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01 / SOURCE DETAILS
MetaSlider Downloads lets you manage and track digital file downloads directly from your WordPress admin dashboard. You can password protect your downloadable files and documents (visitors will require a password before downloading the file when you use this option). Configure downloadable files from your WordPress admin dashboard via an elegant user interface. Then allow your visitors to download the files and the plugin will monitor which files get downloaded how many times. The plugin logs the IP addresses of users who download your digital files and documents, as well as the date and time of each download. Features Add, edit and remove downloads from an easy to use interface. Drag and drop file and document uploads. Assign categories and tags to your downloadable files and documents. Rich text editor for editing your download item description. Use shortcodes to display a download now button on a WordPress post or page. Show trackable download now buttons for your files anywhere on your site. Shortcode to create a direct download link for a file. Download counter for each file. Ability to set a download count offset for each file. Track IP addresses of the users who downloaded your files. Track date and time of each file download. Track the usernames of the users downloading the files. Track the User Agent of the visitors downloading the files. Track the Referrer URL to see which page the downloads are coming from. Option to setup secure downloads for your files (the URL of the downloadable file will be hidden). Option to upload a thumbnail image for each of your downloadable files. Option to use a nice looking template to show your download now buttons. Ability to search and sort your downloadable files in the admin dashboard. Ability to create a search page and allow your visitors to search your downloads. Track the number of downloads for each of your files. Track the visitors country. View the daily download counts of your items in a chart. WordPress Shortcode for embedding a download link for a file. Tinymce button in the WordPress post/page editor so you can easily add the shortcode. Customize the “Download Now” button text of an item. Ability to add the download now buttons to your sidebar widget. Create password protected download now buttons. Option to add additional security to your downloadable files with the Enhanced File Protection Feature. Shortcode to show the download counter of a file. Shortcode to show all the downloads from a particular category. Shortcode to embed a file tree browser for your downloadable files. Ability to open the downloads in a new browser window or tab. Export all the file download logs to a CSV file. Ability to reset the log entries. Ability to trim the download log entries. Shortcode to show a number of latest downloads to your visitors. Shortcode to show a number of popular downloads to your visitors. Ability to disable the download monitoring (logging) for certain items (or all items). Option to monitor downloads from unique IP addresses only. Option to specify file size info. Option to specify version number info for the download item. Option to show the download published date. Option to restrict downloads to logged-in users only. Ajax file tree browser for visitor browsing. Option to ignore download count from bots. Option to add Google reCAPTCHA to your download buttons. Option to add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to your download buttons. Option to add Terms and Conditions to your download buttons. Ability to easily clone/copy existing download items. Ability to insert ad code inside the download item display. Gutenberg block to insert download now buttons on a post or page. Option to override the default template by placing a custom template file in the active theme’s directory. Stats menu showing top downloads, downloads by date, country, browser etc. External services This plugin relies on the third-party services listed below. Each one is only contacted in the situation described, and the plugin works without any of them. MetaSlider Connect (connect.metaslider.com) Only when you opt in to email updates. The opt-in box appears while you are adding or editing a download, and nothing is sent unless you type an address and submit it. The plugin then sends that address and this plugin’s slug, so we can send you the confirmation email and plugin news. Submitting the box again sends again, so you can ask for the email a second time if the first one did not arrive. This service is run by MetaSlider. Terms: https://www.metaslider.com/terms-of-use/ – Privacy: https://www.metaslider.com/privacy-policy/ IP geolocation (ipwhois.app) Only when you turn on “Look Up Country” in the download log settings. It is off by default, and it also needs download logging and IP capture to be on. When it is on, the visitor’s IP address is sent to this service to look up the country the download came from. Only the country comes back, and the plugin adds it to the log entry. Turn off “Look Up Country”, download logging, or IP capture, and no lookup is made. Terms: https://ipwhois.io/terms – Privacy: https://ipwhois.io/privacy Google reCAPTCHA (google.com/recaptcha) Only when you enable reCAPTCHA for your download buttons. The visitor’s browser loads reCAPTCHA from Google, and the plugin sends the visitor’s response token together with your secret key to Google to check it. Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms – Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive file pickers Only when you have configured that source and click its button on the file editor. The picker runs in your browser, loaded from Dropbox (dropbox.com), Google (apis.google.com, accounts.google.com) or Microsoft (js.live.net), and hands the chosen file’s link back to the plugin. Dropbox terms: https://www.dropbox.com/terms – privacy: https://www.dropbox.com/privacy Google terms: https://policies.google.com/terms – privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Microsoft terms: https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement – privacy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement
02 / SOURCE DETAILS
Go to the Add New plugins screen in your WordPress admin area Click the upload tab Browse for the plugin file (metaslider-downloads.zip) Click Install Now and then activate the plugin
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Can this plugin be used to offer free downloads to users? Yes. What file formats can I upload? You can pretty much upload all common file types. Can I use external file URLs? Yes, you can use both local paths and external URLs. Can I password protect a downloadable file? Yes. Can I show the file download counts to my visitors? Yes. Can I show all downloads from a category? Yes. Can I show an ajax file tree browser using this plugin? Yes. Can I show a number of latest downloads to my visitors? Yes. Can I track downloads from unique IP address only? Yes.
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