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<p><strong>Gatekeeper Download Manager</strong> is a professional plugin that adds a secure download gateway to your WordPress site. Perfect for digital product websites, software download sites, and content creators who want to monetize their downloads with advertising.</p>
<h4>Core Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Modern Download Gateway</strong> – Clean, professional countdown page</li>
<li><strong>Countdown Timer</strong> – Choose from 10s, 20s, or 30s wait times</li>
<li><strong>Google AdSense Integration</strong> – Safe, structured ad placement</li>
<li><strong>Secure Downloads</strong> – Nonce-protected download links</li>
<li><strong>Mobile Responsive</strong> – Perfect display on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Fast Loading</strong> – Optimized standalone page (no theme conflicts)</li>
<li><strong>Easy Shortcode</strong> – Simple <code>[gatekeeper_download]</code> implementation</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create a download link using the shortcode: <code>[gatekeeper_download url="YOUR_FILE_URL" text="Download Now"]</code></li>
<li>Users click the download button</li>
<li>They’re redirected to a secure gateway page with countdown timer</li>
<li>Optional ads are displayed during the countdown</li>
<li>After countdown, download begins automatically</li>
</ol>
<h4>Google AdSense Integration</h4>
<p>Instead of allowing arbitrary code (security risk), the plugin uses a safe, structured approach:<br />
* Enter your AdSense Publisher ID<br />
* Enter your AdSense Ad Slot ID<br />
* Plugin generates safe, compliant ad code automatically</p>
<h4>Pro Version Features</h4>
<p>Upgrade to <strong>Gatekeeper Download Manager Pro</strong> for advanced features:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Email Unlock</strong> – Collect emails before downloads (Mailchimp/ConvertKit integration)</li>
<li><strong>Social Share Unlock</strong> – Require social shares to unlock downloads</li>
<li><strong>Custom Countdown</strong> – Set any duration from 0-60 seconds</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Ad Slots</strong> – Header, sidebar, and footer ad positions</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Analytics</strong> – Track downloads, conversion rates, and revenue</li>
<li><strong>Priority Support</strong> – Get help when you need it</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://licenses.cbshs.com/gatekeeper-download-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span></a></p>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Software download sites</li>
<li>Digital product stores</li>
<li>WordPress theme/plugin distributors</li>
<li>eBook download sites</li>
<li>Music/video download platforms</li>
<li>Any site offering file downloads</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li>Clean, well-documented code</li>
<li>WordPress coding standards compliant</li>
<li>Extensive hooks and filters</li>
<li>Translation ready</li>
<li>WPML compatible</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
<h4>Privacy Policy</h4>
<p>This plugin does not collect or store any personal information from your website visitors. All download tracking happens on your server.</p>
<p>If you enable Google AdSense:<br />
– Google AdSense may collect user data according to Google’s Privacy Policy<br />
– Please review <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google’s Privacy Policy</a><br />
– Add this information to your site’s privacy policy</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Free support: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gatekeeper-download-manager/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org Support Forum</a></li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://licenses.cbshs.com/gatekeeper-download-manager/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Online Documentation</a></li>
<li>Pro support: <a href="https://licenses.cbshs.com/support/" rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Support</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>We welcome contributions! If you’d like to contribute to the development:<br />
* Report bugs and issues<br />
* Suggest new features<br />
* Submit pull requests<br />
* Help with translations</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Developed by <a href="https://cbshs.com" rel="nofollow ugc">CBSHS</a></p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>This plugin is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Always backup your site before installing or updating plugins.</p>


Gatekeeper Download Manager

Professional download gateway with countdown timer and Google AdSense integration. Secure, fast, and mobile-friendly.

patrice

<p>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 …</p>
<p>Work with mostly any theme</p>
<p><strong>Multilingual ready :</strong> currently translated in French and English. .Pot file provided, can be fully translated in any language.</p>
<p><strong>Slug translatable:</strong> Every archive, post, categories, tags … link are translatable. it’s mean than you can provide post slug in your language, like :</p>
<ul>
<li>site.dev/download/wordpress</li>
<li>site.dev/descargas/wordpress</li>
<li>site.dev/telecharger/wordpres</li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>
<p>With Download Directory, you can track the number of times each software are downloaded.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Updating the version field of a sofware automatically send an email alert to the suscriber of this current software.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 …</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>You can use 3 miror links, more the direct download link.</p>
<p>French Demo at <a href="http://www.patricelaurent.net/telechargements/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.patricelaurent.net/telechargements/</a></p>
<p>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></p>
<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>
<p>You can use your own template for archive, category, tags and single file.</p>
<p>For archives pages, just create an file called archive-down_repo.php in your current theme directory.</p>
<p>For single page, simply create a single-down_repo.php file in your theme directory.</p>
<p>Adding your own css and style.</p>
<p>create a css file in your theme directory. Name it as you want.<br />
then add this code in your theme function file (or in any personnal plugin):</p>
<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>
<p>This will symply replace the current css file of the plugin by your one.<br />
If you jsut want to disable the css of the plugin, just add a null filter</p>
<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.

Gatekeeper Download Manager vs Download Directory