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Today i was thinking about a nice little plugin that be could very useful: a download counter for WordPress media. I took a look on the internet and didn’t find what i was looking for, so i decided to do it myself. What i was thinking about was pretty simple: count downloads for media that are listed in the wordpress library and provide two shortcodes: the first one to display the download link, and the second one to display the number of times a media was downloaded.
So basically, the plugin offers these two shortcodes, and to make it a bit more useful i added a field in the edit media page, where you can manually modify the downloads value.
Here are the shortcodes to use:
- (edmc id=”xx”)Download the file(/edmc) - Link to download the file
- (edmc_show id=”xx” - Returns the sentence “Downloads: xx”
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A little bug has been fixed thanks to Cosmin Popovici
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June 10 2012: Version 1.1
- Added downloads column in media library
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2012-06-06 13:47:35
Dear Remi,
Thanks a lot for offering this plugin for free.
However I do wonder if it’s possible to let it count a link that doesn’t refer to a downloadable item. I’ve tried it by adding the ?edmc=xx to a page link, but upon clicking it will give a message to download a 0 byte file.
What I would like is to just have visitors click a link on my site, go to the direction that link is pointing. But being able to post a counter as to how many people have clicked that link before them.
Looking forward to hear from you,
Regards,
Kasper
2012-06-06 14:03:25
Hi, nop the plugin does not do that, but i already created a plugin that does that and much more ! http://codecanyon.net/item/easy-links-monitor-advertorial-links-statistics/1778730?ref=corsonr
2012-06-13 03:37:59
Hi, Remi:
I first must admit being rather new to WP so please bear with me on this. I wanted to try this but I’m missing something about how to write it in. You say to use the unique media ID, but I have no idea what that is. I’ve looked everywhere and find no Media ID field, so I’m not getting something here….
2012-06-13 08:28:29
Hi Dave ! No worry! Ok, first of all you have to understand that every media in WordPress as a unique identifier in the database. It’s a number that is auto incremented each time a new media is added. It’s the same for post, page etc… You find this unique ID there are several methods, but the easiest is to go on the media page in the administration, and edit the media you want to find the ID.
When you are on the edit page, just have a look on the URL. It should be something like that:
http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/media.php?attachment_id=532&action=edit
There are two parameters, and the one we need is: attachment_id. Here its value is 532. This is the value you have to use in your shortcode!
Let me know if you manage to do it!
2012-06-13 21:15:24
Coolio! It’s gonna be a few days but that is what I think I need to know. I’ll get back in a few.
Thanks.
2012-06-16 21:06:23
OK, I went to the admin>medialibrary and pressed the magically appearing “edit” button and got the window with all the information and the url says:
http://localhost:8888/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/01-Yertle-the-Turtle.mp3
(Yes, the Suess story), but no id#.
Any ideas?
dr
2012-06-17 09:06:13
Dave, i’m talking about the page url, not the file url, have a look here: http://d.pr/i/2GX5
2012-06-27 09:34:29
Thanks a lot,
it works simple. http://www.mo-ment.de/typomas-zum-download/
In the wordpress-plugin-site I missed the end tag for the url shortcode, I found it here.
thx
mo
2012-06-28 08:30:52
Thanks Mo to share a plugin live preview !
2012-07-06 07:09:27
Crazy. Download does not work yet. Every file, I downloaded with your plugin, is broken with 1,5 KB only. Whats to to?
2012-07-06 08:09:32
that’s weird. Can you please try deactivate all plugins except this one and see if it’s working? i don’t have this issue.
2012-07-10 10:30:40
No, this try failed. No Change. I need a different link structure.
this Link does not work: http://www.mo-ment.de/?edmc=1484
also not http://www.mo-ment.de/wordpress/?edmc=1484
every time only download of the name (? 1,5KB), not the file.
only http://www.mo-ment.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/typomass_mo-ment1.pdf works.
I have to deactivate your plugin, sorry, no counter yet.
2012-07-10 10:34:11
Did you check your server CHMOD? It seems that the content of your file can’t be inserted in the file to download. Can you confirm that the repo is writable?
2012-07-10 10:36:22
I am using the plugin with wordpress 3.4.1 and it’s working: http://remicorson.com/?edmc=834
2012-07-10 11:28:57
OK, it crashed since I have 3.4.
I try to update, asap.
mo
2012-07-10 11:58:56
ok, let me know!
2012-07-10 12:12:35
3.4.1. no change
Can you confirm that the repo is writable?
What do you mean “repo” ? :-/
2012-07-10 12:39:44
the directory, the folder; sorry mate! 
2012-07-10 13:54:02
Sorry, which one folder I mean?
2012-07-10 13:56:36
The folder that contains the plugin, and if needed the folders above.
2012-07-10 14:01:50
I give up.
content / plugins / your Plugin / and all files are writable … nothing .
2012-07-10 14:04:11
that’s weird, it’s working on many other websites…
2012-07-10 14:16:13
I bet, it works when I installed this first time. I dont know, where the probleme is come from, because I changed nothing. (I installed under WP 3.4)
grrrmpff
2012-07-10 17:18:15
Ahhh. It works with images (JPEG) but no PDF-file.
Idea?
2012-07-10 17:26:09
not yet, but i’m going to investigate !
2012-09-21 11:34:57
Hi Rémi, I am having the same problems as mo has. The counter worked when I established the link. Then, one day, I got alerted that the file was corrupt. I checked and the download dialog box displayed that the file to download was 0 kb in size.
2012-09-21 11:48:45
Hi, what kind of files ? It seems that its working well with JPEG and GIF but not with PDF, do you confirm ?
2012-10-05 14:54:16
I tried to monitor downloads of pdf files only, so I can confirm the malfunction of those only.
2012-10-05 15:54:39
Thanks Jan for the heads up !
2012-10-02 23:37:32
I believe i’ve found the code of the corrupted file some people are reporting.
It is happening because you are getting the file path (physical) using wp_upload_dir()( http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_upload_dir) and this returns the path including the current month (when this option is configured on the backoffice).
So if you uploaded the file last month (09) the download will work until the month rolls over.
When you upload the file, it would be stored on …/wp-content/uploads/2012/09
In october it will stop working since the download folder will become …/wp-content/uploads/2012/10
If you look at the content of the corrupt file you will see something like
Some real path ommited
Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for [WP ROOT FOLDER]wwwroot/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MYFILE.ZIP in [WP ROOT FOLDER]wwwroot\wp-content\plugins\easy-download-media-counter\easy-download-media-counter.php on line 137
Warning: readfile([WP ROOT FOLDER]wwwroot/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MYFILE.ZIP) [function.readfile]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [WP ROOT FOLDER]wwwroot\wp-content\plugins\easy-download-media-counter\easy-download-media-counter.php on line 139
So this is the cause, the fix i’m not sure if it’s that simple
I’m not versed on wordpres, but the file path seems to be available as part of the media, so perhaps a redirect could be used to the “real” path or check if this option is enabled and deduce from the “real path” the month
2012-10-03 08:59:28
Thanks for the heads up, i’ll send a new version with a patch asap. Maybe next week.
2012-10-03 03:52:28
Hey Rémi,
I’m having the same issue too.
At first it worked great, but then I replaced the file with a FTP with a new version and I started having the same issue as Jan and mo.
The file is a zip. The only change was replacing the file. Direct download (trough …wp-content/uploads/… URL) works fine.
I initially uploaded the file with WP, then replaced it via FTP (because it’s a fairly large file) – it worked fine, but stopped working when I replaced it again recently. Nothing else was changed (on WP or the server; the filename is the same), just the file contents.
2012-10-03 08:58:45
Ok, i’m going to see what’s going on release an update. Thanks for the heads up!
2012-11-05 00:06:15
The plugin is not working maybe i am doing something wrong here
[edmc id='1']The Debian Chip Descargar[/edmc] [edmc_show id='1']
the counter works but shows a “() ” at the end but the file linked to the text dont download properly (boken download) please a fix!!!
2012-11-05 10:35:04
Hi, it’s because you are not using the plugin as you should. The way you insert the shortcode isn’t good. Simply use the shortcode without any “a” tag, it’s automatically inserted. Please read the documentation.
2012-11-10 13:56:41
Hi Rémy,
In my website I manage mp3 files that can’t be uploaded by the WordPress system because are too large (25 Mb or more). So, they have not id number. Could be another way to use your plugin?
Thanks,
Eduardo
2012-11-10 14:45:22
I am afraid that without ID, you wont be able to use the plugin.
2012-11-10 14:51:14
Well, thanks anyway.
2013-02-03 20:05:16
I have the same problem with downloads it give me 0kb file.
When you will release the update?
Here is a live preview of the problem:
http://wallpaperevo.com/2013/01/2014-chevrolet-corvette-wallpaper/
click on “Download Wallpaper” and you will get only 0kb JPG.
Regards.
2013-02-05 10:51:29
I just fixed it in version 1.2
2013-04-02 12:44:40
It’s not fixed, it still fails with 0-byte files.
WordPress folders chmod: 755
Files chmod: 644
Owner : www-data
Trying to get a file with spaces in the name fails with 0-bytes (empty file), i.e. “My Awesome File.jpg”. If checking with file_exists(), you can see it will return FALSE.
2013-05-10 12:46:56
Hey Rémy, tank you for this plugin! Can you tell me one thing? The shortcode ID . ‘”]’ ) ?> shows me the numbers of downloads, right? But it also shows me the type of media – and i don’t want that. Wher to modify your plugin, to hide this information? I show the mediatype on an other place…
Can you please tell me? Thanks a lot for your plugin and the answer!
Best reguards!
2013-05-10 12:55:03
hi, it’s on line 90 in easy-download-media-counter.php
