Hello,
If you are using the free version, you need to follow this doc, https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/template-files/ or if you are using the pro version, you can create a new link template from your own and customize it.
Thanks.
Hello,
You can follow this doc as per given instruction, you will be able to make a direct download link. and you will also be able to add CSS classes for designing your button.
https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/short-codes/wpdm_direct_link-embed-direct-download-link-as-a-simple-text-link/
Thanks.
When I click that link it just redirects me to the package that the file is attached to instead of just downloading the file.
Is there an option or setting I need to adjust?
@webrealisation, if you use form lock ( https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/download/wpdm-form-lock/ ) with wpdm pro, you can handle it without password, You can link a form with a package, users will receive a download link only after they fill the form.
The popup modal is using /download-manager/tpls/link-templates/link-template-button-popup.php template. To customize this template, make a copy and place it in /active-theme/download-manager/link-templates/link-template-button-popup.php location. Then add your customization in this new template.
Now, this new template will override the default one. and your customizations won’t be lost during the plugin update.
Thanks.
Hello,
Unfortunately we are again having this same problem. The plugin says there is an update in WordPress and the update can’t download via the WordPress plugins screen. I have gone to Downloads>Settings>Updates and there is nothing listed. Please send us a link for the latest version. Thank you
We have version 5.0.4 and it says there is a newer version of 5.0.5.
Sincerely,
Julie Otten
Website manager
Hi Nayeem, here is the Short-code
[wpdm_package id='1203']
I would like to have the “pdf icon” + the text “Download-pdf” shown within the button – green with white text and on hover Orange with white text and only within the button and center aligned. I do not want the heading or to display anything else, Just the Button as described and linked to each document?
A screen shot would have still been useful and saved a lot of wasted time!
Can you assist me so that I can apply this to every document within Download Manager and apply the short-codes generated for each document within a short-code widget in Elementor?
Kind regards
Gavin
Hi,
You can create a link template with this code <a href="[download_url]">[icon]</a>. And after applying your package, You can use form lock add on for locking your package with any form, https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/download/wpdm-form-lock/.
Thanks.
Hi,
As a link template, I’d like to have just a simple icon with no message beside it (e.g., “Please login to download”), and I’d like that link to send the person to the login and register form when the person is not logged in and to start the download when he is. Is that possible and, is so, how?
Bernard
I’m using the free version of WPDM along with the WPDM Extended Shortcodes addon.
I’m using the following shortcode…
[wpdm-all-packages items_per_page="25" categories="CATA,CATB,CATC,CATD,CATE" jstable=0 order_by="title" order="DESC"]
This works perfectly, and displays many pages of files.
However, if I then pick a row and click on the category to show only downloads in that category, if that category has more than 25 rows, the page links are not being formed correctly.
For example, the link to page 2 looks like…
https://xxxxx.com/downloads/?wpdmc=CATA/page/2/
This doesn’t work. It should look like…
https://xxxxx.com/downloads/page/2/?wpdmc=CATA
which does work.
If you want to show your download package in post or page you have to use shortcode. otherwise the package link.
Hello,
I have tested form lock with CF7 with required fields, after getting download link resubmitting again not showing required fields error. My link is here http://www.nayeemriddhi.info/portfolio2/download/cf7-package/. It needs to see from your wp-admin panel.
Hello,
when ajax submitting a CF7 form, the “successfully sent” message will contain the download button for the package. If you click that button, the ZIP is downloaded, but the page/form gets “submitted” again and then you get many “field required”.
Is there a way to redirect the form to a “Thank you” page, and then show the download link there (or automatically start the download after submitting the form without sending the CF7 form again without all the “field required errors”)?
I already use <script>jQuery("#download-file-cart").trigger("click");</script> for automatic download, but also this triggers the reload/send of the page and the form is again submitted empty which results in errors.
Thanks and best regards,
Tim
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I couldn’t use the link above but downloaded it from the site and was able to upload again once I had deleted the previous version. Thanks.
Hi Nayeem, Sorry but this does not help me in anyway I understand.
I want my button to reflect the pdf image and have the text – “Download – pdf” and be linked back to the document within the download manager.
Please send me a contact mail so that I may send you a screen shot and details.
Kind regards
Gavin
Thanks for your comment Richard. The prev/next option generally comes from theme. So, it is a user choice. I have just created single-wpdmpro.php file in your theme and removed the pagination link. If you want to add it, you just have to add it again in this file.
and if you like our service, don’t forget to review us here, https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-manager/reviews/
Thanks.
Is that something worth thinking for a future release as an option? Prev/Next Download link “On or off?”
Cheers,
Richard
Hello,
You can change
“pdf Logo + “Download”
in the Link label from your package settings.
I did think that, but they only appear on the pages with the download manager links -ie there are pages & blog posts in another section, and they don’t have them…
I figured it was part of the actual download manager theme design…
Cheers,
Richard
Hi,
Link and Page templates are stored in database wp_optionstable as _fm_link_templates and _fm_page_templates.
You can create template files for your custom link/page templates. You have to put the files in /active-theme/download-manager/tpls/page-templates/ and /active-theme/download-manager/tpls/link-templates/ directory. The file name will be the same as the template id, i.e. 5aafb49c1b7c2.php. and also check any existing template file from /download-manager/tpls/link-templates/ directory for naming convention.
Thanks.
Hi Guys,
Curious one – not sure if it’s something to do with the plug in (free vs paid) – when people view a file to download, at the bottom there’s links to previous and next file download pages – is there a way to remove that?
Is it a premium feature?

Clicking on either of these takes you to the next file or previous file to download…
I just want these links gone…
Help!
Cheers,
Richard
I already checked. In fact, I have written “the sample.csv does not include Tags”. The link you posted does not talk about tags.
Another problems:
– description includes commas inside, so the csv does not upload properly
– link template is a custom template, I don’t see it in the wp-content/plugins/download-manager/tpls/link-templates directory in order to set it
– also page template is a custom template, I don’t see it in the directory
Can you suggest the solution in order to process correctly the csv?
Show ‘Add To Cart’ button as customer download link fallback stands for [customer_download_link] template tag. It will show the download button, otherwise will show add to cart button if you check the option,