WP Downloader
Allows to download plugins and themes installed on your site as a zip package, ready to install on another site.
4.6(12 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Downloader is a WordPress zip plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 52K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: BackUpWordPress.
4.6/512 reviews
2.0K+active installs
52K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Features
- displays a ‘Download’ link for
- all installed plugins (in action links on ‘Plugins’ page)
- all installed themes (on ‘Appearance’ page, also in wordpress 3.8 or higher)
Idea
I wrote this plugin to simplify and improve code downloading when developing on a playground with contributors. With this plugin you can get complete package with other plugin or theme you are working on in one click. You can also use it to share your code with someone without downloading it via ftp, manually zipping and then sending it in e-mail or uploading the package back to your server or anything else… just tell him to click the link!
There are some other methods for this, there are advanced plugins which has such a feature to download other plugins, but I hop…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Big Thanks!
by impact37·2 years ago
Still works Jan 2024. Thanks a lot.
Yes still works
by Marat Nepomnyashy·6 years ago
I successfully downloaded a theme installed onto WordPress 5.1.1 using this plugin.
Still works perfectly
by Philipp Bammes·7 years ago
I needed to download plugins and themes from a website I didn’t had SSH/FTP access to. This little plugin helped me a lot and got the job done flawlessly.
Perfect Tool
by guidonhcolcombr·8 years ago
Even when it seems outdated this Plugin does what it should do even 3 years without update. its far better and reliable then most other similar plugins claiming have the same functions. Highly recommended from someone who works professional with wordpress.
Works great!
by Tapan·9 years ago
Works great!
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 2This week: 28Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0
- Added hack to display download links on the new themes page (wordpress 3.8 or higher)
- Few improvements in the code
Contributors
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