patrice

Download Directory allow you to create a download directory website. You will be abble to provide to your visitor a listing of software, freeware, shareware …
Work with mostly any theme
Multilingual ready : currently translated in French and English. .Pot file provided, can be fully translated in any language.
Slug translatable: Every archive, post, categories, tags … link are translatable. it’s mean than you can provide post slug in your language, like :
<ul>
<li>site.dev/download/wordpress</li>
<li>site.dev/descargas/wordpress</li>
<li>site.dev/telecharger/wordpres</li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>
With Download Directory, you can track the number of times each software are downloaded.
Visitor can also register to an update alert list, allowing them to receive an email alert when new release are available to their favorites softwares.
Updating the version field of a sofware automatically send an email alert to the suscriber of this current software.
User are also able to unregister themself from an update list whenever they want, simply by following the link at the bottom of the mail alerte they have received.
When user click on “download”, they are redirected to a “downloading” page, providing an automatic loading of the download, incrementing download counter and allowing you to display whatever you want in this page (via widgets), like advertising, etc …
This page also display the download link, and, in case it is broken, a link to the website editor, and even link to miror link if you provided it.
You can use 3 miror links, more the direct download link.
French Demo at <a href="http://www.patricelaurent.net/telechargements/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.patricelaurent.net/telechargements/</a>
See it in action here : <a href="http://www.patricelaurent.net/telecharger/wordpress/download-directory/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.patricelaurent.net/telecharger/wordpress/download-directory/</a>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Create a new Downloads, as you will normally do for a normal post.</li>
<li>In the “software informations” meta box, provide the version, size, download link, editor website, editor url miror link if available</li>
<li>Choose a category, add tags et license type (eg: freeware, shareware,etc..)</li>
<li>Add featured image to illustrate it</li>
<li>publish</li>
</ol>
<h3>Advanced usage</h3>
You can use your own template for archive, category, tags and single file.
For archives pages, just create an file called archive-down_repo.php in your current theme directory.
For single page, simply create a single-down_repo.php file in your theme directory.
Adding your own css and style.
create a css file in your theme directory. Name it as you want. 
then add this code in your theme function file (or in any personnal plugin):
<pre><code>add_filter('down_repo_style','my_custom_css',10,1);

function my_custom_css($css){

$css=get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/mycss.css';

return $css;

}
</code></pre>
This will symply replace the current css file of the plugin by your one. 
If you jsut want to disable the css of the plugin, just add a null filter
<pre><code>add_filter('down_repo_style',function(){return null;},10,1);
</code></pre>

Download Directory

Create a download directory website in a minute.  Allow user to receive update alert for new software's version.

Deepak Khokhar

Surender Singh Khokhar

File Sharing Plugin

A powerful WordPress file sharing and download manager plugin. Upload, manage, and share private files securely with your users.
User Private Files is more than just a file sharing plugin. It works as a WordPress file manager, download manager, and document sharing plugin — making it easy to control access to files and documents for each user.
Key Features
<ul>
<li>Secure file sharing – upload and share private files with restricted access.</li>
<li>User file uploads – allow your site users to upload and manage their own files.</li>
<li>Advanced file manager – organize files with folders, trash, and access controls.</li>
<li>Download manager – track downloads with detailed file stats and view counts.</li>
<li>Rich file options – previews, galleries, password protection, and public file sharing.</li>
<li>Notifications – get alerts when files are uploaded, shared, or downloaded.</li>
</ul>
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<h3>🔒 Best WordPress file management and sharing plugin</h3>
User Private Files is a private file sharing plugin with frontend file manager (client portal) that adds secure file sharing functionality on your WordPress website just like Dropbox and Google Drive. Your site users will be able to login and upload their files and manage the access to those files. A perfect frontend dashboard to upload and share private files.
<h3>🚀 Check the Demo Here:</h3>
<ul>
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<li><a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-frontend&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Frontend Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-classic&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Classic Template</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-uploader&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">File Uploader</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-gallery&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">File Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-public&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Public Files/Folder</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>🗝️ Everything you need in a File Sharing Plugin</h3>
Easy to use 
User Private Files is as easy as using your computer. The sleek design gives you the freedom to manage files and folders as you want.
Compatible with Themes 
We are using Divi theme on our demo sites. It is very compatible with Divi theme. We have tested with some popular themes like DIVI, AVADA, BE, The7, Bridge, UnCode, Salient etc. and there are no issues so far.
Compatible with Elementor & other Page-Builders 
WordPress File Sharing plugin is compatible with Elementor builder. While editing a page create a new shortcode block and paste the shortcode [upf_manager]. Save the page and preview. Same can be followed for other builders like – Muffin, WPBakery, Visual Composer, Beaver, Divi, SiteOrigin, etc.
Security First Approach 
Security is at the core of User Private Files. All file transfers and access are protected with the best security methods, safeguarding your confidential documents from potential threats.
Customizer (PRO) 
Customize Color scheme of button, text and hover. Adjust your branding for frontend file sharing portal with settings to set logo, watermark, and background options.
Features Rich 
User Private Files is the only file sharing plugin you ever need. With so many features, you can convert your site into a dedicated file sharing portal for your clients and customers. Features like uploader, file manager, search, preview, trash, sort, view modes, zip, sharing files/folders and a lot more are what make the plugin best in file sharing solution.
No Limit 
You can upload as many files as you want & as many folders or sub-folders can be created. There is no limit on number of files. This depends on your hosting account.
No max file-size Limit 
User Private Files plugin do not limit on file size. It depends on your hosting account. If you are unable to upload large files, edit your php.ini or user.ini file and add this line : 
upload_max_filesize = 128M 
This will limit max file size to 128mb, change it as needed. Sometime it is managed by hosting provider, please contact your hosting provide and as them to increase upload_max_filesize.
Full control over Features (PRO) 
Want to enable/disable some features? The User Private Files got you cover with a full fledged settings section where you can easily enable or disable some features for some or all user roles.
Uploading Files/Folders 
Upload bulk files, folders with drag and drop feature. With the PRO version, you can add extra file types that you want to allow for uploading.
Email Notifications 
An option in backend to configure email template. When someone shares a file/folder with a user/users, they will receive an email notification.
Frontend Notifications (PRO) 
Users will get a notification on frontend page when a file/folder is shared with them. They can read, delete, and refresh notifications. Clicking on a notification will open that file/folder.
Copy Link (PRO) 
Users can copy the link to a file/folder and share it with other users. Pasting the link will open that file or folder if they have access to it.
Share with single user, roles, or all users 
Share your files and folders with a single user, multiple users, a particular user role or all users at once.
Secure frontend file manager 
Full width front-end file manager and all uploaded files are secure that only allowed users can access.
Inbuilt login form and customizer (PRO) 
WordPress file sharing plugin comes with a login form which is fully customizable. You can set labels and fields for the login form via the customizer.
Thumbnails and File View Modes (PRO) 
Easily change thumbnails for default and custom file types. You can also set custom thumbnails for folders. As and admin you can control the default file view mode and allow users to toggle between Grid and List view modes.
Toolbar 
The frontend dashboard has a powerful toolbar to perform various actions on files and folders. With the PRO version, you can control what to display or hide in the toolbar. Take full control over search, filters, buttons, and labels in the toolbar.
Addons (Premium & Developer) 
Extend the functionality of the best file sharing plugin even more by installing the addons – google-drive integration, Custom Fields, and Text Editor.
Best in class Customer Support 
We are fully dedicated to the User Private Files plugin and are known by our amazing support that we provide to our customers. We listen to plugin users and add features from time to time keeping the plugin up-to-date. If you have any suggestions or questions, please let us know.
<h3>🌟 Shortcodes</h3>
[upf_manager]
Use this shortcode in a page to display a full-features file manager dashboard on frontend of your site. 
If you are using the classic text editor in your site, you can directly paste this in the page content. 
If you are using a page builder like Guttenberg, WPBakery, Elementor etc. then you need to insert a shortcode block and then paste this shortcode in that block’s content.
[upf_upload]
If you like to display only Upload Box to your users, use this shortcode. 
[PRO] This shortcode accepts an optional attribute “id”. You can pass a folder ID to it and the file will be uploaded to that folder if the user has upload access to it. If there is no id attribute, the files will be uploaded to all files under the my-files section of that user.
[upf_display]
If you like to display a user’s uploaded and shared files only. This works like a gallery. This will not display any folder but will display all files from the folders. 
This is a limited shortcode and doesn’t offer much features. But if you just want to display all files that a user has uploaded and the files that he has given access to, then it’s a good one.
[upf_selected_files] [PRO]
Use this shortcode to display a list of selected files and folders that users have access to. 
This shortcode accepts 2 parameters called “id” and “limit_folder_view” where id is a required parameter. 
Pass the ids of the files or folders that you want to display and pass the roles to the second parameter separated by commas.
[upf_public_folder] [PRO]
This shortcode is used to display files that are publicly available and are not private. Users can view these files without the need of creating an account on your site. 
This shortcode requires one parameter “id”. To display all public files, use the shortcode [upf_public_folder id=”public-files”]. Change the id to a folder/file id to display specific public folders or files. 
You can copy this shortcode from the backend file manager. When you click the public files or any files/folders inside, you can see the shortcode on the right sidebar. Public files are only viewable (supported formats) and downloadable. There is no functionality of sharing, editing, comments etc.
<h3>📣 Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Allow your site users to upload their private files.
</li>
<li>
Users can share their files with other users by using their email addresses or usernames.
</li>
<li>
Only the allowed users will be able to view/download shared files and unauthentic users or guests will see a permission denied error if they have direct URL to the file.
</li>
<li>
Users can remove the allowed users anytime they want.
</li>
<li>
Easy to setup for administrator and easy to use for users.
</li>
<li>
Front-end dashboard to allow users upload and manage their files.
</li>
<li>
Full control over uploaded files to site administrator.
</li>
<li>
2 different designs – Classic and full-width modern design
</li>
<li>
Filter to group files by their type (Classic design only)
</li>
<li>
Translation Ready
</li>
<li>
Folders system – Users can Create/Rename/Delete and Share folders
</li>
<li>
Users can upload/move files within different folders
</li>
<li>
Admin can share files with single, all users or users with a specific role
</li>
<li>
Comments – Users can comment on shared files
</li>
<li>
Email notification when a file / folder is shared with someone
</li>
<li>
Backend settings to enable/disable email notification and change email subject/content
</li>
<li>
Trash folder functionality
</li>
<li>
Search for files and folders
</li>
<li>
Interactive Dropbox like design
</li>
<li>
Download file option
</li>
<li>
Support for file types – image, pdf, doc, zip, audio, video, txt and CSV
</li>
<li>
Support image, pdf preview and video play
</li>
<li>
No page refresh – Fully AJAX
</li>
<li>
Restore or Delete files & folders from Trash
</li>
<li>
Beautiful animation & icons
</li>
</ul>
😍 <a href="https://userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-pro-features&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO version Features</a>
<ul>
<li>
Backend file manager for admin to manage files
</li>
<li>
Premade folders from backend file manager
</li>
<li>
Sync files from Server/FTP folder
</li>
<li>
Upload Folder from PC, It will create all subfolders and upload files in same hierarchy
</li>
<li>
Analytics – See count of Views and Downloads for files in backend file manager
</li>
<li>
Backend file manager to view and control other users files without asking them to share with admin
</li>
<li>
File preview support for docx, ppt, csv, excel files etc using google doc viewer
</li>
<li>
Google Drive Integration (Premium & Developer versions)
</li>
<li>
Display selected files/folders only by their IDs
</li>
<li>
Custom fields/columns in list view (Premium & Developer versions)
</li>
<li>
Backend option to hide Search, filters, New folder button for particular user roles
</li>
<li>
Text Editor Addon to create or edit text files (Premium & Developer versions)
</li>
<li>
Option to Zip an entire folder and download
</li>
<li>
Preview support for zip files
</li>
<li>
Frontend notifications when a file / folder is shared with someone
</li>
<li>
Frontend notification when a file is uploaded in shared folder with option to turn ON/OFF
</li>
<li>
Frontend notification when a folder is created in shared folder with option to turn ON/OFF
</li>
<li>
Email notification when a file/folder is uploaded/created in shared folder with option to turn ON/OFF
</li>
<li>
Single email notification option for bulk upload
</li>
<li>
Backend option to enable/disable frontend notifications
</li>
<li>
Copy link to a folder or file and share with other users who have access
</li>
<li>
Backend option to allow users to share with role specific & all users
</li>
<li>
Backend option to enable/disable file uploading functionality based on roles
</li>
<li>
Backend customizer to update colors, thumbnails, and toolbar options
</li>
<li>
Grid/List views
</li>
<li>
Login functionality when user is not logged in
</li>
<li>
Backend options to customize login form
</li>
<li>
Shortcode support for Login form to display it anywhere
</li>
<li>
Option to set redirection for login form
</li>
<li>
Sort files/folder
</li>
<li>
Collapsible side panels on frontend
</li>
<li>
New permission level View and Upload
</li>
<li>
Additional shortcodes to display selected files, target folder uploading, and public files
</li>
<li>
Public Files and Folders section in file manager
</li>
<li>
Add privacy policy link in the right sidebar
</li>
<li>
Description support for folders
</li>
<li>
Display total storage used and size of each file in the backend
</li>
<li>
And many more.
</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-backend&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Backend Demo</a> | <a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-frontend&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Frontend Manager</a> | <a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-classic&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Classic Template</a> | <a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-uploader&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">File Uploader</a> | <a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-gallery&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">File Gallery</a> | <a href="https://backend.userprivatefiles.com/?utm_source=wp-demo-public&utm_medium=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Public Files/Folder</a>
User Private Files will add file sharing functionality on a WordPress website. Plugin designed for users to upload, store, and share files securely. It emphasizes data privacy and user control, allowing individuals to manage their files with ease. Enhancing the overall user experience while safeguarding confidential information.
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File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files

Not only a great plugin.. also a fast and great support!

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Secure WordPress file sharing & download manager. Upload, manage & share private files with users safely.

Download Directory vs File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files