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. Ben says:

    Hi,
    according to Post 54 I get the same error.
    It occurs Admin->Downloads->Change screen when I set a Download to a subcategory. If I choose a rootcategory everything is ok, but when the Category is a child from another I get:
    ‘WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LIMIT 1' at line 1]
    SELECT * FROM wp_DLM_CATS where id= LIMIT 1;’
    in the category column.
    I´m not the mySQL-pro so I do not know what I can change.

    Thanks
    Ben

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    Comment made on August 4, 2009 at 12:00 am

  2. Roger Moffat says:

    I’ve just recently installed this great plug in and put 3 downloads into it. Looking at the Log, it seems to me that the timestamp is off by 4 hours – I have my WordPress settings set to UTC-4 since I’m in Eastern Time Zone, but the downloads seem to be being logged at UTC-8 – they are 4 hours behind when they really occur.

    Is there some setting I’m missing somewhere, or is the correction being applied twice somehow ie -4 and -4 = -8?

    Thanks

    Roger

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    Comment made on August 4, 2009 at 5:49 pm

  3. Phil says:

    Is there a limit of 10 files? I am not able to see any files I upload beyond the 1st 10. Hopefully I didn’t already overlook it if someone already addressed this. Thanks. Other than this, I freakin’ love this plugin!

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    Comment made on August 6, 2009 at 3:20 am

  4. Phil says:

    OK. My bad. I was uploading a bigger file than allowed. :)

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    Comment made on August 7, 2009 at 1:25 am

  5. Janice says:

    I’m using Download Monitor for the first time. I have it working with the title only but it also shows the number of hits beside the title. I don’t want this. I just want the title. What is the code for this.

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    Comment made on August 11, 2009 at 12:49 am

  6. Nick says:

    Hi Mike,

    I tried reloading the database. It told me I did not ahve the correct permissions to edit the download. I deactivated other plugins, removed the download monitor, removed the mysql database table, reinstalled and it still I don’t have the correct permissions. How can I completely remove and reinstall – is there something I missed. I can’t see how I don’t have enough permissions to edit downloads when I added them?

    Any help gladly accepted.

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    Comment made on August 11, 2009 at 5:52 am

  7. Brian Smith says:

    Ever since I loaded 2.8.4 security update, I can’t expand the settings areas on the configuration page. I have tried it in every browser and it doesn’t work. This sucks, since I was supposed to configure downloads tonight for launch tomorrow. And, the 2.8.4 update was a security update and it wasn’t supposed to break something like this…as far as I could tell when I read what it was supposed to do. Has anyone run into this? Does anyone have a quick solve?

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    Comment made on August 13, 2009 at 12:29 am

  8. Mike Jolley says:

    @Brian Smith: Answered on Forum

    @Nick: Answered on other post.

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    Comment made on August 13, 2009 at 1:51 am

  9. wpbeg says:

    Hi Mike could you please give a post link in which you answered Niks question?
    I didn’t find it.

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    Comment made on August 14, 2009 at 4:09 pm

  11. Matt says:

    @Janice: Could someone answer this? I have the same question/problem… THanks

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    Comment made on August 20, 2009 at 6:20 am

  12. Mike Jolley says:

    @Matt: I did not answer because its all covered in the documentation. Custom formats.

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    Comment made on August 20, 2009 at 10:08 am

  13. sawul says:

    how to place Popular Download in widget sidebar for theme that not widget ready
    thank’s for all

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    Comment made on August 21, 2009 at 7:17 am

  14. Mike Jolley says:

    @sawul: You will have to paste functions directly into your sidebar.php – you could see the documentation for the shortcodes and wrap your desired shortcode in:

    <?php echo do_shortcode(''); ?>

    This will parse and output it.

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    Comment made on August 21, 2009 at 2:15 pm

  15. Simei says:

    I updated the plugin but now I do not know where to set it on the control panel of WordPress, it was always to the left and disappeared and now when I send a file of this error “You do not have permission to upload files / downloads.”

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    Comment made on September 6, 2009 at 12:48 am

  16. Mike Jolley says:

    @Simei: De-activate and re-activate it for the fix

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    Comment made on September 6, 2009 at 1:02 am

  17. redfox says:

    where is the button to set default sort order BY ID ?

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    Comment made on September 7, 2009 at 4:16 am

  18. eric says:

    i am wondering if anyone has ever seen this problem, every other download is missing the thumbnail (http://16volt.com/downloads) and ideas? i am stuck

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    Comment made on September 14, 2009 at 7:34 pm

  19. Mike Jolley says:

    @eric: Im looking into this one – not sure why yet.

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    Comment made on September 19, 2009 at 12:23 pm

  20. Slava says:

    I updated the plugin, all works fine, but there’s one little problem. When editing downloads it’s not possible to search download by name. There is always one reply: No downloads found. It simply doesn’t want to search! What am I to do?
    Thanks!

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    Comment made on September 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  21. entrelaspiedras says:

    Hi! thanks for your great plugin!
    It is possible to set 3 columns for the download page?
    Thanks!

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    Comment made on October 7, 2009 at 9:14 pm

  22. Mike Jolley says:

    @entrelaspiedras: Possibly though css styling or making your own version of the page, but its non-supported.

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    Comment made on October 8, 2009 at 8:38 pm

  23. Dave Ozment says:

    Hey guys, I’m hoping you can help me with a question.

    I’ve used your download tool a while ago and enjoy the functionality. I’m trying to use it again today but it is not working.

    When I click the insert download icon while in a draft article it carries me to a page where I can browse and save my intended download. There’s also a tab where I can select from my existing downloadable files. When I add a new file or selct an existing download and click “insert” I get an “error on page” message at the bottom left of my screen and I’m stuck on this page with no link back out to my draft article. I have to close the window and re-enter wordpress to confirm that yet again the download has not saved to the article.

    Please help.
    Thanks!
    Dave
    DoYouDaveRamsey.com

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    Comment made on October 23, 2009 at 4:12 am

  24. Mike Jolley says:

    @Dave Ozment: The insert icon should open a lightbox (like the image button does). If that’s not working then there may be a conflict or javascript error. Install firebug for firefox and check the error console.

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    Comment made on October 24, 2009 at 10:25 am

  25. Flick says:

    I did a massive upgrade jump today (after neglecting my site for a long time) and think I really messed up, as I misread ‘re-create tables’ as the data being retained. Luckily I do have a backup of the database (large) that I am working through now, but was wondering if there was an easy way of re-importing the data and the old ids aside from running an SQL query from the backup?
    Thanks :) Really glad this excellent plugin is still being developed by the way! The new features such as ‘Members-only’ was quite a bonus find.

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    Comment made on October 28, 2009 at 7:29 pm

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      Enjoy.

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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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