I have a site where all my downloads are publicly available. Members can add any download they wish. We want users with Editor access to be allowed to upload packages with specific fields that users of the Subscriber role cannot see. So if an Editor created a package with the specific category “Historical” they get additional fields: Publication, Link to Publication. Those fields would be public, but no other users adding a package could have access to add that category.
Do you have any suggestions as to how I can accomplish this?
Thanks.
When I enable Download Manager Pro it affects the CSS of another plugin in the admin area. The buttons in the affected plugin are not as intended when Download Manager is enabled. Of course, when I disable your plugin it goes away.
From the developer, this is because of multiple calls to jquery. See this link from the developer’s plugin for Advanced Ads:
https://wpadvancedads.com/manual/jquery-problem-in-dashboard/#utm_source=advanced-ads&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=notice-jquery-error
Under new GDPR, double opt-in as well as positive consent that they want to be emailed is an absolute requirement.
This is how it needs to be done:
* Provide a checkbox that says they want to subscribe. It has to be default not checked.
* Send an email opt-in that requires them to confirm subscription
* According to GDPR, “soft opt-ins” are not allowed. Which means you can’t opt them in, or even send them an opt-in email if they don’t want to, and you can’t require email to download.
* This means that if they DON’T check the box to subscribe, you must still allow the download, even if they didn’t provide an email address
See examples here:
* https://litmus.com/blog/5-things-you-must-know-about-email-consent-under-gdpr
From the above link “If subscribing to a newsletter is required in order to download a whitepaper, for example, then that consent is not freely given. Signing up for emails is optional—you can always download the ebook without subscribing to our emails.”
* https://www.pactsafe.com/blog/the-gdpr-and-email-marketing-dont-rely-on-double-opt-in-to-track-consent
From the above link: “You should be collecting and tracking consent the moment a person subscribes to your emails. The most familiar way to do this is with a click-through or clickwrap agreement. Click-through agreements are those little tick boxes you’ve seen to accept privacy policies and terms of use when you sign up for almost any service online:”
This means you need an additional checkbox that says the party consents to the collection of data and has read the linked privacy agreement.
YES this is a massive pain in the ass. But the fines for non-compliance are gigantic.
Furthermore, we use the YMLP mailer and want to integrate that with WP DownloadManager but it looks like that’s not supported. How can we integrate our mailer so that when they check the checkbox that says they want to subscribe, it goes to the YMLP subscription manager to send the opt-in message, not to
Download Manager sets the following cookies and these cookies are essential for the plugin to perform the basic functions. All of these are temporary means cookies are erased after closing the browser.
unlocked_{file_id} – Tracks whether or not the current visitor unlocked a package/download.
wpdmimported – Tracks the imported files of a directory when bulk importing files from a server dir.
wpdm_getlink_data_{key} – Remembers the package/download data of an unlocked package/download for current user.
global_success – Used to track user registration.
And about the IP logging, Download Manager logs the users IP address for each download. If you want you can disable it from settings ( from the next version which will be released today ) or add the info about this in your privacy policy to inform users.
The plugin doesn’t send any information about users to anyone else. I am assuring you using WPDM won’t get you in trouble with the law. The issue is sensitive when using user data for Advertising or sharing with third parties. None of which is done by WPDM.
Your Private Download Links Usage Limit: was set to 0 ( In Basic Setting Tab ). That is the number of times the URL can be used to download the file. I have set it to 5 and download is working like a charm.
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Here is the list of cookies WPDM uses.
unlocked_{file_id} – Tracks whether or not the current visitor unlocked a package/download.
wpdmimported – Tracks the imported files of a directory when bulk importing files from a server dir.
wpdm_getlink_data_{key} – Remembers the package/download data of an unlocked package/download for current user.
global_success – Used to track user registration.
If you need detailed privacy policy text you can follow ours ( http://w3eden.com/privacy-policy.html ) as it covers everything.
About the download log’s IP address, we are releasing an update today which will allow you to disable the IP logging. If IP logging is enabled our privacy policy ( http://w3eden.com/privacy-policy.html ) covers the related info to let users inform about that.
In the form https://locker.anglican.ca/download/test-download-package/ when a user submits their personal information the form just recycles and presents itself again blank without accessing the download link.
[wpdm_all_packages items_per_page="20" categories="ppid-yogyakarta" jstable=1 order_by="field_name" order="ASC/DESC" cols="page_link,file_count,download_count,excerpt|acf_ppid_informasi|categories|acf_ppid_tipefile|package_size|download_link" colheads="Judul::500px|Informasi::100px|PPID SKPD::150px|Tipe::50px|Size::50px|Download::150px"]
No, I just built my own template. And although the preview of the template still looks like I want the download-link to be, the real download is different. I added two screenshots: above the preview which is still correct and beneath the wrong truth…
But what I really do not understand using your plugins is: All the other plugins can be updated by klicking “update”. This is not possible with the WPDM. As I wanted to update the WPDM Button, the link went to the plugin-landingpage including all the WPDM-Files. Why is there an extra update information for an extra plugin but no extra download for the plugin. I don´t really get it, sorry. Maybe I am to weakminded but this seems to be the most complicated Plugin I have ever used. Nevertheless I like it (except the update-thing) 😉
So where do I get the update only for the WPDM Image Button?
Hi Anand,
Yes, you can add custom fields using our Advanced Custom Field add-on. Please check add-on details here https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/download/advanced-custom-fields/
For each custom field, the add-on generates a template tag and PHP code. So, you can show the custom data easily in your custom link/page template or in a PHP template file.
Thanks.
Hello,
I have bought pro version and I used free version earlier. How can I install the pro version without losing my download files? When I install new pro version zip-file I get the message that the plugin still exist. I read that an add-on can help but I don’t know which one.
I bought pro version so that you can help to anonymize IP address of the users.
Do you have an privacy policy for w3 eden? I would like to link in my declaration.
Thanks and kind regards
Mailed download link expires when you update the package. Or it is happening without updating package? Please send me the package URL to check.
The issue is not corrected yet?
Pls let me know the solution…
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I need to temporarily remove the lock from my download packages and enable visitors to simply download the files. However, when I disable the lock option, the embedded card changes appearance and the Download link doesn’t work when you click it. If you right-click the link the file does download, however, this is neither obvious nor convenient for visitors and would require me a lot of extra work adding explanatory text to each package. I’ve tried deleting the cache, but that didn’t have any effect. It’s pretty urgent that I resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thanks.
It is not possible to conditionally hide the button without code customization.
But you can use a custom template for packages that have no attached files. Just clone the current template you are using now and remove the [download_link] template tag from there.
Hello, If the package no attached files, can i use [hide_empty:download_link] to hide it?
If not, how to do can hide the no attached files at the package download button?
Hi,
You’re welcome.
First: Seems like you are looking for this https://demo.wpdownloadmanager.com/wpdmpro/archive-page-compact/, in that case, you will need the archive page add-on:
WPDM Directory Add-on
Second:
You can see the quick preview of each template from templates page. Also, many link template demos are shown here https://demo.wpdownloadmanager.com/wpdmpro/ready-to-use-templates/
This happened to me about 2 months ago when migrating a dev site to live production server. All of our links and download pages reverted back to the default. Never finding out why/how, I ended up simply rebuilding the templates and had to do a search & replace to update all of the custom shortcodes. Luckily I only had 2 of them, and luckily, I knew how to use Search & Replace as we had about 40 instances of using a custom template.
FWIW – I transferred my site using ManageWP Clone feature.
Hi there, I’m using the following shortcode for my page here:
[wpdm_all_packages cols="title|file_count|download_count|categories|update_date|download_link" colheads="Title|File Count|Download Count|Categories|Update Date|Download" items_per_page="20" jstable=1]
But, as you can see in the following screenshot, the download listing is not updating: http://take.ms/df2PL.
Am I setting up the shortcode incorrectly? Any direction you can give me?
Thanks!
Hi,
Please use the following shortcode to show the package link with the title.
[wpdm_all_packages items_per_page="5" categories="windows, linux, osx" jstable=1 order_by="date" order="DESC" cols="page_link,file_count,download_count|categories|update_date|download_link" colheads="Title|Categories|Update Date|Download::155px"]
Thanks
I have the Mailchimp lock add-on and use this to create email lists of subscribers who download my content. I’m based in Europe and now the GDPR privacy law is coming into effect I need to make sure I comply. Mailchimp has the option of adding consent to its signup form, however, when people subscribe to my lists using the Download Manager package form they don’t receive the Mailchimp signup form with the consent options. Instead they receive a Mailchimp recaptcha email and are then automatically added to my list. I have double opt-in enabled in both my Download Manager settings and in my Mailchimp lists. Is there any way of linking Download Manager and Mailchimp so that users receive the Mailchimp signup form with the consent options that are so important for GDPR?
Hi, we just moved our site to a live server and now all of the custom templates have disappeared, and the download links are looking terrible. We need to get this resolved ASAP.
We had to do a find and replace to update the url’s to the live url address, so I’m not sure if that would have affected it.
Please help!
Multi-file zip download is working now. I deleted the previous installation of the plugin and installed a fresh copy. If you face the issue on other sub-sites, just deactivate and re-activate the Download Manager.
The [download_link] template tag is working too. ( Removed onclick attribute & added {$post_vars['download_url']} in href tag [ line no 185 class.Package.php ] )
