WP-DownloadManager

Downloads Page

1. 08Go to WP-Admin -> Pages -> Add New
2. 09Type any title you like in the post’s title area
3. 10If you ARE using nice permalinks, after typing the title, WordPress will generate the permalink to the page. You will see an ‘Edit’ link just beside the permalink.
4. 11Click ‘Edit’ and type in downloads in the text field and click ‘Save’.
5. 12Type [page_download] in the post’s content area.
6. 13You can also use [page_download category="1"] , this will display all downloads in Category ID 1.
7. 14Click ‘Publish’

Showing Downloads In A Block

Two blocks are available in the editor, under Widgets :

• Download — one file or several, embedded in a post. File IDs and Category IDs in the sidebar each take one id or a comma-separated list, and between them they say everything [download] says: Show chooses between the name with its description and the name alone, and the Order panel carries the sort column, the direction and the limit that applies where the post is one of many in a stream.
• Downloads Page — the whole library with its categories, search box and paging, the same listing [page_download] produces. Category ID narrows it to one category, and zero lists them all.

Both render on the server, so the block preview in the editor is the real listing rather than an approximation, and adding a file updates every post showing it without re-saving anything.

The shortcodes still work and are not going anywhere. [download] , [download=2] , [page_download] and [page_downloads] behave exactly as they always have, and a post already containing one needs no change. The blocks call the same code the shortcodes call, so the two render identically — use whichever suits the post.

There is no third block for [page_downloads] . The plural and the singular are one and the same shortcode registered under two tags, so a block for each would be one block under two names — and unlike a shortcode, a block name is written into the post and stays there. The block wraps [page_download] ; the plural remains a shortcode you can keep using.

Download Stats (With Widgets)

1. 15Go to WP-Admin -> Appearance -> Widgets
2. 16The widget name is Downloads .

WP-CLI

wp downloadmanager list wp downloadmanager list --category=3 --orderby=file_hits --order=desc --limit=10 wp downloadmanager get 3 wp downloadmanager stats wp downloadmanager reset-hits 3 --yes wp downloadmanager delete 3 --yes wp downloadmanager delete 3 --delete-file --yes list and `stats` report what the Downloads screen shows, including the files whose permission is Hidden — this is the library's own inventory, not what a visitor can see. Sizes are in bytes rather than the rounded units the screen prints, because a figure a script is going to compare is worth having exact. reset-hits is the "Reset the hit count to zero" checkbox on Edit File, and touches the counter and nothing else. **`delete --delete-file` deletes the file from the server as well**, which is the checkbox the Delete File screen offers; without it only the row goes. Both ask before doing anything, so a script has to pass `--yes`.

There is no create or update : adding and editing a file offer a four-way choice of source — keep the current file, pick one already in the downloads directory, upload one, or name a remote URL — and two of those are a browser handing over a multipart body.