Simple Download Manager for WP Document Revisions

ADD-ON PLUGIN for “WP Document Revisions” (WPDR)

Want to offer public file downloads? Just use “WP Document Revisions” plus this little add-on plugin! This small and lightweight add-on plugin just adds a few specific additions to the awesome WPDR base plugin which does all the heavy lifting for you!

For my own projects I needed a new but robust and future-proof plugin with a custom post type solution to replace an old, unsupported download counter plugin. With its many benefits I wanted WPDR as a base foundation for that. Now, that I’ve finally found my solution, I hope it may help you as well :-).

What this Add-On does – General Features

• All the benefits of “WP Document Revisions” plugin! (see below)
• Simple, basic download counter included!
• Use “Downloads” wording instead of “Documents” (changeable via options); plus Downloads icon.
• 2 additional taxonomies for download files: “File Categories” and “File Tags”.
• 3 additional Widgets:
  • Display most popular/ accessed Downloads with “Popular Downloads”.
  • Simple taxonomy listings with “Download File Categories / Tags”.
  • To Downloads restricted search with “Search Downloads”.
• Own plugin settings page.
• Help tabs included.
• Fully internationalized!
• Fully Multisite compatible!

Special Features of this Add-On

• Full German translations included, formal and informal versions – you can choose via options (default is ‘formal’).

Benefits of using “WP Document Revisions” as the base plugin

• In general: fantastic plugin, awesome developer! 🙂
• Really simple, yet very effective! Does just one thing, but does it right!
• Really secure & robust!
• Revision management by default.
• Workflow Status management by default.
• Uses known WordPress interface – just concentrate on file management :).
• Extendable via Hooks & Filters – very developer friendly.
• Support for “Edit Flow” plugin already included.

Requirements

• WordPress 4.7+ — latest version 5.0.x (or 4.9.8) always recommended!
• Already installed plugin “WP Document Revisions”

Recommended Settings & Usage Instructions

• See “Installation” section here
• Plus, see “FAQ” section here

Third-party compatibility included

• Genesis Framework: For Child Themes – Display post meta on the frontend for the post type.

Translations

• English (United States) – en_US = default, always included
• German (informal, default) – de_DE – always included
• German (formal) – de_DE_formal – always included
• .pot file (wpdr-simple-downloads.pot) for translators is always included in the plugin’s ‘languages’ folder 🙂

Be a Contributor

If you want to translate, go to the Translation Portal at translate.wordpress.org.

You can also contribute code-wise via our WP Document Revisions Simple Downloads GitHub Repository – and see where you can help.

Documentation and Support

• If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum.

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This Plugin …

• … scratches my own itch!
• … is Quality Made in Germany
• … was created with love (plus some coffee) 🙂 – if you like it consider donating

Plugin Links

• Translations (GlotPress)
• User support forums
• Code snippets archive for customizing, GitHub Gist

Donate

Enjoy using WP Document Revisions Simple Downloads? Please consider making a small donation to support the project’s continued development.

Additional Info

Idea Behind / Philosophy: I just needed a simple downloads/ file manager plugin that used a custom post type for management. Since there are no such good download managers out there yet, but with the “WP Document Revisions” plugin there was an awesome solution. It only had few things missing in my opinion if used for public downloads/ file management. So finally, this add-on plugin was born. I hope you also find it useful somehow… 🙂

Credits

• Ben Balter for an amazing plugin with WP Document Revisions – see WP.org plugin page — see GitHub plugin development page!
• iconmonstr® for their amazing free icons. (This was used for version 1.0 – since then we switched to Dashicons.)

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