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Download Monitor
Pure relief when your file downloads finally behave themselves.
HealthyGrowing
89/100
Reliable file management and helpful support make this a solid choice for users.
Active installs
~118,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.5★
522 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+49%
Growing fast
568 → 849 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 · +49% in the last year
568/day a year ago→849/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDownload Monitor is a well-regarded file download management plugin appreciated for its simplicity and reliability, though the available reviews offer little critical depth to surface any significant caveats.
What people like
- +Responsive and effective support team that resolves issues quickly×2
- +Simple and easy to use×3
- +Reliable and works as intended for managing and serving downloads×4
- +Offers security and access restriction options via server configuration and membership plugins
Common complaints
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.80★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 11%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 · 522 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Great Plugindylanscholtz
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Excellent support experience.lauragasnet82
- 2026-04-30★★★★★Exceptional Supportangebru04
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Soporte excepcional y plugin muy recomendablemecanova1-shot
- 2026-04-14★★★★★Un plugin sencillo y excelentemlsaura
- 2026-03-15★★★★★Veel mogelijkheden, wel even de tijd nemenLouis Friederichs
- 2026-02-19★★★★★Plugin gratuit et performant.BONNET
- 2025-12-02★★★★★Fastest at releasing OBR documentstufty
- 2025-11-12★★★★★Excellent Pluginsmb55641-shot
- 2025-11-07★★★★★The bestalvaroguerra
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.
877
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
831
Prior 7-day baseline
840
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
15,319
Mean release-day peak (30d)
867
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.5%
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.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+17%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.78 → 4.80★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered