Quick Download Button
Add stylish download buttons to any post or page — 7 styles, countdown, popup modal, access control. Gutenberg block and shortcode.
4.6(12 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Quick Download Button is a WordPress file download plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 40K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 45% this week. Top alternative: Subscribe to Download Lite – Email….
4.6/512 reviews
2.0K+active installs
40K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Quick Download Button lets you add professional download buttons anywhere on your WordPress site with minimal effort. Whether you are sharing PDFs, music, software, videos, or archives, every aspect of the button — style, colour, icon, countdown, and access rules — is controlled from a clean settings panel or a single shortcode.
Seven button styles
- Large — full-width panel with prominent icon area
- Mid — compact horizontal layout
- Small — minimal inline style
- Basic — clean, no-frills button
- Pill — modern rounded pill shape
- Card — elevated card with a panel background
- Ghost — outlined transparent style
Countdown timer and popup modal
Set a wait time in seconds before the download starts. During the countdown an animated spinner and optional message keep the visitor informed.
Add a popup mo…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
LOVE THIS!!! Exactly what I was looking for.
by sretacm·1 year ago
I found this on youtube but the link provided didnt work, wow, did I get lucky after finding this. The timer before download is what I was looking for, as well as the ability for only subscribers to download, love this plugin – works perfectly with my site.
Excellently simple
by sandswimmer·2 years ago
I just wanted a simple download button for PDF’s with no bells attached. This plugin is perfect and you can give it some basic customisations like background colour + file size (just read through the author’s note in the plugin description).
Excellent
by bode2001·2 years ago
I had looked at other download buttons, but nobody provided straightforward advice on how to install them. Very pleased with this. Use the insert link button in the short description page, then edit it with this text:
[quick_download_button title=”Download” url=”h***s://yourwebsite/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/yourfile.pdf”]
You will get the location of your chosen file in your media upload page.
Thanks!
The most favourite button
by thanujan2410·2 years ago
This button exceeds my expectations and perfectly satisfies my site requirements. Additionally, the developer offers excellent support.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by thanujan2410.
File name, extensione and no animations
by pizienolamitica·3 years ago
Very great plugin but me and my friends need 3 big upgrades:
- Please, insert the possibility to show/hide the original file’s name
- Insert the possibility to show/hide also the extensione in the file’s name
- Insert the possibility to show/hide the animation when the mouse pass over the download block
Thanks and have a nice day
- This topic was modified 3 years ago by pizienolamitica.
Download Trends
Today: 17Yesterday: 24This week: 179Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
67.3%
v1.3
30.0%
v1.0
2.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.0 – March 2025
- New: Three additional button styles — Pill, Card, and Ghost — joining the original Large, Mid, Small, and Basic.
- New: Button Row block (Gutenberg) and
[quick_download_button_group]shortcode — arrange multiple buttons horizontally or stacked, with gap and alignment controls and an optional stack-on-mobile mode. - New: Popup modal during countdown — display ads, custom HTML, shortcodes, or any embed code in an overlay modal while the timer counts down. Configured via an enclosed shortcode or a textarea in the block editor.
- New: Popup closable control — choose whether visitors can dismiss the popup early (close button, overlay click, Escape key) or whether it stays until the download fires. Default: closable.
- New: Manual file size — override auto-detected file size with any text, or set a file size for external URLs where auto-detection is not possible.
…and 7 more changes
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