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I developed the Simple Download Monitor plugin because I needed a nice way to manage my digital downloads and monitor the number of downloads of my files and documents.
This plugin is very useful for managing and tracking your digital file download counts.
You can password protect your downloadable files and documents too (visitors will require a password before downloading the file when you use this option).
You can configure downloadable files from your WordPress admin dashboard via an elegant user interface. Then allow your visitors to download the files and this plugin will monitor which files get downloaded how many times.
The plugin will log the IP addresses of the users who download your digital files and documents. It will also log the date and time of each download.
It has a very user-friendly interface for uploading, managing, monitoring and tracking file downloads.
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<h4>Simple Download Monitor Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add, edit and remove downloads from an easy to use interface.</li>
<li>Drag and drop file and document uploads.</li>
<li>Assign categories and tags to your downloadable files and documents.</li>
<li>Rich text editor for editing your download item description.</li>
<li>Use shortcodes to display a download now button on a WordPress post or page.</li>
<li>Show trackable download now buttons for your files anywhere on your site.</li>
<li>Shortcode to create a direct download link for a file. Useful for hotlinking.</li>
<li>Download counter for each file.</li>
<li>Ability to set a download count offset for each file.</li>
<li>Track IP addresses of the users who downloaded your files.</li>
<li>Track date and time of each file downloads.</li>
<li>Track the usernames of the users downloading the files.</li>
<li>Track the User Agent of the visitors downloading the files.</li>
<li>Track the Referrer URL to see which page the downloads are coming from.</li>
<li>Option to setup secure downloads for your files (the URL of the downloadable file will be hidden).</li>
<li>Option to upload a thumbnail image for each of your downloadable files.</li>
<li>Option to use a nice looking template to show your download now buttons.</li>
<li>Ability to search and sort your downloadable files in the admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Ability to create a search page and allow your visitors to search your downloads.</li>
<li>Track the number of downloads for each of your files.</li>
<li>Track the visitors country.</li>
<li>View the daily download counts of your items in a chart.</li>
<li>WordPress Shortcode for embedding a download link for a file.</li>
<li>Tinymce button in the WordPress post/page editor so you can easily add the shortcode.</li>
<li>You can customize the “Download Now” button text of an item to anything you want.</li>
<li>Ability to add the download now buttons to your sidebar widget.</li>
<li>Create password protected download now buttons. Users will only be able to download the file if they enter the correct password. <a href="https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/create-a-password-protected-download-file-6838" rel="nofollow ugc">View the tutorial</a></li>
<li>Option to add additional security to your downloadable files with the <a href="https://simple-download-monitor.com/enhanced-file-protection-securing-your-downloads/" rel="nofollow ugc">Enhanced File Protection Feature</a>.</li>
<li>Shortcode to show the download counter of a file. Use it to show off your file download count.</li>
<li>Shortcode to show all the downloads from a particular category.</li>
<li>Shortcode to embed a file tree browser for your downloadable files. The file browser is ajax based and it shows the files structured by categories.</li>
<li>Ability to open the downloads in new browser window or tab. When your users click on a download button, it will open in a new window or tab.</li>
<li>Ability to show your downloads in a grid display. <a href="https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/show-file-downloads-in-a-nice-grid-display-7273" rel="nofollow ugc">View the tutorial</a></li>
<li>Export all the file download logs to a CSV file.</li>
<li>Ability to reset the log entries.</li>
<li>Ability to trim the download log entries.</li>
<li>Shortcode to show a number of latest downloads to your visitors.</li>
<li>Shortcode to show a number of popular downloads to your visitors.</li>
<li>Ability to disable the download monitoring (logging) for certain items (or all items).</li>
<li>You can also choose to only monitor downloads from unique IP address only.</li>
<li>Option to specify file size info so it can be shown to your visitors. <a href="https://simple-download-monitor.com/how-to-show-file-size-info-of-your-downloads/" rel="nofollow ugc">View the tutorial</a></li>
<li>Option to specify version number info for the download item so it can be shown to your visitors.</li>
<li>Option to show the download published date.</li>
<li>Option to restrict downloads to logged-in users only. <a href="https://simple-download-monitor.com/offering-downloads-to-logged-in-users-members-only/" rel="nofollow ugc">View the tutorial</a></li>
<li>There is an option to show an ajax file tree browser so your visitors can browse all your files and download the ones they want.</li>
<li>Option to ignore download count from bots.</li>
<li>Option to add Google reCAPTCHA to your download buttons.</li>
<li>Option to add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to your download buttons.</li>
<li>Option to add Terms and Conditions to your download buttons.</li>
<li>Ability to easily clone/copy your existing download items.</li>
<li>Ability to insert Adsense or other Ad code inside the download item display.</li>
<li>Gutenberg block to insert download now buttons on a post or page.</li>
<li>Option to override the default template by placing a custom template file in the active theme’s directory.</li>
<li>The stats menu can show you the top downloads, downloads by date, country, browser etc.</li>
</ul>
View more details on the <a href="https://simple-download-monitor.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">download monitor plugin</a> page.
<h4>Language Translations</h4>
The following language translations are already available for the download monitor plugin:
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>Portuguese (Brasil)</li>
<li>Hebrew</li>
</ul>
<h4>Simple Download Monitor Plugin Usage</h4>
Once you have installed the plugin, go to “Downloads -> Settings” interface to configure some options
A) Configure Download Monitor basic settings
<ul>
<li>Admin Options: Remove Tinymce Button – Removes the SDM Downloads button from the WP content editor (default: unchecked).</li>
<li>Color Options: Download Button Color – Select a default color of the download button (default: green).</li>
</ul>
B) Add a new download
To configure a new download follow these steps:
<ol>
<li>Go to “Downloads->Add New” interface in your WP admin</li>
<li>Enter a title for your download</li>
<li>Add a description for the download</li>
<li>Select the file from your computer and upload it (or use an URL of the file)</li>
<li>Select an image for the download (it will be displayed as a thumbnail on the front end)</li>
<li>Publish it</li>
</ol>
You can view all of your existing downloads from the “Downloads->Downloads” interface.
C) Create a download button
Create a new post/page and click the “SDM Downlaods” TinyMCE button to insert a shortcode (This button will only show up if you haven’t unchecked it in the settings). You can choose to display your download with a nice looking box or just a plain download link/button.
Example Shortcode Usage:
<pre><code>[sdm_download id="271" fancy="1"] (embed a download button inside a box with other information e.g. Thumbnail, Title and Description)

[sdm_download id="271" fancy="0"] (embed a plain download button/link for a file)

[sdm_download id="271" fancy="0" color="blue"] (embed a plain download button/link for a file with a blue color)
</code></pre>
D) Download logs
You can check the download stats from the “Downloads->Logs” interface. It shows the number of downloads for each files, IP address of the user who downloaded it, date and time of the download.
<h3>3rd Party or External Libraries/Services</h3>
The plugin uses the Google Charts library to show the download count charts in the admin interface (if you use the stats menu of the plugin). You can see more details about this library at the following URL: 
https://developers.google.com/chart/
<h3>Detailed Usage Documentation</h3>
View more usage instructions on the <a href="https://simple-download-monitor.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Download Monitor Plugin</a> page.
<h3>Github Repository</h3>
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor
If you need extra action hooks or filters for this plugin then let us know.

Simple Download Monitor

On the WebinarIgnition Demo i use the Simple Download Monitor to hide direct access of the file and even better i removed the opening of PDFs in browser and forced to just download.

nice and it can be used to secure downloads in webinars too

Easily manage downloadable files and monitor downloads of your digital files from your WordPress site.

YeKen

<h4>Demo</h4>
Use our free site for tracking your weight which shows off some of the plugin’s feature: <a href="https://demo.yeken.uk" title="https://demo.yeken.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">https://demo.yeken.uk – Demo Site</a>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/" title="Weight Tracker Website" rel="nofollow ugc">Weight Tracker Website</a>
<h4>Core Features</h4>
An easy to use plugin that allows your users to track their weight, body measurements, photos and any custom fields you define. Their entries can be seen in various ways, charts, tables, shortcodes and widgets. The user is able to set targets and modify their entries.
The admin area features a rich user interface to allow site owners and personal trainers interact with their user base and help them achieve their goals.
Support for US/UK date formats as well as Imperial and Metric measurements.
For further information read our documentation:
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/shortcodes" title="Weight Tracker - Documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">Weight Tracker – Documentation</a>
<h4>Pro Plus Version</h4>
<ul>
<li>All of the features that come with a standard Pro license.</li>
<li>Kiosk mode. [wt-kiosk] shortcode for allowing your administrators and staff to search and edit a user’s record on the front end of the website.</li>
<li>Barcode scanner. Beta. Barcode scanner for scanning user IDs when using [wt-kiosk].</li>
<li>Harris Benedict formula. Shortcodes and extended admin screens to a view a person’s calorie intake required to maintain and lose weight. For further information on Harris Benedict Formula and how it is calculated visit our calculations page.</li>
<li>Recommended calorie intake per meal time. Shortcodes and extended admin screens to recommend how a person should split their daily calorie intake across meals. For further information on how this is calculated please visit our calculations page.</li>
<li>Macronutrients Calculator. Shortcodes and extended admin screens to recommend how their calorie consumption should be split into fats, carbohydrates and proteins. For further information on the Macronutrients Calculator and how these calculations are performed please visit our calculations page.</li>
<li>Additional user preference fields. Additional user preference fields and shortcodes to display them: Activity Level, Date of Birth and Gender.</li>
<li>Awards. Awards and Badges! Set awards for: BMI Change, BMI Equals, Weight Gain / Loss from start and Percentage of weight lost from start.</li>
<li>BMI Calculator. A shortcode to display a BMI calculator [wt-bmi-calculator].</li>
<li>Waist-to-Hip ratio Calculator. A shortcode to display a BMI calculator [wt-waist-to-hip-ratio-calculator].</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/features/" title="Read more about features" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more about features</a>
<h4>Pro Version</h4>
<ul>
<li>Webhooks, Zapier & Slack. Push weight entry data and targets to Slack channels, Zapier or your own custom Webhooks!</li>
<li>Support for Gravity Forms. Scan Gravity Form submissions for relevant Weight / Measurement fields and create a weight entry automatically. <a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/gravity-forms/" title="Read more" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></li>
<li>Admin can view, edit and delete user data. Various tools for viewing user’s graphs, tables of entries, BMI, targets, weight lost / gained stats and much more.</li>
<li>CSV and JSON exports for all data or a particular user.</li>
<li>Custom Fields. Define and ask your user’s custom questions on weight entry forms. Add numeric fields (for things like measurements), yes/no and text fields.</li>
<li>Photo Custom Fields. Add one or more photo fields to your weight entry forms and allow your users to upload photos of their progress. Photos can be viewed, updated and removed by the end user and administrators. Handy shortcodes are provided for displaying galleries, most recent and oldest photo.</li>
<li>Groups. Define user groups and assign your user’s to them. View Weight Difference statistics for the group as a whole.</li>
<li>Admin notes. Administrators have the ability to store notes against their users. If set to visible, the user can view these via [wt-notes] or receive emails with their content.</li>
<li>BMI. Allows a user to specify their height. Once specified, their BMI is displayed next to each weight entry. There is also a shortcode to render the latest BMI.</li>
<li>Email notifications. Receive email notifications when a person updates their target or adds / edits a weight.</li>
<li>Birthday Emails. Automatically send your user’s a birthday email (when they have entered a date of birth).</li>
<li>Overall user stats. Shortcodes that allow you to display the total lost / gained for the community and another to display a league table.</li>
<li>Widgets. Widgets that allow you to display the graph and quick weight entry form within any widget area.</li>
<li>Chart and form Shortcodes. That allow you to display the graph and quick weight entry form by placing a shortcode on any post or page.</li>
<li>Progress Bar shortcode. A shortcode that visually displays the logged in user\’s progress towards their target</li>
<li>Reminder shortcode. A shortcode that can be used to remind the user to enter their target or weight for today.</li>
<li>Message shortcode A shortcode that allows you to congratulate a user when they lose weight x number of times. It also provides the opposite allowing you to provide encouragement when someone gains weight.</li>
<li>Text Shortcodes. Additional shortcodes for earliest and most recent dates entered.</li>
<li>Progress Bar shortcode / widget. Display a user\’s progress towards their weight target.</li>
<li>Reminder shortcode. Display a reminder to enter their weight for the given day or enter a target.</li>
<li>User preferences. If enabled, the user will be able to select which unit they wish to store their weight in Metric or Imperial. They will also be able to specify date format and clear all their weight data.</li>
<li>Bar Charts. Fancy something different to a line chart? The plugin will also support Bar Charts.</li>
<li>Delete existing entry. A logged in user will be able to delete or edit an existing weight entry.</li>
<li>Better Tables.. Data tables in front end and admin will support paging and sorting.</li>
<li>Admin: Extra Settings. Extra settings to customise the plugin will be added e.g. number of plot points on graph, rows per page, etc.’, WE_LS_SLUG)</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/features/" title="Read more about features" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more about features</a>
<h4>Languages support</h4>
The plugin is written in English (UK) but has support for other languages such as French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese-Brazil, etc. For a list of supported languages please visit:
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/weight-units-date-formats-languages/" title="Weight Tracker Website - Supported Languages" rel="nofollow ugc">Weight Tracker Website – Supported Languages</a>
Need a translation? Please read the following guide: <a href="https://weight.yeken.uk/translating-weight-loss-tracker-plugin/" title="Translating the Weight Tracker plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Translating the Weight Tracker plugin</a>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
Need further help? Please visit the dedicated site:
<a href="https://weight.yeken.uk" title="Weight Tracker Website" rel="nofollow ugc">Weight Tracker Website</a>
<h4>Donate</h4>
Paypal Donate: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/yeken" title="www.paypal.me/yeken" rel="nofollow ugc">www.paypal.me/yeken</a>

Weight Tracker

Allow your users to track their weight, measurements, photos and custom data! Support for BMI, BMR, Calorie Intake, Macronutrients and much more!

Simple Download Monitor vs Weight Tracker