Simple Download Monitor

The user can upload files, create a download monitor recording and publish them on the site's frontend via an automatically generated shortcode.

Downloadable files can also be tagged and organized in categories.

A logging feature is also included, recording all downloads or download attempts for a file.

Besides this features, Simple Download Monitor also comes with WYSIWYG editor integration and nice frontend templates.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

What is new in this release:

• Fixed an issue with the Ajax category browser shortcode.
• Improved the Ajax category downloads shortcode to show an up/down arrow icon next to the category name.

What is new in version 3.2.3:

• Fixed an issue with the Ajax category browser shortcode.
• Improved the Ajax category downloads shortcode to show an up/down arrow icon next to the category name.

What is new in version 3.2.1:

• Fixed an issue with the Ajax category browser shortcode.
• Improved the Ajax category downloads shortcode to show an up/down arrow icon next to the category name.

What is new in version 3.2.0:

• Added a textbox to manually type in an image thumbnail URL when editing a download item.
• Minor JavaScript improvements for the select and remove image option.
• Improved the image thumbnail preview in the admin side.
• Added placeholder text in the URL input fields.

What is new in version 3.1.7:

• Added Portuguese language translation. Translation file submitted by Visto Marketing.
• New feature to disable the download monitoring (logging) for certain items (or all items).
• New option to only monitor downloads from unique IP address only.

What is new in version 3.1.5:

• Added Spanish language translation.
• Added Russian language translation.
• Added Dutch language translation.
• Added a new feature to show X number of latest downloads.

What is new in version 3.1.3:

• Added an option to use "orderby" and "order" parameters in the display downloads from a category shortcode to allow sorting the download items display list.
• The download item description field has been converted to a rich text editor. So you can customize the download description with rich text.

What is new in version 3.1.1:

• Fixed a bug with the file download password entry field.

What is new in version 2.9:

• Added visitor Country to database table; allowing tracking of each download visitors Country.
• Visitor Country is also seen in the "Logs" page; can be sorted; and exported.

What is new in version 2.8:

• Bug-fix for the "show downloads from a category" shortcode. It will now correctly show all items in a download category.
• Added a better dashicons icon for the downloads menu in the admin dashboard.

What is new in version 2.7:

• Added a new feature to show an Ajax file tree browser.
• Added some missing translation strings in the plugin.
• Added German language translation.
• Changed the password input field to a type of "password".

What is new in version 2.4:

• Fixed an issue with file download using external file URL.

What is new in version 2.3:

• WordPress 3.8 compatibility.

What is new in version 2.2:

• Fixed the plugin language translation issue. Now it can be translated to any language.

What is new in version 2.0:

• Complete new architecture for the download monitor plugin.

What is new in version 0.23:

• Support for more detailed error messages which may help with setting up the plugin.
• There is a special option that allows you to setup your "files" directory outside of the WordPress tree.

What is new in version 0.21:

• A fix for the "feature" of WordPress 3.1 which requires manual deactivation and reactivation of the plugin after upgrade.
• Removed the old PHP4 version. It hasn't been updated a long time anyway.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3 or higher