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Download Manager
A veteran file manager that relies on stellar support to stay relevant.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
Users praise the responsive support but some encounter performance issues and translation bugs.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.1★
1,001 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+35%
Growing fast
682 → 918 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +35% in the last year
682/day a year ago→918/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWordPress Download Manager is a well-regarded, long-standing download management plugin praised heavily for its responsive support, though a minor translation maintenance burden and a performance concern with a newer theme have been noted.
What people like
- +Support is consistently praised as fast, responsive, and helpful — even for free-tier users×11
- +Plugin is feature-rich and highly customizable, supporting shortcodes, add-ons, and custom templates×3
- +Active development with bugs addressed promptly in subsequent updates×2
- +Long track record of steady improvement over many years×2
Common complaints
- −Translation files are overwritten on each update, requiring users to manually re-upload their custom translations after every update
- −The newly added Glassmorphism Card theme noticeably slows down page load speed
- −Translation strings contain errors (e.g. incorrect placeholder syntax in page-template-default.php)
- −Full feature set requires the Pro (paid) version
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,001 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Kudos to the DM teamgorkova
- 2026-04-30★★★★★Great support!Fred
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Amazing plugin, helpdesk even betterpurepixels
- 2026-03-31★★★★★Great Supportjds2mpo
- 2026-03-30★★★★★GüzelFurkan Özden
- 2026-03-25★★★★★Test reCAPTCHA Integration non funzionacesare1360
- 2026-03-08★★★★★Really helpful supportvickyh
- 2026-02-17★★★★★Helpful supportfinntown
- 2026-02-16★★★★★Great support!bissy
- 2026-02-11★★★★★Great Plugin with great support!splendorcom
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
708
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
976
Prior 7-day baseline
1,218
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,285
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,494
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-27.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+88%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.66 → 4.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered