PDFs not protected any longer

[Paul]

Hi guys,

I have a couple of PDF-Files that need to be protected from external access. Thus I activated the protection for each file at the end of its backend page.

However the protection doesn’t work any more (I am a 100% sure it did in the past). Files are shown without any protection, whenever I access them directly through their URL-path.

Protection of posts works as it did in the past.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Best
Paul

[admin]

Hi, This plugin is not for protecting static files (like PDF files) directly. Usually users use a download manager type plugin to handle the static files on their site. Alternatively, you can create a folder with .htaccess file to protect your static files.

It is likely that you had another plugin or .htaccess rules on the site that was protecting those static files before.

A download manager type plugin lets you create download items with your static files. Then it can offer additional controls to those download items.

Some users prefer to use amazon S3 for the static files.

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