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@bcworkz – Thank you so much and sorry for my late reply.

I agree entirely about the security – that’s why I mentioned authorized access only.

Thank you for the suggestion of a custom shortcode. Although I do code in PHP and JS, I am hardly an expert and know nothing about the internal workings of WP.

My problem is that I want to run some lessons written with authoring systems such as Lectora or Articulate. I need to upload them and protect them from unauthorized access. LMS plugins currently available either do not allow uploads in a simple way and offer very poor security (especially if you can guess the URL of the file you want). So basically a student would click on a link in WP and would be taken to a fike that would run a lesson. Issues of record-keeping etc would be dealt with by the lesson code, not WP. While there are dedicated LMS systems, there are good reasons for using WP too, especially for appearance and monetization. It may be possible to write a new LMS structure meeting the requirements but WP offers many facilities that are constantly revised and updated, making it a better choice.

Anyway, thanks so much for your help – I will try and followup somehow or just give up and look at other options.
Andrew

Tried to download from inside email and also directly. WIll try different versions of php

The error message seems to occur when I upload the file (even though the file seems stored correctly). No error appears when I try to download the file (at least not in error_log).

The LifterLMS plugin creates the problem with the Hello World post- but even when I deactivate it I get no file download or any activity. No error message as far as I can tell.

Thank you so much for your prompt answer. I do get an error message in my logs. Here it is (edited):

[Sat Dec 22 13:51:19.599484 2018] [access_compat:error] [pid 7126:tid 140586526947072] [client XX.XX.XX.XX:34374] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/XYZ.com/httpdocs/zzzz/wp-content/uploads/opsd_VjYHcdpTCSxKBeWWLyfe/2018/12/XYZ-pdf-207×300.jpg, referer: https://XYZ.com/zzzz/wp-admin/admin.php?page=opsd-files&tab=add-files

Hello Katie. It appears to be working correctly now. But I did not see dateAdded in the list of options. Is there a more complete list of options somewhere?

Thanks a lot
Andrew

Thank you very much Oguz.

Wonderful – that seems to have worked. Thank you!

Sorry. I must have been tired when putting this form together. I believe that I chose the text field option instead of the textarea option. My apologies for wasting everyone’s time.

The matter is now solved.
Andrew