libs/class.FileSystem.php on line 548 Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in /code/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/libs/class.FileSystem.php on line 548 Warning: Illegal string offset ‘secondary’ in /code/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/libs/class.FileSystem.php on line 548 Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in /code/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/libs/class.FileSystem.php on line 548
Hello,
after the one of the last updates of wpdm the link button of the download table ist not working anymore.
I’m using this on my page:
[wpdm_all_packages items_per_page="25" jstable=1 order_by="title" order="ASC" cols="page_link|categories|post_content|publish_date|download_link" colheads="Title|Categories|Schlagworte|Datum|Download"]
Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
Regards
Harry
For the frontend, you can easily edit it from
download-manager\tpls\wpdm-add-new-file-front.php
file and the text as your own requirements.
you can follow the link below documentation,
Template Files
As documentation, you have to copy the file in the theme directory naming a folder called download-manager, then paste it in the folder naming wpdm-add-new-file-front.php
and edit the text as your requirements. let me know. if it helps you.
Thanks.
Hi,
It can be happened restricting role access from the package settings Allow Access
option. and also can be due to the js cache. Please try clearing the cache. Alternatively, in the latest update 3.1.02, we have added an option to unmask the download link, that option will resolve the issue regardless of the js cache.
Thank you very much! I will wait for the update and recheck all the download links. I hope it will solve the problem permanently. Thank you again.
Hi,
Don’t worry, the cache should be cleared automatically by now, I think you can mask download link again. Also, we are releasing a new update today, where we are adding version number with js file, so that it auto clears cache with each plugin update
We are using the Pro version. Though we recently upgraded and the behavior was present in the Free version as well.
- created a category and restricted access to subscriber and admins
- created file and assigned to category
- created page and inserted packages block, filtered to that category
- viewed page as anonymous user
The download link was present and could be clicked to download the file. If I remove the “all visitors” access, then it appears to inherit from the category as expected. Which is why, as explained earlier, I think the underlying restriction is working. The problem is that you need a different default option for the access field so that it inherits from the category by default, rather than requiring people to click and undo the default access selection in order for the category restriction to kick in.
Thanks @Shahjada! I’m sorry to be a pain and asking more questions as I’m pretty new to these things.
I think the link I attached above is not really private as it is published on the website and can be searched via Google to access that page and anyone can download the file from it, which I feel like it is similar to a public link. Please correct me if I misunderstood this.
How big is the risk if the bots can easily crawl these links? As on the website, we have many other direct download pages like this one on the website and all use WP Download Manager Plugin. So if I select “Unmask Download Link” which means all other direct download pages will be exposed to risk as well. Am I right?
Is there any other way I can fix the problem? E.g. Reinstall/reset the Plugin, Editing the code etc.?
Thank you again.
Now working. I have unmasked the download link from Downloads > Settings > Basic
. please check.
Thanks.