Title: Create a URL?
Last modified: February 2, 2017

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# Create a URL?

 *  Resolved [eva_at_pushcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva_at_pushcart/)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/)
 * Hi There,
 * I’m just starting to use this plugin. I was wondering how I could create a URL
   to give people to download the file, that would also count the download. If i
   just give them the file URL, it doesn’t seem to go through SDM and doesn’t get
   counted.
 * Thank you in advance!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8732168)
 * Hi all the available features including the shortcodes you can use are available
   in the following [documentation](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/simple-wordpress-download-monitor-plugin).
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [eva_at_pushcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva_at_pushcart/)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8741594)
 * Thanks for this. I am looking through the documentation, but could not find an
   answer to my above question. If I wanted to send people an URL to DL the file,
   how would I do so in order for it to be counted by the system?
 * -eva
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8742132)
 * Hi Eva, are you talking about sending an e-mail with the download URL?
 *  Thread Starter [eva_at_pushcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva_at_pushcart/)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8742139)
 * Yes, I would like to be able to send a link to the download (say, in an email
   to someone) that would be trackable when they went to download. I’m not sure 
   how to do that with the plugin, but imagine there must be a way, in addition 
   to adding a DL button to the site.
 * Thank you!
 * -eva
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8742191)
 * The plugin developers will investigate your request further.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [eva_at_pushcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva_at_pushcart/)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8742201)
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [mra13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * (@mra13)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8742501)
 * You know the download button it creates when you use the shortcode? You can right
   click on the download button and copy the link. That link can be used to download
   the item and it will go via this plugin.
 * This link should look like the following (1234 is the ID of the download):
 * [http://www.your-site.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=1234](http://www.your-site.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=1234)
 *  Thread Starter [eva_at_pushcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva_at_pushcart/)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8744663)
 * Hey There,
 * Thanks!
 * I actually tried this first, before I messaged you. It doesn’t seem to work. 
   Even with the correct ID of the download it says, “Error! Incorrect download 
   item id.”
 * Any idea why this doesn’t actually work? And any other idea for passing along
   a trackable URL for the download?
    -eva
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-a-url/#post-8783682)
 * (@eva_at_pushcart), if you receive the following error **“Error! Incorrect download
   item id.”** can you double check that the items ID is correct. Do you have a 
   cache plugin installed?

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