Title: Files Gone Public
Last modified: May 7, 2026

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# Files Gone Public

 *  [bobjgarrett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjgarrett/)
 * (@bobjgarrett)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/files-gone-public/)
 * I have a problem in that Google has listed for me pages it is not indexing but
   this reveals the fact that the documents are publically accessible despite having
   been loaded via this plugin and being in the “special” folder they can be accessed
   via a simple URL like “mydomain.com/mydocument.pdf”.
 * If I look at the file in the plugin it is set to Members Only but I can retrieve
   them without being logged in just using that simple URL. The URL showing there
   is the special one.
 * How does that work and how do I fix it?

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 *  Plugin Support [Andrei Cristea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreic86/)
 * (@andreic86)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/files-gone-public/#post-18901530)
 * Hello [@bobjgarrett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjgarrett/),
 * Can you please submit a support request using our contact form here: [https://download-monitor.com/contact/](https://download-monitor.com/contact/)
   …
   and provide us with a screenshot of the download configuration?
 * Have a nice day!

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 * Last reply from: [Andrei Cristea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreic86/)
 * Last activity: [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/files-gone-public/#post-18901530)
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