10 Best Shared Files Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Shared Files sits at #6 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 Shared Files
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Lana Downloads Manager
Closest match5.0 (16) 3,000+ active installsDownloadable files management system
#9 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated December 15, 2025.
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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. About half the installs, last updated 29 days ago.
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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 20 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 25 times the installs, last updated 17 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 1.5 times the installs, last updated 7 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. A similar number of installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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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 2.3 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard
Paid version available4.9 (27) 30,000+ active installsDownload installed plugins and themes in ZIP files directly from your WordPress admin dashboard, download any or all without FTP or cPanel access.
#4 in the WordPress.org Download Manager Plugins ranking. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
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4.5 (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 15 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.
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User Private Files – WordPress File Sharing Plugin
4.4 (57) 1,000+ active installsA secure file share plugin for WordPress. Upload files to your clients and let clients securely upload files back to you.
Shares the download manager, file sharing, file upload tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
Shared Files 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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Shared Files vs Lana Downloads Manager4,000+ vs 3,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 5.0
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Shared Files vs Simple Download Counter4,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.9
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Shared Files vs Download Monitor4,000+ vs 80,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.5
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Shared Files vs Download Manager4,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.1
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Shared Files vs Download Manager Addons for Elementor4,000+ vs 6,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 2.2
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Shared Files vs Editor Blocks by Download Manager4,000+ vs 5,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 5.0
Switching from Shared Files: common questions
What is the best alternative to Shared Files?
Lana Downloads Manager is the closest match: it shares the Download Manager Plugins top 10 with Shared Files and has 3,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Shared Files alternative has the most users?
Download Manager, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Shared Files 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 Shared Files 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 Shared Files 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 Shared Files 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
Lana Downloads Manager is the closest match to Shared Files by the data we track, and Download Manager has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. User Private Files shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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