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Advanced Settings

DLM – Advanced Settings

by Razvan Aldea · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.4 Tested up to WP 6.8.8 PHP 7.4+

Advanced Settings has fewer than 10 active installs on WordPress.org and 1,584 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 10, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Advanced Settings at a glance

Active installs
fewer than 10
Total downloads
1,584
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Settings well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • hide upsells notifications and elements in the admin settings pages
  • hide the meta that consists of Download Monitor plugin version
  • disable the Reports
  • disable XHR downloading
  • add custom 404 redirect
  • add custom Download placeholder image URL
  • modify the Reports server limits ( if you have any problems with the Reports not being displayed a possible problem might be your server’s lack of resources.…
  • upon deleting a Download get possibility to also delete its files
  • Allow Proxy IP Override ( original a setting from Download Monitor, this has been removed starting with version 4.9.1 )
  • Enable X-Accel-Redirect / X-Sendfile ( original a setting from Download Monitor, this has been removed starting with version 4.9.1 )
  • Enable Hotlink protection ( original a setting from Download Monitor, this has been removed starting with version 4.9.1 )
  • get possibility to remove the timestamp from the download link ( the tmstv parameter ). Disabling this might have some unwanted effect on sites that use cached…

Details

Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking downloads and displaying links.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • advanced settings
  • download monitor
  • download monitor filters
  • filters
  • hooks

More from Razvan Aldea

Version
1.0.4
Last updated
Jul 10, 2025
First published
Jan 19, 2024
Requires WordPress
5.4
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4
Requires plugins
Download Monitor
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Settings FAQ

What does Advanced Settings do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Settings offers hide upsells notifications and elements in the admin settings pages, hide the meta that consists of Download Monitor plugin version, disable the Reports, disable XHR downloading and add custom 404 redirect.

How many active installs does Advanced Settings have?

WordPress.org reports fewer than 10 active installs for Advanced Settings as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Settings still maintained?

The last release was on July 10, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Advanced Settings free?

Advanced Settings is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.