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Plugin Description
Have you ever linked a PDF, an mp3, image, or other kind of file because you wanted to let people download it but instead it just loads in the browser? This plugin introduces a [download] shortcode which allows you to output links that will tell the browser to download those files!
Usage
WITH ‘pretty permalinks’ enabled in Settings > Permalinks:
The following example would display as:
[download label="My Link"]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]
The following example would display as:
[download]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]
WITHOUT ‘pretty permalinks’ enabled in Settings > Permalinks:
The following example would display as:
[download label="My Other Link"]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_other_song.mp3[/download]
The following example would display as:
[download]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_other_song.mp3[/download]
Other Uses
If you wanted to use this in a php template, you could call something like:
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[download label="My Label"]http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]' ); ?>
Important notes:
- If your server permissions allow it, the plugin will automatically attempt to copy force-download.php to your
/wp-content/ directory.
- If your server permissions DO NOT allow it, you will need to manually upload the file located in
/download-shortcode/wp-content/force-download.php to your /wp-content/ directory.
- By default, forced-download links only support files located in your uploads directory. More about this in Other Notes.
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