Download Attachments
Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. It allows you to easily add and display download links in any post or page.
4.5(46 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Download Attachments is a WordPress file plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 46 reviews. It has been downloaded 218K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.0.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 49% this week. Top alternative: Theme Editor.
4.5/546 reviews
9.0K+active installs
218K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. Instead of bloated interface it enables simple, drag & drop and AJAX driven metabox where you can insert and manage your Media Library files and automatically or manually display them after, before or inside posts content.
For more information, check out plugin page at dFactory site.
Features include:
- Automatic or manual download links display
- Select post types where Download Attachments should be used
- Select list, table or sortable, dynamic table display style
- Downloads count
- Advanced attachments sorting
- Most Downloaded Attachments widget
- Drag & drop files ordering
- Based on Media Library attachments
- Easy customisation of Frontend & Backend display
- Pretty URLs for download links
- Encrypt URLs by default …
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Ratings & Reviews
4.546 reviews
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Recent Reviews
100000% working
by Shwepps·1 year ago
100000% working!! exactly what i was looking for!
Great
by christian1979·5 years ago·1 reply
Works good. No probelm
inexistent support
by Marco·5 years ago
i asked several time for support to fix their bug but no answers since weeks…
Good But No CDN
by George M·5 years ago
Good attachment management solution for WordPress. CDN support would make it perfect.
Warnings, doesn’t show on homepage
by sjiamnocna·6 years ago·1 reply
Hello,
the plugin produces these warnings, when used shortcode for the list.
Warning: Illegal string offset 'echo' in wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/shortcodes.php on line 66
Warning: Illegal string offset 'title' in wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/shortcodes.php on line 69
Warning: Cannot assign an empty string to a string offset in wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/shortcodes.php on line 69
Warning: Illegal string offset 'title' in wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/shortcodes.php on line 72And I have front page made of one most recent post. The list doesn’t show there and I couldn’t find any option that would enable it. Please fix.
Great idea and plugin. I will change the review, when improved. Thanks
Download Trends
Today: 80Yesterday: 202This week: 1KPeriod total: 15K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
44.9%
v1.2
32.3%
v1.4
22.7%
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Changelog
1.4.0
- New: Modernize the admin settings UI and refined settings screen structure.
- Tweak: Upgrade bundled DataTables assets to 2.3.7 with compatibility fixes.
- Tweak: Improve inline documentation in JavaScript source files.
- Tweak: Improved internal build workflow.
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