Title: Lana Downloads Manager
Author: Lana Codes
Published: <strong>October 11, 2016</strong>
Last modified: December 15, 2025

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# Lana Downloads Manager

 By [Lana Codes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lanacodes/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lana-downloads-manager.1.12.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lana-downloads-manager/)

## Description

Lana Downloads Manager is a downloadable files management system.

Manageable local files (WordPress uploaded) and remote files.

#### Includes:

 * Counter system
 * Log system

#### Lana Codes

[Lana Downloads Manager](https://lana.codes/product/lana-downloads-manager/)

## Screenshots

[⌊screenshot-1.jpg⌉⌊screenshot-1.jpg⌉[

screenshot-1.jpg

## Installation

#### Requires

 * WordPress at least 4.0
 * PHP at least 5.6

#### Installation steps

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/lana-downloads-manager` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

#### How to use it

 * in `Downloads > Add New`, add a new download file and the system creates the 
   shortcode is what you can use.
 * in `Appearance > Widgets`, add the ‘Lana – Download’ widget to the sidebar, for
   example, add it to the Primary Sidebar.
 * in `Posts > Edit`, you can manually add the download button to the selected post,
   add the `[lana_download]` shortcode to the post content, for example, add `[lana_download
   id="1"]` shortcode to the content.
 * in `Pages > Edit`, you can manually add the download button to the selected page,
   add the `[lana_download]` shortcode to the page content, for example, add `[lana_download
   id="1"]` shortcode to the content.

## FAQ

Do you have questions or issues with Lana Downloads Manager?
 Use these support 
channels appropriately.

### Lana Codes

You can contact us via the [contact form](https://lana.codes/contact/) on the Lana
Codes website.
 Or feel free to reach us at: [info@lana.codes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/info@lana.codes?output_format=md).

### WordPress Forum

You can use the WordPress.org [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lana-downloads-manager)
if you have any questions or need help with the plugin.

### Reporting Security Issues

Please report all vulnerabilities found in this software using the [Wordfence Vulnerability Submission Form](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/lana-downloads-manager/submit)

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Perfect plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-plugin-1460/)󠁿

 [aikotimmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aikotimmer/) April 28, 2026

Perfect plugin. Works as expected!

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### 󠀁[Good and Fast](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-and-fast-14/)󠁿

 [aurepons](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aurepons/) October 3, 2022 1 reply

Thank you for your personalized attention to solve a bug. Great plugin and great
service!

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### 󠀁[Perfect, great !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-great-4/)󠁿

 [mengeco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mengeco/) May 13, 2022

This plugin is really perfect! Thanks very much ! I hope it will be maintained over
time.

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### 󠀁[This is the perfect doc download plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-the-perfect-doc-download-plugin/)󠁿

 [pictosonic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pictosonic/) December 9, 2020

This is exactly what I was looking for. It is simple and efficient. In addition 
the support is excellent. I had an issue (my fault) after migrating from preproduction
to production and the assistance I was given was extremely fast and relevant. Thank
you for providing this plugin.

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### 󠀁[Exactly what I was looking for](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-was-looking-for-433/)󠁿

 [Ryan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rrhode/) February 28, 2020

Simple, works great, pretty nice looking code too. Thanks!

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### 󠀁[simple, functional, perfect. ..and did i say perfect? yes i did.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-functional-perfect-and-did-i-say-perfect-yes-i-did/)󠁿

 [iambc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iambc/) July 1, 2019

lana + elementor = perfect download button. it may not look it at first glance but
trust me this thing works.

 [ Read all 16 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lana-downloads-manager/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Lana Downloads Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Lana Codes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lanacodes/)

“Lana Downloads Manager” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lana-downloads-manager/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Lana Downloads Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lana-downloads-manager)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lana-downloads-manager/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lana-downloads-manager/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lana-downloads-manager/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lana-downloads-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.12.0

 * improve textdomain load function

#### 1.11.0

 * security fix (CVE-2025-7387) authenticated (administrator+) stored xss vulnerability

#### 1.10.0

 * security fix (CVE-2025-2048) authenticated (administrator+) arbitrary file download
   vulnerability (thanks to Bruno Oliveira)

#### 1.9.0

 * add function to delete the lana download assigned files before deleting the post

#### 1.8.2

 * bugfix log pager and filter
 * add time constant instead of number

#### 1.8.1

 * improve file check and compatibility
 * improve cookie ssl compatibility
 * improve tinymce shortcode button

#### 1.8.0

 * security fix (CVE-2022-2392) hardening
 * improve wp uploads dir check
 * improve abspath local file check

#### 1.7.1

 * security fix (CVE-2022-2392) hardening
 * bugfix role edit files option default value

#### 1.7.0

 * security fix (CVE-2022-2392) hardening
 * add role edit files to settings
 * add lana download post is published check

#### 1.6.0

 * security fix (CVE-2022-2392) authenticated (contributor+) arbitrary file download
   vulnerability (thanks to Raad Haddad)
 * add edit_files permission check
 * add allow abspath local file check

#### 1.5.0

 * add uploading files folder setting
 * add before and after hook in settings
 * add description to settings
 * change desc order in lana download shortcode
 * change logs list table
 * bugfix media enqueue load

#### 1.4.1

 * change header in download
 * reformat code

#### 1.4.0

 * change shortcode
 * change download handler

#### 1.3.0

 * change shortcode functions
 * reformat code
 * bugfix widgets

#### 1.2.2

 * bugfix filters
 * bugfix file update post meta

#### 1.2.1

 * add filter to post type and taxonomy args

#### 1.2.0

 * add counter disable or enable for settings

#### 1.1.9

 * bugfix settings save
 * add settings errors
 * add get user ip and user agent functions
 * change logs list

#### 1.1.8

 * add lana_downloads_manager_before_file_download action hook

#### 1.1.7

 * add counter attr to shortcode
 * add post_type to text shortcode attr
 * add text attr to tinymce shortcode
 * change assets structure

#### 1.1.6

 * add the missing files

#### 1.1.5

 * reformat code
 * add constants
 * add per page in list table
 * change post type name
 * change taxonomy name
 * change wp role add cap function
 * change ajax get lana download list function
 * bugfix order query by count
 * bugfix filter query by download category

#### 1.1.4

 * add text domain to plugin header

#### 1.1.3

 * bugfix global post declaration

#### 1.1.2

 * bugfix rewrite

#### 1.1.1

 * Tested in WordPress 4.8 (compatible)
 * change website to lana.codes

#### 1.1.0

 * add post type endpoint
 * add endpoint validate
 * bugfix endpoint
 * bugfix post type and taxonomy

#### 1.0.9

 * add public option to lana download post type

#### 1.0.8

 * add text atts to lana download shortcode

#### 1.0.7

 * add Download Category
 * add Download shortcode in WordPress editor

#### 1.0.6

 * bugfix escape

#### 1.0.5

 * change lana download custom post type capabilities

#### 1.0.4

 * bugfix jquery.js include

#### 1.0.3

 * PHP compatibility changes

#### 1.0.2

 * bugfix add log function

#### 1.0.1

 * bugfix .htaccess in /uploads/lana-downloads folder
 * bugfix download handler function

#### 1.0.0

 * Added Lana Downloads Manager
 * Added Log system

## Meta

 *  Version **1.12.0**
 *  Last updated **6 months ago**
 *  Active installations **3,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/) and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lana-downloads-manager)
 * Tags
 * [download](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/download/)[download counter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/download-counter/)
   [download manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/download-manager/)[file manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file-manager/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lana-downloads-manager/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  16 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lana-downloads-manager/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Lana Codes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lanacodes/)

## Support

Issues resolved in last two months:

     1 out of 1

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lana-downloads-manager/)

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