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Have you ever linked a PDF, an mp3, image, or other kind of file because you wanted to let people download it but instead it just loads in the browser? This plugin introduces a [download] shortcode which allows you to output links that will tell the browser to download those files!

Usage

WITH 'pretty permalinks' enabled in Settings > Permalinks:

The following example would display as:

• A link titled My Link
• With a rewritten URL of http://yoursite.com/download/my_song.mp3

[download label="My Link"]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]

The following example would display as:

• A rewritten link titled http://yoursite.com/download/my_song.mp3

[download]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]

WITHOUT 'pretty permalinks' enabled in Settings > Permalinks:

The following example would display as:

• A link titled My Other Link
• With an exposed URL of http://yoursite.com/wp-content/force-download.php?file=uploads/my_other_song.mp3

[download label="My Other Link"]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_other_song.mp3[/download]

The following example would display as:

• An exposed link titled http://yoursite.com/wp-content/force-download.php?file=uploads/my_other_song.mp3

[download]http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/my_other_song.mp3[/download]

Other Uses

If you wanted to use this in a php template, you could call something like:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[download label="My Label"]http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/my_song.mp3[/download]' ); ?>

Important notes:

1. If your server permissions allow it, the plugin will automatically attempt to copy force-download.php to your /wp-content/ directory.
2. If your server permissions DO NOT allow it, you will need to manually upload the file located in /download-shortcode/wp-content/force-download.php to your /wp-content/ directory.
3. By default, forced-download links only support files located in your uploads directory. More about this in Other Notes.