Title: Public CSV
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Public CSV

 *  Resolved [blsrds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blsrds/)
 * (@blsrds)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/public-csv/)
 * Hi,
 * The plugin works great, but I want to use it like an open data service, allowing
   guests and visitors to download – on frontend – the CSV file too. Since the roles
   are only for registered users, I can’t publish the link. Any ideia about this
   subject?
 * Thank you!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv/)

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 *  Plugin Author [CPK Web Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpkwebsolutions/)
 * (@cpkwebsolutions)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/public-csv/#post-5990640)
 * Hi Blsrds
 * Thanks for your message. Even if I added a guest role, you may still find that
   guests are unable to access the page. Dashboard pages are typically for registered
   and logged in users only (ie at least subscriber level). Have you solved that
   problem already? For instance, can you show your settings page or any other dashboard
   page to guests?
 * Another option would be to create a shortcode to expose the screens/functionality
   on the front end, but getting that to work would be quite time consuming.
 * Best wishes
 * Paul
 *  Thread Starter [blsrds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blsrds/)
 * (@blsrds)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/public-csv/#post-5990641)
 * Hi Paul,
 * Thank you for the fast reply. In this project, I need to show the link in the
   front-end. If it works for guests, great. But even for subscribers it only works
   on dashboard. I tried to access the link generated directly without success.
 * I didn’t solved this problem yet. I am thinking about any possible solution. 
   Is there a way to generate the CSV via cron, if so maybe then copy regularly 
   to wp-content/uploads maybe a solution.. what you thik?
 * best regargs,
 * Adriano
 *  Plugin Author [CPK Web Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpkwebsolutions/)
 * (@cpkwebsolutions)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/public-csv/#post-5990644)
 * Hi Adriano
 * Sorry, I can’t think of any simple solution. The plugin would need to be modified
   to make it do what you want. The plugin doesn’t currently generate CSV files 
   via Cron. It would require quite a few changes.
 * Best wishes
 * Paul

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/public-csv/#post-5990644)
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