Alex Mills

Now you too can show the <a href="https://wordpress.org/download/counter/" rel="ugc">WordPress download counter</a> on your website! This plugin adds a widget to your blog that shows the current download count and even refreshes the count every 15 seconds automatically.
Requirements
<ul>
<li>PHP 5.2.0 or newer (PHP4 is dead anyway)</li>
<li>WordPress 2.8 or newer</li>
</ul>

WordPress Download Counter

Allows you to show the download counter for WordPress on your site.

Ondrej Donek

Main features:
<ul>
<li>creates list of files to download</li>
<li>configurable widget for your sidebars/footers etc.</li>
<li>configurable shortcode with ordering and pagination for your pages/posts</li>
<li>file types are specified by correct icon</li>
<li>downloads restriction for registered users</li>
<li>simple statistics</li>
<li>offers English and Czech locales</li>
</ul>

Simple Downloads Plugin

Plugin that allows to manage files that you want to offer to your users for download. Allows to use either sidebar widget, shortcode with responsive t …

WordPress Download Counter vs Simple Downloads Plugin