Hello Nayeem,
the provided link does give the desired functionality. Therefore, we´ve bought the directory Add-on, but we are unable to use the plugin. It is properly installed, but we don´t find the building block in the Gutenberg Editor and the provided shortcodes with brackets won´t work at our side.
Our existing page uses shoprtcodes like this:
<!– wp:download-manager/datatable {“include_children”:true,”cols”:”title,version,package_size|categories|update_date|tags|icon|download_link”,”colheads”:”Title|Categories|Release|Language|Type|Download”,”template”:”link-template-default.php”} /–>
Could you please help us out? Thanks!
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I set up all settigs – upload the files but if i want to share the direct download link or the direct download page the error appeasrs:
You do not have permission to download this file
where is the trick?
Hello Paul Johnson,
Can you please share the related URL too, where you want to remove the link from the TITLE of the download? please let me know
Thank you and regards
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We have set up a simple login page. As soon as this is linked in the settings (Settings > Frontend Access), it is no longer displayed correctly. Also the “Modal” setting does not work right – the logo is missing.
To track the Issue we did a fresh install without any styling & plugins. The issue remained (see pictures).



Elementor Pro: version 3.7.2
Hello Theme: Version: 2.6.1
Wordpress: version 6.0.1
Download Manager: version 6.2.1
SO,
all files online – but no link is working
no direct, no master nothing!”
no locks actiated…….
Thank you Nareen. How do I remove the link from the TITLE of the download. I don’t want it to redirect to a page I just want the download button.
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Hi Nayeem,
Additionally I can find this same issue on the Private Message Demo, when you try to delete messages from the [Private_Message] short-code. It will delete. But when the page is refreshed, the message will come back and not delete properly. I don’t think this widget is properly updating to the database. I can see this is still evident on my staging site, the message will delete on the front end, but when you look at “all messages” through the WordPress Dashboard, the messages are not deleting, this is what is causing the counting issue.
You can see this through this link
https://try.wpdownloadmanager.com/private-messages/
Hello Austin,
Do you like similar appearance like here the below link,
https://try.wpdownloadmanager.com/advanced-search-left/
It is related to this add-on,
WPDM Directory Add-on
please check and let me know
Thank you and regards
Hi Nayeem,
Sorry I think maybe I wasn’t clear. With template tags and shortcodes, doesn’t this mean I would need to create a separate WordPress page for each category? I want to avoid the need to create 50+ pages.
This link is quite close to what I’m trying to achieve:
https://try.wpdownloadmanager.com/archive-page-compact/
There is a dropdown that lets you filter between categories. I’d like this but instead of a dropdown I would have it as a menu in the sidebar.
I’m wondering if this is possible with any of your add-ons? Or if not, is there a way to do this by editing template files?
Thank you
Hello Rebecca Tyszka,
Hope you are well. Yes, you can. you can follow this doc,
Template Files
and you can follow No. 3 procedure and Keep dir structure, like, a file from /src/Packages/views/link-templates dir should go to /{active-theme}/download-manager/link-templates dir, this procedure. please check and let me know
Thank you and regards
Hello. I have Implemented email locked packages on version 6.2.1 using in addition with WPDM – Advanced Custom Fields (2.2.8). With some suscribers I have a message of Invalid download link when they follow the emailed link. Can you refer me to a solution?
I have created a link template for WPDM which I have placed in /download-manager/templates/ dir as instructed, however every time I update the plugin the file is deleted. Can I put this template file in my theme files so this does not happen?
Hello alkis lem,
Hope you are well. And sorry for the delay. Are you trying to get the file sizes as I shared the link here,
https://wpdmpro.w3eden.com/download/wpdm-file-sizes/
you can use [file_list_extended] template tag in your page tempalte for getting individual file size. please check and let me know
Thank you and regards
after updating the wpdm to the latest version, when someone clicks on the download button it opens a pdf in browser instead of downloading. the open in browser option in settings is unchecked. all files were uploaded directly through wpdm and is not a link to the media libary. how should i fix this?
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Use link template – ideally we want to be able to add the short code (as suggested by Tanvir’s example) and make design changes?!
Is there another way of ‘filtering the order’ perhaps?
For example the package titles are ‘sequential’ up to a point but adding these downloads by CSV puts them in reverse order?!
Hello Andrew Beniams,
Do you want to sort category packages using Use Link Template or applying Do Not Apply
Keep current template as it is provided with the active theme option
https://nfpsoccer.co.uk/downloads/3a-youth-academy-sessions/

please let me know and elaborate on this.
Thank you and regards