Recently I have designed a new wordpress theme FreshBrown. After publishing it for users, I was looking for a way to track the number of downloads of this theme. While searching for it on Google, I came across a Wordpress plugin Wordpress Download Monitor and fell in love with this plugin. It’s an awesome plugin which gives you the number of downloads of the files along with the IP address of the user who downloaded the file.
Wordpress Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking download hits and displaying links.
Features of Wordpress Download Monitor
- NEW: Built in Download Page function with built in sorting, pagination, and search. This was going to be a paid addon but i’m too nice – so please donate if you use it!
- Records file download hits but does **not** count downloads by wordpress admin users.
- Stats on downloads and a download log for viewing who downloaded when.
- Uses shortcodes (backward compatible with old [Download id not defined] style).
- Editor button – upload and add a download stright from a post.
- Custom redirects to downloads.
- Add downloads to text widgets, the content, excerpts, and custom fields.
- Mirror support (selected at random) + mirror deadlink checker
- Download Categories.
- Member only downloads, can also have a minimum user level using custom fields.
- Localization support.
- Admin for managing downloads and also changing hit counts – just in case you change servers or import old downloads that already have stats.
- Custom URL’s/URL hider using mod_rewrite.
Installation Instructions
Follow the steps given below to install and configure this plugin on your wordpress blog.
- First download and install Wordpress Download Monitor plugin and activate it from your wordpress dashboard.
- After activating the plugin, you will see a new Downloads tab on the left hand side of your dashboard.
Wordpress Download Monitor
- Now upload a new file for which you want to track number of downloads from Downloads menu by clicking on Add New link. You can also use existing file by using Add Existing link.
Upload a new file
- From the configuration menu, you can set Download categories, Custom Output Formats, Custom Download URL and General Options.
- Go to Configuration and then Custom Output Format and type in the custom output format for your downloads. I’m going to use the following output for my downloads
<a href="{url}" title="Downloaded {hits} times">{title}</a> - {description}You can use custom output according to your requirements by using the tags given.
Custom Output Format
- Now go to General Options and chose your default output format that you just created.
Default Output Format
- Now comes the main step. Go to post editor and click on Add Download link.
Add Download
- Now insert the file into your post.
Insert the file into post
That’s all. Now you can track the downloads for your files from your dashboard only.
Link : Download “Wordpress Download Monitor plugin”
Another Method to Track Download Hits
If you don’t want to use any plugin to track the download hits, then simply upload your files to Mediafire and get a share link for your files from there. Mediafire provides download statistics for all the files. This is the simplest method that I use most of the times 
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Good plugin to track downloads.
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I think this plugin can help us
I have been using this plugin for months now and my downloads are getting great response. I offer many downloads ranging from ebooks, plr articles, thesis tutorials, images and wordpress.
This plugin can be used for any type of file and you can also make the downloads for members only.
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A very nice feature making WordPress more powerful CMS
Love to be part of WP ! 
p.s. btw thanks for the comment on my blog and hey did that service worked for you ?
I tried putting it to use but since yesterday any popups for either adding images and now for adding downloads using this. What wordpress version are you using by the way?
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I’m using Wordpress 2.9.1 Hey I didn’t understand what you want to say :-0 Can you explain in detail ?
This is what happens to me when I click the arrow in the create new post area.
http://i50.tinypic.com/vmu59y.jpg
How do I fix this? Am using Wordpress 2.9.1 as well.
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Dude you following all the steps given here or performing a step at your own ? Coz if you do it as given here you shouldn’t face this problem as its working fine for me..!!
Do let me know what you actually did after installing this pugin ?
I did the same steps you mentioned. And weirdly so, its coming fine when I use the editor area for the downloads but not the arrow pointing downwards. Bizarre.
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OK do one thing uninstall this plugin and install it again. Before configuring this plugin check the posts area, if it opens then simply do the given settings
Let me know if it works.
Ok let me give it another go. Thanks
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Nope, still not working. Guess I would have to do it the different way then. And I think it would work too.
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I am also using the same plugin to track my downloads. It is great plugin.
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Thanks for the info friend.
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Really this plugin very nice and you have described very clearly with screen shots.
Thanks for sharing my friend
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Nice Plugin , thanks for sharing
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I think this is just what I may have been looking for to use on a new project I have been working on. I’m going to go and give it a shot right now.
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