Suppress appearance of download count to site users

  • Resolved projecttoday

    (@projecttoday)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    I have a WordPress site with a Download Monitor download link in it. The download link works. A count of the downloads thus far appears in the link itself. I need to get the download count, however I would prefer that the users of the site not see the count. Is there any way I can suppress showing the users the count but still get the count myself?

    The short code is:

    [download id=”324″]? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by projecttoday.
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  • Plugin Contributor Barry Kooij

    (@barrykooij)

    Hey,

    You can change the content template that is used to display the download link in different ways: https://www.download-monitor.com/kb/content-templates/

    Kind Regards,

    Barry Kooij

    Thread Starter projecttoday

    (@projecttoday)

    Thank you. But is it even possbile to suppress the appearance of the download count on the website itself and still be possible for me to get the download count? I am a newbie with this sort of code. This is the actual download code (it contains 2 links):

    <a href=https://cronapacific.com/SELMS-setup.zip download style="text-decoration: underline;">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A .ZIP FILE</a> ? ? ? ? <a href=https://cronapacific.com/SELMS-setup.exe download>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AN .EXE FILE</a>

    Plugin Contributor Barry Kooij

    (@barrykooij)

    Hey,

    It’s possible but not like that. With that setup you’re linking directly to the files, which prevents Download Monitor from handling the file. Replace the URL in your links to the /download/ URLS. You can find the download URL in the Download Information box (top right) when you edit a download.

    Thread Starter projecttoday

    (@projecttoday)

    I changed the above to

    ?<a href=https://cronapacific.com/filedownload/324/ download style="text-decoration: underline;">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A .ZIP FILE</a> ? ? ? ? <a href=https://cronapacific.com/SELMS-setup.exe download>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AN .EXE FILE</a>

    Notice the ‘324’. This is for the zip file (only). It works but you can still see the download count on the website. What to do?

    Plugin Contributor Barry Kooij

    (@barrykooij)

    What exactly are you doing? Are you overriding one of the template files? If so, which one?

    Thread Starter projecttoday

    (@projecttoday)

    I’ve changed the code that creates the link.

    I’m sorry. I don’t know what you mean by template file.

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