How can I send guests a direct download link via email instead of sending people to a download page?
I would like the download to start automatically for my customer.
My customer sends out a newsletter with download links. If someone clicks on the link, they have to log in. Unfortunately, the download does not start automatically, but the customer is redirected to the package. They then have to search there themselves to find the correct download.
domain.com/file.pdf
This is what the links look like.
If I am logged in, the download does not start either. I also end up on the package page.
Is there a solution for this?
Thank you very much!
Exactly what I needed. TY!
For anyone who may need it in the future, the final template looks like this:
<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="[download_url]">
[icon]
</a>
<div class="media-body">
<h3 class="media-heading m-0 p-0"><a href="[download_url]">[title]</a></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">
[download_link]
</div>
</div>
I am trying to customize a clone of the following link template:
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<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="[page_url]">
[icon]
</a>
<div class="media-body">
<h3 class="media-heading m-0 p-0">[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">
[download_link]
</div>
</div>
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I need <a class="pull-left" href="[page_url]"> and <h3 class="media-heading m-0 p-0">[page_link]</h3>
to have the same functionality as [download_link]
I’ve tried to replace [page_url] and [page_link], but can’t seem to get it right. Any help is appreciated.
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Hello,
We have thoroughly tested the issue in our environment, and everything is functioning as expected. It appears that the issue might be related to the server. In this case, you might consider linking the media URL to a downloadable file or using cloud storage to host the file.
Regards
Yes, I have chosen that section, the only thing is that I do not want to approve each download, but rather make it automatic, so I have selected the option below that you indicate.
The only thing I want is for the email with the link that reaches the client to be a personalized email… How can I modify that email template? I can’t find her.
Hello,
I just downloaded the mailchimp extension so that my users are automatically saved in my DB, my question is that I want there to be a record in the mailchimp registry of when the user has accepted that I send them commercial emails… How can I do this?
Hello, Jarek
I hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.
Kindly use this settings Mask Download Link. By doing this, bots will not be able the find any public download link easily.
Regards
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Kindly share the package download link
Hello and thank you for your answer :
– It would be nice if one day, the “send again” option could be available.
– Form lock is not in the list of “skip lock for loggedin user. Client still has to fill in the form even if he just did it for another document. I would like that he receives the download link of the other document by email without the need to fill the form again with his email.
Thank you !
Hello Daniel D,
Hope you are well. Thanks for writing to us. Are you using email lock for your packages? Please check the Mail Download Link option from Email Lock as I image attached

Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and regards
Hello,
I have downloads enabled on my website after the user writes their email, that is, they enter their email, click on the download button and the file is downloaded.
I would like, as you have provided me with your email, to be able to send you an automatic email so that I can send you the link to a Google Form survey. How can I do it?
Thank you!
Hello,
You can change the login page various links by changing file links from this directory wp-content\plugins\download-manager\src\User\views\login-form.php file. You can keep the file backup for any plugin update following this doc, https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/template-files/. Please check and let me know, if you have any queries.
Thank you and regards
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Hi, we write you for an issue related to the password reset.
We have this download center: https://polydentia.ch/download-center/ based on your plugin and we have an issue when we try to reset a password of an administrator user.
When we try to reset the password we receive correctly the rest link in our email inbox, we can choose the new one but, when we try to confirm the new password it load an error that say that for this user we can’t change the password. We tested this issue with three different users all with administrator role and it happen for everyone.
If we deactivate your plugin everything came back to work as usual.
We try to check all the settings but we didn’t find anything, is there something that we have to check? Is there some settings that maybe we loose?
This is a screen of the error that appear: https://ibb.co/mtW1CD6
Let me know if you need some help.
Thanks and best regards
Mattia
I’m seeing strange behavior on my site since the latest update was installed. Some downloads are failing with “404 Errors”, but not all. Seems there may be an issue with the flat download URLs that are being generated that causes some file downloads to fail. If I disable the “Flat Download Link” option the issue is resolved. However, I would like this option enabled. Please advise, there is urgency with this issue.
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Hello and thank you for the form lock feature. Is there a way to achieve the following :
When someone has completed the form, then he is receiving the download link by email. Perfect !
I want that if the same person (IP and session) :
– click again on the download button on the document page, he should see “the download link has been sent to your email. Send again ?”
– if he clicks on another document with same form lock, he shouldn’t need to complete the form again, but instead has the message “click here to receive download link by email for this document”
Thank you very much for your help !
Please check now. The issue was appearing for activating Flat Download Link from downloads setting. This option may not work properly for certain server setting. I have disabled the option. Hope that, everything is working properly as expected now. Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and regards
For #1 I have created a page named downloads and add all downloads short code on that page
and I have a question about this
can I make a page where my all download will be listed without manually adding the short code in the same design as I am sharing URL with you
https://cascadiadev-lightspeed-tek.pantheonsite.io/products-2/80739-2/
For #2 Yes It looks same,
you can check this in below link
https://cascadiadev-lightspeed-tek.pantheonsite.io/products-2/80739-2/
What I want is when I click on download button and downloading stated this popup should be closed automatically, for now I need to close this manually
for #3
Can we show some progress bar over the page when it is downloading
like when I upload a file there is a progress bar that shows the downloading percentage
I think for this page https://themarylandhorsetrials.com/bred-to-event-classic/, there maybe conflict with other script for open download link in a new tab, however, for the same shortcode here is working properly as expected, https://themarylandhorsetrials.com/wpdm-test/. Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and regards
You have set <strong>Link Expiration Period</strong> 3 minutes, after 3 minutes it will show invalid download link for locked packages, please check my attached image too,

Please kindly check and let me know.
Thank you and regards