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Plugin Description
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
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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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
My Other Plugins
Screenshots
Add-On plugin’s settings page
Settings page – “Usage” tab
Admin “Downloads” table with additional stuff added by add-on
Edit “Download” view with additional stuff added by add-on
Insert Download link via Visual Editor
Insert Download link via Text Editor (HTML)
Popular Downloads widget
Search Downloads widget
Taxonomy Widget – used for “File Categories”
Taxonomy Widget – used for “File Tags”
Original “Recently Revised Downloads” (Documents) widget – by base plugin WPDR 🙂
Help tab user guidance included
