Force a user to download a file instead of them being opened in a browser. For example, a .mov would not open in the browser, it will ask you to save it. All you have to do is change the <a href=\"\"> to be in the class \"forced-download\". So simply add class=\"forced-download\" to the link and you are good to go.<\/p>\n\n\n
Unzip and upload the plugin into the plugins directory and then activate it. Once it is active, you can change a \"a href\" from:<\/p>\n\n
<a href=\"mysite.lan\/wp-content\/uploads\/something.jpg\">Download my picture<\/a>\nto\n<a href=\"mysite.lan\/wp-content\/uploads\/something.jpg\" class=\"forced-download\">Download my picture<\/a><\/p>\n\n
Then the user will be prompted to download it, instead of it being displayed in the browser.\nThis should work with: pdf,doc,xls,ppt,gif,png,jpg,mp3,wav,mpg,mov,avi, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n
Why can't I get this to work?
\nChances are you moved where wp-content resides. I have tried to modify my plugin to find the file 'wp-blog-header.php' in the root of your WordPress install. There is a file in the plugin called download.php. Because this plugin directly calls download.php, it really needs to know where WordPress is.\n
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\nWhy am I getting a '404 Error' or 'File Not Found' error?
\nBecause some hosting is a little more strict, and some security plugins stop you from accessing download.php directly, you will get this error. I am more than willing to help you, you still can get this to work but you will have to tweak the plugin.
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Honestly, I don't know. I tested some basic browsers like IE7, IE8, Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 8.<\/p>\n\n
Easily, ask. I'll do my best to fix if there is a bug. If it is a feature request I will see what I can do, but I can't make promises.<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"Stable 1.0.4\n\nThis forces a download (vs. show up in your browser) for any "a href" that has the class "forced-download".","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/45120","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=45120"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/areimann"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=45120"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=45120"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=45120"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=45120"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=45120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}