{"id":338947,"date":"2026-07-20T07:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/social-media-video-downloader\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:58:19","slug":"smd-media-download-redirect-box","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/smd-media-download-redirect-box\/","author":23531175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.0.2","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.0","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"SMD Media Download Redirect Box","header_author":"Social Media Downloader","header_description":"Adds a paste-a-link box to your site that redirects visitors to social-media-downloader.com, where they can download videos from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X. This plugin does not download anything itself. 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Visitors paste a video link, pick Video or Audio, and are redirected to the external service social-media-downloader.com, where the download starts automatically \u2014 the pasted link is carried over, so they don't have to paste it twice.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>This plugin does not download anything itself.<\/strong> No downloads happen on your WordPress server. It is a pure redirect: zero JavaScript, no database tables, no settings, nothing stored. All processing happens on social-media-downloader.com, which is operated by the plugin author.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Usage<\/h4>\n\n<p>Add the shortcode anywhere (post, page, or a Shortcode block):<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[smdrb_download_box]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Options:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>[smdrb_download_box lang=\"de\"]<\/code> \u2014 open the German site (also: es, fr, pt; empty = English).<\/li>\n<li><code>[smdrb_download_box button=\"Get video\" placeholder=\"Drop your link here\"]<\/code> \u2014 custom texts.<\/li>\n<li><code>[smdrb_download_box audio=\"no\"]<\/code> \u2014 hide the Video\/Audio picker.<\/li>\n<li><code>[smdrb_download_box target=\"_self\"]<\/code> \u2014 open in the same tab instead of a new one.<\/li>\n<li><code>[smdrb_download_box type=\"button\" button=\"Open Downloader\"]<\/code> \u2014 just a button linking to the site, no input field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Developers can change the destination with the <code>smdrb_base_url<\/code> filter.<\/p>\n\n<h4>External service<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin sends visitors (and the link they paste) to https:\/\/social-media-downloader.com, a free web-based video downloader operated by the plugin author. No data is sent anywhere until the visitor themselves clicks the Download button.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin zip via Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin, or copy the folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Put <code>[smdrb_download_box]<\/code> in any post or page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20download%20videos%20on%20my%20server%3F\"><h3>Does this download videos on my server?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It only redirects visitors to social-media-downloader.com with their link pre-filled. All processing happens there.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release: [smdrb_download_box] shortcode with form and button modes, language, text and target options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"A paste-a-link box that redirects visitors to social-media-downloader.com to download videos from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/338947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338947"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/socialmediadownloader"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=338947"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=338947"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=338947"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=338947"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=338947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}