sang le

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.

Thank you very much @Shahjada! You saved me! and you are right, it works now after I clear the browser caches.

So I reckon this issue happens to any device which has opened that link before? OR any device which has visited the website domain and has the old caches? because I want to send this link to all of my clients. Would they be affected if they have visited my website before?

You mentioned “Alternatively, you can use “Unmask Download Link” option, then download links will work regardless of the browser cache”. I can see this option in the Setting. However, the option also notices me that “If you unmask download link, bots will be able the find any public download link easily” ► I reckon there would be a risk?

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