Title: External URL
Last modified: September 9, 2016

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# External URL

 *  Resolved [zirk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zirk/)
 * (@zirk)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-4/)
 * Hello,
 * I love this plugin. Today I am trying to display a link to an external file, 
   uploaded on a online file storage. This link does not use my file name but rather
   a very complicated one.
 * First thing I tried is to insert this link. The result is that I can download
   a file (the correct file actually…), but with a selection of characters coming
   from the URL (very confusing), and with no file extension (like for e.g. “.PDF”).
 * Then I just tried to shortened my complicated direct link with Bitly and insert
   it. But this method gives me a download link to a 1 KB file taking the name after
   the “[http://bit.ly/&#8221](http://bit.ly/&#8221);, and still with no file extension.
 * I am stuck… do you guys have any idea what I am doing wrong here? Is there some
   settings I am missing?
 * Thanks for your help.

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 *  Thread Starter [zirk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zirk/)
 * (@zirk)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-4/#post-8165733)
 * OK, I finally found the solution, that worked for me: the “Redirect to file” 
   option must be selected on your Download Options panel…
 * Solution found [here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downloads-corrupt-https-zip-files-on-cloudfront/).

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