10 Best Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard sits at #4 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard
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Download Plugin
Closest match4.5 (25) 60,000+ active installsDownload any plugin from your WordPress admin panel's Plugins page by just one click! Now, download themes, users, blog posts, pages, custom post …
#3 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.
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4.0 (28) 9,000+ active installsEasy Media Download allows you to embed download buttons on your WordPress site. Add file download functionality with this WordPress download plugin.
#8 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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5.0 (16) 3,000+ active installsDownloadable files management system
#9 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. 3,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated December 15, 2025.
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Download Monitor
Paid version available4.5 (524) 80,000+ active installsPowerful Download Manager Plugin for WordPress
#2 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About 2.7 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Download Manager
Paid version available4.1 (1,007) 100,000+ active installsThis File Management & Digital Store plugin will help you to control file downloads & sell digital products from your WP site.
#1 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager
4.4 (34) 4,000+ active installsFile management plugin featuring file upload, download manager, statistics and download log.
#6 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. 4,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (1) 5,000+ active installsEditor Blocks by Download Manager is the collection of beautiful ready-to-use custom blocks for the new Gutenberg block editor.
#5 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. 5,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 7 days ago.
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2.2 (5) 6,000+ active installsDownload Manager Addons for Elementor
#7 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.9 (19) 2,000+ active installsSimply counts the number of times your files are downloaded. Display download links and counts using shortcodes.
#10 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 29 days ago.
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4.0 (37) 3,000+ active installsAdds a simple download manager to your WordPress blog.
Shares the download tag on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 14 days ago.
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Download Plugin30,000+ vs 60,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.5
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Easy Media Download30,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.0
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Lana Downloads Manager30,000+ vs 3,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 5.0
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Download Monitor30,000+ vs 80,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.5
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Download Manager30,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.1
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard vs Shared Files30,000+ vs 4,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.4
Switching from Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard: common questions
What is the best alternative to Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard?
Download Plugin is the closest match: it shares the Download Manager Plugins top 10 with Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard alternative has the most users?
Download Manager, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard alternative is rated highest?
Download Monitor, rated 4.5 out of 5 by 524 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Download Plugin is the closest match to Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard by the data we track, and Download Manager has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Download Monitor shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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