Title: ciaran12's Replies | WordPress.org --- # ciaran12 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620554) * No need to be unsure – your explanation worked. * Thanks for providing a workaround and hope you manage to track down the problem so you don’t have to explain it to more people. * Much appreciated! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620413) * Hey Drew, * that’s what I hoped you were telling me to do, but the instructions seemed to contradict that, unless I’ve misinterpreted them. Anyway, I went ahead and gave it a go and got some weird results. * First off I (in visual) highlighted the url (alone) in the shortcode and clicked the link editor, changing the target url to: * [audio src="http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download/01-Relaxation.mp3"/] * before realising that actually I don’t have a downloads folder in the wordpress folder :(. I realised that after a few failed attempts. So I redirected to another location where I have the blasted mp3 which is… * [audio src="http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/01-Relaxation.mp3" /] * When I tried this on the front end, I got a 404, being sent to the following: * [http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wordpress/download/](http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wordpress/download/) * ??? * Have I missed something or there something odd going on here? * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620406) * aaah, sorry… the second blockquote was meant to contain the following: * `Download Test` * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620405) * Hi Drew, * I’m sorry, I must be being really stoopid here. But if I, in text editor, replace the shortcode * > ``` > [download label="Download Test"]http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3[/download] > ``` > * with the following: * > [Download Test](http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download/01-Relaxation.mp3) * won’t that mean that the mp3 will play rather than download? I’m really keen to have it download, rather than play. * Apologies if I’m grossly misunderstanding you here, and I really appreciated your time and patience! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620398) * Thanks Drew, I’ll definitely go for the stop gap as I’d like to hand this over to the owner in the next week. * So, let me see if I’ve understood you absolutely perfectly!… * where I have, in the visual editor, the following: * > [download label=”Download Test”]http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/ > uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3[/download] * I will instead place: * > [download label=”Download Test”]http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download/ > 01-Relaxation.mp3[/download] * is that correct? * Thanks, Drew. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Shortcode redirects to a bloated (and broken) url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/) * Thread Starter [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-redirects-to-a-bloated-and-broken-url/#post-4620394) * While this site is not fully finished, you can view the shortcode here, on a puplic page, as it’s intended: * [http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/contact-david-ridgeway.html](http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/contact-david-ridgeway.html) * so, in the ‘visual’ post editor I entered the following: * [download label=”Download Test”]http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/ uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3[/download] * intending it to say ‘Download Test’ and to force a download of an mp3 housed at [http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3](http://davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3) * Thanks for your swift response, Drew, very appreciated! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Download Shortcode] Link not working properly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-not-working-properly-1/) * [ciaran12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciaran12/) * (@ciaran12) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-not-working-properly-1/#post-4396746) * Hi Drew, * Exact Same issue here on a site with pretty permalinks. The page I have the shortcode on is a private page at: * [http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download-shortcode-test-page.html](http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download-shortcode-test-page.html) * but when it is clicked it tries to take you to: * [audio src="http://www.davidridgeway.co.uk/wordpress/download/http://http://davidridgeway. co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/01-Relaxation.mp3" /] * I have: * flushed permalinks deactivated all other plugins Checked that forced-download. php is in wp-content folder * All to no avail. Any help here would be great, your plugin seems to fit an essential need of this site, one I’d like to employ a lot more, but I’m really struggling to get it to work. * Cheers! Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)