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Download Plugin — WordPress Download Manager Plugin

by Metagauss · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.4.6 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 5.6+

Download Plugin has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,129,455 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 27, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Download Plugin at a glance

Active installs
60,000+
Total downloads
1,129,455
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Download Plugin well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
Languages
1
translated 90%+ on translate.wordpress.org, 208 locales in progress
One-star reviews
8%
2 of 25 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Just activate this plugin
  • You can see Download link below each plugin name on plugins page
  • Click on any of them and that plugin’s zip will be downloaded to your computer

Download Plugin reviews and ratings

25 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.5 out of 5

25 reviews

5★
21
4★
0
3★
1
2★
1
1★
2

  • It does exactly what it says in the tin

    So far, I have used this plugin to download a bulk of plugins and it did it flawlessly. Tested also the bulk uploader and it is working as intended. Perfect for my user case as I have to create multiple instances of WordPress and have different sets of plugins to run. A great tool that does its job.

    danielepais

  • Great plugin

    Yes I'm a real person and not a bot. This plugin saves me a lot of time, and always works. Thank you

    Leads Koala

  • Useful plugin to take quick backup.

    I am glad that I have this plugin because I take a quick backup without downloading using FTP or cPanel.

    ssaurabhsaini

  • Nice - multiple download and upload plugins

    Please fix on Theme download; in downloaded zip, theme files are not inside theme folder. Thanks

    indrayn

  • Good plugin but recent update is dumb

    Good plugin, does what you expect. I'd rate higher BUT - the most recent version (1.5.1) is stupid. Adding features nobody wants. Little images to your plugins, making it display less per screen, and often breaks the styling of the page shifting elements behind the dashboard menu. EDIT: Now they're advertising other completely unrelated plugins inside my dashboard.. GTFO - 1 star

    dilusionz

  • Great Plugin and idea

    Very helpful for collaborating with plugin developers and testing on different environments.

    Josh Journey

Where Download Plugin ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Download Plugin appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Download Manager Plugins #3 by tag, #6 in search #3 –

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Details

Download any plugin from your WordPress admin panel's Plugins page by just one click! Now, download themes, users, blog posts, pages, custom post …

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

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More from Metagauss

Version
2.4.6
Last updated
Jul 27, 2026
First published
Mar 1, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.8
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Download Plugin FAQ

What does Download Plugin do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Download Plugin offers Just activate this plugin, You can see Download link below each plugin name on plugins page and Click on any of them and that plugin’s zip will be downloaded to your computer.

How many active installs does Download Plugin have?

WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs for Download Plugin as of September 7, 2026.

Is Download Plugin still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on July 27, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Does Download Plugin have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Download Plugin are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Download Plugin free?

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

Where does Download Plugin rank among Download Manager Plugins?

Download Plugin is #3 in the WordPress.org "download" ranking as of today.