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Download Manager

Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026

100,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.1

out of 5, from 1,007 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

66.7%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Download Manager and who is behind it?

Download Manager is a WordPress plugin in the “Shop” field, made by Shahjada. It has been listed in the directory since 10 Feb 2010, so for 16 years. It is the only plugin by Shahjada with at least 10,000 installs. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 7 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:

“This File Management & Digital Store plugin will help you to control file downloads & sell digital products from your WP site.”

Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026

When was Download Manager last released?

The last release of Download Manager came 7 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Each dot is a plugin in the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group, placed horizontally by days since its last release, on a logarithmic scale. The dashed line marks 365 days.

How many installs does Download Manager have?

Download Manager had 100,000 to 199,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 219 plugins had a higher band and 179 plugins the same band.

The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 100,000 means at least 100,000 and at most 199,999.

Which WordPress version is Download Manager tested with?

No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.

How does Download Manager compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 25.8% of them had a more recent last release than Download Manager; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

Figure	Download Manager	Group, 399 plugins
Days since the last release	7	median 12
Rating	4.1 (1,007)	median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved	66.7%	68.2%
Tested up to	7.1	47.6% on 7.1
Requires PHP	not stated	most often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slug	`download-manager`
Author	Shahjada
Active installs	100,000 to 199,999
Last release	7 days before the reference date
Tested up to	WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress	5.3
Requires PHP	not stated
Rating	4.1 out of 5 from 1,007 ratings
Support threads, two months	2 of 3 marked resolved
Listed since	10 Feb 2010
Total downloads	11,396,056, updates included
Tags	digital-store, document-management, download-manager, ecommerce, file-manager

Tag	Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag	Rank by installs	Median days since release
digital-store	3	1	14
document-management	2	1	11
download-manager	2	1	11
ecommerce	35	5	15
file-manager	11	4	14

Class of 2010

Download Manager has been listed since 10 Feb 2010. Of the 77 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2010, 80.5% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.

Plugin	Active installs	Last release	Rating
Advanced File Manager	100,000 to 199,999	15 days before the reference date	4.8 (438)
File Manager Pro	100,000 to 199,999	5 days before the reference date	4.9 (152)
FileBird	200,000 to 299,999	6 days before the reference date	4.7 (1,120)
FileOrganizer	200,000 to 299,999	79 days before the reference date	4.8 (48)
Mailchimp for WooCommerce	200,000 to 299,999	21 days before the reference date	4.0 (725)
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce	100,000 to 199,999	4 days before the reference date	3.9 (692)
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce	100,000 to 199,999	39 days before the reference date	3.5 (70)
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content	100,000 to 199,999	2 days before the reference date	3.1 (937)

Do you maintain Download Manager?

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How to cite

hafenstudios (2026): Download Manager, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/download-manager/

Source and status

All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.

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