Wordpress Download Monitor 3

Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin

Download Monitor 3 is upon us. Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking download hits, and displaying links. So far it has been downloaded over 45,000 times!

New features in version 3 include shortcodes, better template tags, daily stats, download logs and more! Download monitor 3 requires at least Wordpress version 2.5.

Links: Download Monitor Documenation | Plugin Directory Page

Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin 3

By Mike Jolley ( http://www.blue-anvil.com )

About the plugin

The whole idea to this plugin is to keep your website downloads organised, and provide means to monitor the amount of downloads a file has, along with an easy method of linking to those files using special tags.

By adding a simple tag to a wordpress page you can show the link formatted however you want.

Admin Interface

Features

  • NEW: Built in Download Page function with built in sorting, pagination, and search. This was going to be a paid addon but i’m too nice – so please donate if you use it!
  • Records file download hits but does **not** count downloads by wordpress admin users.
  • Stats on downloads and a download log for viewing who downloaded when.
  • Uses shortcodes (backward compatible with old [Download id not defined] style).
  • Editor button – upload and add a download stright from a post.
  • Custom redirects to downloads.
  • Add downloads to text widgets, the content, excerpts, and custom fields.
  • Mirror support (selected at random) + mirror deadlink checker
  • Download Categories.
  • Member only downloads, can also have a minimum user level using custom fields.
  • Localization support.
  • Admin for managing downloads and also changing hit counts – just in case you change servers or import old downloads that already have stats.
  • Custom URL’s/URL hider using mod_rewrite.

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Get it now!

You can get the latest version from the wordpress plugin database; Download it here!

You will also find installation/upgrade instructions on the wordpress.org plugin page. Remember to backup your database if upgrading just in case something does not go as planned.

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Documentation

There is a post dedicated to the documentation/manual which can be found here. Hope that helps!

Licence

Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin v3 © Copyright 2009-current. All rights reserved.
Mike Jolley

You are free to use this application but may not redistribute it without written permission.
Use of this application will be at your own risk. No guarantees or warranties are made directly or implied.
The creators cannot and will not be liable or held accountable for damages, direct or consequential.

Support my sweat, blood and tears

I know, that sounds gross, but I really did put ALOT masses and masses and masses and masses of effort in to this plugin. If you like this plugin, or it has benefited you, please make a donation via paypal! Any amounts are welcome and your support is much appreciated.


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  1. DM says:

    Just upgrade from Download Monitor v2.2.3 to 3.0 and it broke all my download links.
    On my WordPress v2.7.1 I have always used [download#id#url] for all my links and now it stopped outputting just the URL and instead outputs a formatted link.

    :(
    Please advise.

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    Comment made on March 17, 2009 at 6:02 pm

  2. Mike says:

    I’m out right now, I’ll check that out for you as soon as I’m back. Fairly sure it worked during testing though :/

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    Comment made on March 17, 2009 at 6:18 pm

  3. Brendan says:

    Hey Mike -

    I love the plugin, it’s come in handy for a couple non-profits that I work with, however I’m experiencing the same problem with the 3.0 upgrade. Actually, it works on a root (top-level domain site) but it doesn’t work on the sub-domain version of wordpress that I have on there. Going to any download – wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=2 redirects to the 404 not found page.

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    Comment made on March 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm

  4. Dave Ligthart says:

    Hi Mike,

    I really like your latest improvements on the plugin especially the Dashboard Stats Widget! Keep up the great work!

    Dave

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    Comment made on March 17, 2009 at 10:21 pm

  5. GiPSy says:

    Hi Mike,
    thanks for the plugin at first. :)

    After the automatic update i get the following error in every post with a download link.

    Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/content/****/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105

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    Comment made on March 17, 2009 at 10:57 pm

  6. NeutralX2 says:

    Nice update overall, although I also get the same warning that GiPSy does. Anyway, pretty awesome work as usual.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:57 am

  7. Rob says:

    Is there a way to query just a single download with the template function?

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 3:26 am

  8. 24Seven says:

    Great Plugin – after the upgrade to 3.0 we get this error message:

    Warning: Division by zero in /home/warehous/domains/247webpros.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/wp-download_monitor.php on line 3131

    Can you offer fix?

    Thanks and keep up the great work!

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 4:08 am

  9. Georg S. Adamsen says:

    Hi Mike,

    Danish language files for version 3 is available here: Download Monitor v3. The Danish location for version 2.3.3 is still available as before.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 10:42 am

  10. Gus says:

    Also get an error message after updating

    “Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/husarose/public_html/hsf/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105″

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 10:51 am

  11. Mike Jolley says:

    @Brendan: Looking in to this (setting up subdomain here)

    @GiPSy: I have a fix and will post shortly. Was apparently caused by bug in wp7.1 htmlspecialchars_decode function combined with PHP4.

    @24Seven: Fixed; update coming today.

    @Georg S. Adamsen: Cheers! Ill add to readme. :)

    @Rob: I believe you can use the following:

    do_shortcode('[download id="1"]');

    or for legacy tags:

    wp_dlm_parse_downloads('[download#1]');

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:01 pm

  12. GiPSy says:

    Thanks Mike ;)

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:09 pm

  13. Mike Jolley says:

    @Brendan: I just tested on a subdomain and it worked flawlessly. Post some example urls and urls outputted so I can see?

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm

  14. Marco says:

    Hi there.

    Upgraded and everything seems to work fine.

    Still would like to have a version in which I can make a list of downloads per category WITH a little icon (preview) per file.

    Maybe I can help you with a translation into dutch ? Maybe we can help eachother out here :-D

    Let me know ;-)

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm

  15. Mike Jolley says:

    @Marco: Now you can; upload your images and use custom fields to link to the images. Then make a custom format to output said image and voila.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:20 pm

  16. Marco says:

    That sounds great, but can you give me a hint on how to implement that ? Just a push in the right direction ;-)

    Are you interested in a dutch translation ? What should I exactly do to help out ?

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:31 pm

  17. Mike Jolley says:

    @Marco: Would be nice; youll need to get hold of Poedit for that and read up in wordpress documentation on localization.

    To implement try making custom fields called ‘thumbnail’ for example and add a url to the thumbnail image as the value.

    Then to output it, in the custom format, use something like <img src="{meta-thumbnail}" alt="{title}" />

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:36 pm

  18. Marco says:

    Mike, thanx. It works partially. I have to add each and every download to a page whereas I would like to have an automated list generated, displaying the images/thumbnails.

    I tried several things like [download_cat#4 autop="false" format="6"]

    But that seems not to work.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 2:04 pm

  19. Mike Jolley says:

    @Marco: Read documentation on wordpress.org page. You can use the new shortcode syntax [downloads ...] and do you category query and output in your chosen custom format.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 2:11 pm

  20. DM says:

    Mike, it should be mentioned over and over that this plugin is awesome and the new features seem great. That is why it is so frustrating to revert back to older versions.

    As I mentioned, v3.0 broke all my [download#id#url] links.
    I just tested v3.0.1 and the mentioned links seem to work again, except when used in conjunction with the WP Audio Player (beta5). I believe it has something to do with the brackets.

    Would you be so kind as to have a look see?

    Thanks.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 2:39 pm

  21. GiPSY says:

    Hi Mike,
    The 3.0.1 works fine. ;)
    I want to ask you a thing…
    it’s possible to hide somehow the boxes “Download Stats” and “Top 5 Downloads” in Dashboard for the none admin users?
    Thanks

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 3:59 pm

  22. Mike Jolley says:

    @DM: Ye I found the fix for those links – unsure why it were clash with that plugin though (theres no reason it should). Do you get errors or anything? May be the other plugins fault :P

    @GiPSY: You could wrap a user level check around the functions which add the widgets… line 2889 is where the widget code starts.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 6:15 pm

  23. Tempo says:

    Hello,
    Great add on for word press. But I am encountering problems with file extension. When I am uploading a file I get message that the extension is not recognized. Checking the file option extension I see that all the “.XXXX” are not there. retyping them, it seems that the changes are not recorded.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 6:56 pm

  24. Georg says:

    Mike,

    I found one or two more non-localized messages. The “Save new download” button on the window invoked by the new editor button. Also, “N/A” is an English abbreviation. Perhaps you could add that, too? Then I will think about how to render it in Danish! :-)

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 7:05 pm

  25. Mike Jolley says:

    @Georg: Sure thing, I will

    @Tempo: I don’t get what you mean. What type of file are you trying to upload and what file option extension? Uploads are handled by wordpress now; it allows most common file types.

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    Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 7:09 pm

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      Today I completed the update for the Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin – many tweaks, fixes, and features added. There were no changes to the database structure so people upgrading should be fine. Here is the list from the change log:

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