Simple Download Manager for WP Document Revisions
ADD-ON PLUGIN for « WP Document Revisions » (WPDR)
Want to offer public file downloads? Just use « WP Document Revisions » plus this little add-on plugin! This small and lightweight add-on plugin just adds a few specific additions to the awesome WPDR base plugin which does all the heavy lifting for you!
For my own projects I needed a new but robust and future-proof plugin with a custom post type solution to replace an old, unsupported download counter plugin. With its many benefits I wanted WPDR as a base foundation for that. Now, that I’ve finally found my solution, I hope it may help you as well :-).
What this Add-On does – General Features
- All the benefits of « WP Document Revisions » plugin! (see below)
- Simple, basic download counter included!
- Use « Downloads » wording instead of « Documents » (changeable via options); plus Downloads icon.
- 2 additional taxonomies for download files: « File Categories » and « File Tags ».
- 3 additional Widgets:
- Display most popular/ accessed Downloads with « Popular Downloads ».
- Simple taxonomy listings with « Download File Categories / Tags ».
- To Downloads restricted search with « Search Downloads ».
- Own plugin settings page.
- Help tabs included.
- Fully internationalized!
- Fully Multisite compatible!
Special Features of this Add-On
- Full German translations included, formal and informal versions – you can choose via options (default is ‘formal’).
Benefits of using « WP Document Revisions » as the base plugin
- In general: fantastic plugin, awesome developer! 🙂
- Really simple, yet very effective! Does just one thing, but does it right!
- Really secure & robust!
- Revision management by default.
- Workflow Status management by default.
- Uses known WordPress interface – just concentrate on file management :).
- Extendable via Hooks & Filters – very developer friendly.
- Support for « Edit Flow » plugin already included.
Requirements
- WordPress 4.7+ — latest version 5.0.x (or 4.9.8) always recommended!
- Already installed plugin « WP Document Revisions »
Recommended Settings & Usage Instructions
- See « Installation » section here
- Plus, see « FAQ » section here
Third-party compatibility included
- Genesis Framework: For Child Themes – Display post meta on the frontend for the post type.
Translations
- English (United States) –
en_US
= default, always included - German (informal, default) –
de_DE
– always included - German (formal) –
de_DE_formal
– always included .pot
file (wpdr-simple-downloads.pot
) for translators is always included in the plugin’s ‘languages’ folder 🙂
Be a Contributor
If you want to translate, go to the Translation Portal at translate.wordpress.org.
You can also contribute code-wise via our WP Document Revisions Simple Downloads GitHub Repository – and see where you can help.
Documentation and Support
- If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum.
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This Plugin …
- … scratches my own itch!
- … is Quality Made in Germany
- … was created with love (plus some coffee) 🙂 – if you like it consider donating
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Additional Info
Idea Behind / Philosophy: I just needed a simple downloads/ file manager plugin that used a custom post type for management. Since there are no such good download managers out there yet, but with the « WP Document Revisions » plugin there was an awesome solution. It only had few things missing in my opinion if used for public downloads/ file management. So finally, this add-on plugin was born. I hope you also find it useful somehow… 🙂
Credits
- Ben Balter for an amazing plugin with WP Document Revisions – see WP.org plugin page — see GitHub plugin development page!
- iconmonstr® for their amazing free icons. (This was used for version 1.0 – since then we switched to Dashicons.)
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