Tomas Rybnicky

<p>If you are adding functionality to your posts using popular Advanced Custom Fields plugin. This plugin is focused on fields of type \”file\”. Handful when publishing some posts with attachments whole year and once a year you need to download all attachments to send them to third parties.</p>
<p>You are prompted to select post type, publish date range and ACF filed group you want to extract attachments from.<br />
Then if there is something to download you can hit the button and archive file with attachments is prepared to download.</p>
<h4>Instructions</h4>
<p>After installing and activating plugin, you will find new section in Tools called Attachments.<br />
You can use it for downloading all attachments specified by ACF file fields you want.</p>
<h4>Prerequisites</h4>
<ul>
<li>installed and activated <a href="https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Custom Field plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<p>All you need to do to get you attachments is:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select required post type</li>
<li>Select published date range by specifying from and to days</li>
<li>If there are more ACF field groups that contains file field you can select only one of them</li>
<li>Check preview information</li>
<li>Hit Download button if there is something to download</li>
<li>Archive ZIP file will be downloaded automatically or you can use link in review under Download button</li>
</ol>
<h4>GitHub repository</h4>
<p>You can find this plugin on [GitHub](https://github.com/wetory/wp-attachment-download \”Your favorite public repository\”),<br />
where you can report issues, review code and commits. Please report all possible problems to make it better.</p>


WP Attachment Download

Plugin adds functionality to download posts attachments build with ACF file fields from administration.

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<p>The convenient download manager for WordPress.</p>
<p>Z-Downloads makes file delivery simple: upload, place a shortcode, done. It automatically builds ZIP archives, keeps them updated when files change, and gives you clear stats and a clean UI.</p>
<p><strong>Example use case:</strong> A single file is present in multiple ZIP archives (e.g., press kits). Update the file once—every affected ZIP is rebuilt automatically.</p>
<p><a href="https://code.urban-base.net/z-downloads?utm_source=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Z-Downloads Website</a></p>
<h4>Benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>User-friendly interface with inline help</li>
<li>Time-saving automation (auto-rebuild of ZIP archives)</li>
<li>Reliable performance with smart caching</li>
</ul>
<h4>Top features</h4>
<ul>
<li>GDPR compliant: IP address anonymization by default</li>
<li>Built-in security: direct file paths remain hidden</li>
<li>Download statistics + dashboard widget</li>
<li>Shortcodes for files, ZIPs, lists, audio, and video</li>
<li>Download button (with optional icons)</li>
<li>Display info like file size or download count</li>
<li>Generate file lists</li>
<li>Embed an audio player</li>
<li>Embed a video player</li>
<li>Show MD5 and SHA1 hashes in the frontend (<strong>Premium</strong>)</li>
<li>Option to activate direct URL paths for PDF files</li>
<li>Centralized file management</li>
<li>Automatic ZIP archive creation</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop file upload</li>
<li>Log page to trace actions and troubleshoot</li>
<li>Safe uninstall option to remove all plugin data on request</li>
<li>PHP 8 compatible</li>
<li>Ready for internationalization (English & German included)</li>
<li>Multilingual</li>
<li>And more…</li>
</ul>
<h4>Effortlessly embed download buttons with shortcodes</h4>
<p>Upload your file, then add this shortcode to a post or page:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload file="123"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Embed automatically generated ZIP archives with shortcodes</h4>
<p>Create a ZIP entry in the backend, link your files, then use:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload zip="123"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Embed external files with shortcodes</h4>
<p>Link to a file hosted elsewhere and render a download button:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload url="https://example.com/file.zip"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Output a list of files linked to a ZIP archive</h4>
<p>Display all files attached to an archive as a neat list:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload_list zip="123"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Output audio files as an audio player</h4>
<p>Turn an audio file (MP3, WAV, OGG, …) into a player:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload_audio file="123"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Output video files as a video player</h4>
<p>Render a video file directly as a player:</p>
<pre><code>[zdownload_video file="123"]
</code></pre>
<h3>Languages</h3>
<p>Z-Downloads can be translated into multiple languages. Currently supported:</p>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>German</li>
</ul>


Z-Downloads

Really Great and Simple plugin.

Convenient download manager and automatic ZIP archive creator

WP Attachment Download vs Z-Downloads