Title: Force Downloads
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Force Downloads

 *  Resolved [drewbclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewbclark/)
 * (@drewbclark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/)
 * Hello, Love Love Love your plugin. I am wondering how I can force download files.
   For Instance:
 * I have a mp3 song that I want them to be able to play in the audio player and
   then when they click on the mp3 title link it will download to there computer
   instead of open in the web browser audio player.
 * Any Help?
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 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263198)
 * It forces downloads by default, unless you’ve specified for it not to for that
   particular file type.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263199)
 * What browser are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [drewbclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewbclark/)
 * (@drewbclark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263200)
 * I use safari and Google chrome usually. But when I click on the mp3 button under
   the title of the song it will just play it in the web browser player.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263201)
 * In Chrome too? I think Safari has issues with the html download attribute, but
   certainly not Chrome.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263202)
 * Yeah, I checked in Safari and Safari still does not support the download attribute.(
   They suck, plus the discontinued it for Windows.) However, within the next couple
   hours I am releasing a new version that has an encryption feature. It will encrypt
   file download links and mask the url, and then force the download via a php script
   rather than through HTML. So this will bypass Safari’s deficiency, if you want
   to enable encryption. This feature is compatible with Audio Playback.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-downloads/#post-5263204)
 * Version 2.6 is now up. Try it with encryption activated and you won’t have the
   issue with Safari.

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