Title: This ain’t no WordPress plugin!
Last modified: August 4, 2017

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# This ain’t no WordPress plugin!

 *  [rubendaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubendaas/)
 * (@rubendaas)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-aint-no-wordpress-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * If you happen to be a developer in need of some sort of download manager when
   building a website with a custom theme, please be advised against using this 
   plugin.
 * The way it is build is it’s own system, where you won’t get in between. They 
   didn’t use any of the regular WordPress development conventions, so any customisation
   you would like to make, just gets ignored.
 * I used it on a website and our client asked the simple question of adding a video
   to the download information, to get a preview before downloading. Well, that 
   would normally work just fine with some html or a custom field, not with this
   plugin.
 * BE AWARE!
 * Also, no customer support, even after paying for the pro version with loads of
   addons.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Shahriar Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shahriar0822/)
 * (@shahriar0822)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-aint-no-wordpress-plugin/#post-9380925)
 * Please be more specific about how this plugin is not customizable. Download Manager
   allows you to override all template files and we have clear documentation on 
   that. Maybe you missed it.
 * Here is the documentation link [https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/template-files/](https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/template-files/)
   It explains clearly where Download Manager templates are located and where to
   put them in your theme to make your own templates.
 * There are also lots of [action](https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/action-reference/)
   and [filter](https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/filter-reference/) hooks to
   modify and extend plugin features. But you have to read the documentation first
   to know how these works.
 *  Thread Starter [rubendaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubendaas/)
 * (@rubendaas)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-aint-no-wordpress-plugin/#post-9383177)
 * Please don’t try to call me a newby that didn’t try to work with your plugin.
   
   If it would work like it should, I wouldn’t have left this review.
 * So perhaps learn something from it and improve the plugin.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-aint-no-wordpress-plugin/#post-9383177)