Trevor Green

<p>Adds a shortcode [pdfmenu] and a widget that defaults to displaying an unordered list of all pdf’s attached to the current page or post.</p>
<p>There are options for both altering the query to return a different set of attachments and for formatting the output.</p>
<p>This plugin should always default to:</p>
<pre><code><ul class="cop_pdfmenu">
    <li class="attachment/pdf"><a href="(direct uri to attachment)" target="_blank" title="(attachment title)">(attachment title)</a>
</ul>
</code></pre>
<p>The attachments will be ordered by date in the ascending order by default.</p>
<h4>Shortcode Options include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Change list types ol, li, div (nested divs).</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”ul”]</li>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”ol”]</li>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”div”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Set a different class on the container.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu class=”differentclass”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Set a different target.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu target=”differenttarget”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Get a list of pdfs from a different parent.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu post_parent=”1″]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change the number of pdfs to return.    (currently no paging).</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu numberposts=”-1″]  (returns all attachments)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change the post_mime_type to query for a different type or multiple types.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu post_mime_type=”application/zip”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Force download of the attachments</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu dowload=”all”] (force download of all listed attachments)</li>
<li>[pdfmenu dowload=”application/pdf”]  (force download of a single mime type)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Widget Options include all of the shortcode options and add some selectors for altering the query and output.</p>


COP PDF Attachment Menu

Adds a shortcode [pdfmenu] that defaults to displaying an unordered list of all pdf's attached to the current page or post.

dFactory

<p><a href="http://www.dfactory.co/products/download-attachments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Download Attachments</a> is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. Instead of bloated interface it enables simple, drag & drop and AJAX driven metabox where you can insert and manage your Media Library files and automatically or manually display them after, before or inside posts content.</p>
<p>For more information, check out plugin page at <a href="http://www.dfactory.co/" rel="nofollow ugc">dFactory</a> site.</p>
<h4>Features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic or manual download links display</li>
<li>Select post types where Download Attachments should be used</li>
<li>Select list, table or sortable, dynamic table display style</li>
<li>Downloads count</li>
<li>Advanced attachments sorting</li>
<li>Most Downloaded Attachments widget</li>
<li>Drag & drop files ordering</li>
<li>Based on Media Library attachments</li>
<li>Easy customisation of Frontend & Backend display</li>
<li>Pretty URLs for download links</li>
<li>Encrypt URLs by default</li>
<li>Customizable tamplates engine</li>
<li>Custom download slug</li>
<li>Custom permission for metabox display</li>
<li>Option to exclude selected attachments from display</li>
<li>Option to select from all Media Library files or only those attached to a post</li>
<li>2 shortcodes</li>
<li>5 functions and multiple filter hooks for developers</li>
<li>Option to use attachment caption and/or description for download links description</li>
<li>Compatible with WPML & Polylang</li>
<li>.pot file for translations included</li>
</ul>
<h4>Get involved</h4>
<p>Feel free to contribute to the source code on the <a href="https://github.com/dfactoryplugins" rel="nofollow ugc">dFactory GitHub Repository</a>.</p>


Download Attachments

Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. It allows you to easily add and display download links in any post or page.

COP PDF Attachment Menu vs Download Attachments