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Hi again,
this addon does cost 40$, but I could convince my customer to buy it. Now I tried it out but it does not seem to work, even after playing around with some settings.
(When I paste the direct file path link in the browser adress bar, the file still shows up.)Should I contact the support of the Download Monitor Plugin, or can you help me with this?
Kind regards
I forgot to say, one function which would be awesome, is that one could also protect existing files. So I would not have to reupload the files I want to protect.
Hi, thank you for the suggestion, but sadly this pluguin also does not protect the link.
I will try to explain more precisely what I mean by that:
I have a file “test.pdf” which I want to upload to the wordpress site and maybe link the file or show a preview (iframe) of the file on some membership protected page. The main Problem is that when I upload the file using WordPress Media site, it has a permanent link like “https://www.my-website.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/test.pdf”. If anyone types this link in their browser, they can directly access the pdf without needing to login.
The Usage of “Simple Download Monitor” did not change that behaviour.Though, after hours of searching through available plugins I just found a small plugin (MCM Protected File View) which does work somehow, but on a very basic level. Problem with it is, that it can only track if users are logged in or not (so I cannot give access based on user roles). Also the file uploaded through the plugin is not integrated in the WP Media section.
I would still be intrigued in a better solution, but the MCM plugin is will suffice if there is no other option.
