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Download Plugin

by Metagauss

Version: 2.3.1

Description

Download Plugin for WordPress

Download Plugin can easily download plugins, themes, users, blog posts, pages, comments, attachments, and more directly from your WordPress dashboard. Download Plugin can also download data from any plugin that uses custom post types, including WooCommerce products, Easy Digital Downloads, Portfolio Post Types, Slider Revolution, bbPress, WP Job Manager, JetPack, and many more.

Download Plugins: A download button is placed beside each plugin, allowing you to download the plugin in a zip file format. You can also select multiple plugins and use the bulk download option to download all selected plugins with a single click.

Download Themes: Similar to plugins, a download button is placed beside each theme in your WordPress dashboard. You can download themes in a zip file format.

Download Users: With the Download Plugin, you can download individual user data or multiple users’ metadata in a CSV file format. This feature simplifies user data management, allowing easy download and save user information.

Download Blog Posts: Export blog posts individually or in bulk with just a click. Download Plugin allows you to download blog posts in a CSV format for backup or migration purposes.

Download Pages: Download single or multiple pages from your WordPress site. This feature is perfect for backing up your content or transferring pages between sites.

Download Custom Posts: Download data from plugin that use custom post types. Download single custom post or a bulk download of multiple posts.

Download Comments: Download comments either individually or in bulk. Save user feedback and engagement safely.

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.
Cheers!

Must-have utility plugin that allows you to download any plugin directly from WordPress Dashboard!

WordPress download plugin is a utility plugin that does one thing, and does it perfectly. It may sound simple, but this feature plugs a hole in current set of WordPress plugin functionality. As a site admin you must be aware that you can search and install WordPress plugins directly from the dashboard, or you can upload the plugin as zip files, assuming you received it from another site (for example, a commercial plugin). Once installed, all plugins list themselves inside Dashboard -> Plugins page. After deactivating and deleting them, they simply disappear. All files are removed from the server instantly. WordPress does not allow you to backup or download the plugins before you jettison them from your site. If you also manage your server and are fairly comfortable doing so, you may find a more contrived way to download installed plugins via directory manager app or FTP. Obviously, this requires more than a single click and not for everyone.

What exactly are plugins and how this plugin helps you save time or bail you out from difficult situations? Plugins are files and/ or directories, which are created inside your WordPress installation (defined by WordPress) when you first install them. Both active and deactivated files reside inside them. When you upload zip package of a plugin, WordPress extracts it and places the directory inside it in the plugins folder. Our plugin allows you to reverse the process. It will convert any plugin installed on your site into a zip package ready to be reinstalled later or moved to another site. It accomplishes this by simply adding a new link “Download” under the plugin title to already existing links. It is a single click process and hardly takes any time. Our plugin does not create any other page in the dashboard or clutter menus. It is lightweight, efficient and completely invisible until you need it.

So why would you need it? While there can be many reasons, here are the primary we think you will find it useful.

A. Backup

The foremost and most common reason – when you wish to make backup of the plugin for future installation.

B. Premium/ Commercial Plugins

If you have purchased the plugin from a vendor site, you may want to make a backup of your new purchase to make sure you have it handy if the vendor is no longer available or your account is expired. Please note: Do check terms of use for commercial plugins on publisher’s site.

C. Migrating to a different site

So you have found yourselves dependent on some specific plugins that you want to use on all of your sites? You can download these plugins from your current site do a folder on your hard disk from where you can upload to your other sites.

D. Preserving Changes

If you DIY type and made modifications to plugin files to suit your requirements, you will want to make sure you have an archived copy of the plugin if the files get overwritten by an update etc.

Starter Guide

Checkout Download plugin guide for more information.

Recommended Plugins (Free Download From WordPress.org)

Download Theme Plugin: allows you to download any theme from your WordPress admin panel’s Appearance page.

User Registration and Login Plugin: Take total control of end-to-end user registration process on your site with RegistrationMagic plugin.

User Profiles and Membership Plugin: Build awesome user profiles, restrict content and launch memberships with ProfileGrid plugin.

User Events and Calendar Plugin: Manage user events, sell tickets and publish event calendar with EventPrime plugin.

Installation

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Extract the zipped file and upload the folder download-plugin to /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

Screenshots

Download link below each plugin name. Click on any of them and that plugin's zip will be downloaded to your computer.

Reviews

Great Plugin and idea

By Josh Journey (ljosh) on March 25, 2025

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

I Love It

By disco2000 on August 9, 2024

I've been using it for more than a year now and it's a real helpful plugin. Super clean and works perfectly. Thanks to the team!

Almost perfect, one suggestion

By Misophoniq (Ruben.cc) on July 4, 2024

This plugin is very helpful to download favourite plugins you use on one site to easily implement them on another site. I also made it a habit to download a plugin before updating it, so I can do an easy rollback in case of problems. Having said that, it would be awesome if the downloaded filename would include a version number instead of just the plugin name. That way, you can keep an archive of various versions after updates. The version number for every plugin is displayed in the plugins admin screen, so it should be possible to include this in the filename, right?

Excellent!

By Jihad Sinnaour (JIHAD SINNAOUR) on March 1, 2024

Excellent plugin.

Elequent. Direct. Works Great

By SSVapes (username12) on March 13, 2023

Thanks to the author for a much-needed plugin. The plugin does a great job, most simply and eloquently. Do you need to quickly add a plugin from Site A to Site B? This is for you. Do you need to back up a plugin that can not be rolled back before updating it? This is for you.

Good job Metagauss

Its works

By Marcos Nakamine (marcosnakamine) on November 28, 2022

WP 6.0.3

Great plugin with annoying downsides

By David Vongries (davidvongries) on May 12, 2022

I use this plugin on a couple sites to quickly grab a copy of my plugins when I set up a new installation. Although I once had issues when uploading multiple plugins at a time, the key functionality of the plugin works great for me - solid 5 stars on that. My main concern is that the plugin adds a non-dismissible admin notice. Having that show up on a bunch of my sites for a couple weeks now and it is extremely annoying. In addition to that, the plugin creates a top-level menu item in the WordPress admin area which is - in my honest opinion - simply not necessary. All it does is display documentation. This could easily be moved under the "Settings" tab. I'd love to see these changes implemented in the future. ----- Update: The plugin author listens to community feedback. I've changed the 2-star review into a 5-star review. No complaints, the plugin does exactly what it's supposed to and the annoying top-level admin menu has gone. Also, the admin notice is now dismissible. Thanks!

Annoying plugin

By pettif on March 25, 2022

The plugin works but it displays an annoying admin notice on every page that cannot be dismissed. It also adds an unnecessary top level menu item that just links to documentation.

Perfect

By Fabricio10 (fabriciobarros10) on January 24, 2022

This is what i was looking for to clone my site

Good functionality, but dangerous behaviour

By VA1DER on April 28, 2021

This plugin has great functionality. I love being able to quickly move plugins from one site to another. Who hasn't run into issues where plugin authors get greedy and start adding ads and other crap to plugins. I love being able to move the versions I want easily. That being said, this plugin does dangerous things to your site. It changes the PHP post_max_size and upload_max_size amounts to 640MB. This is huge! The problem is that the amount of memory PHP needs per instance is in accordance with this number. So setting upload_max_size to 640MB makes it so every user can use up to 640MB of server RAM. It also allows users to upload huge, potentially dangerous files to your site. I highly recommend deactivating this plugin except for when you are actually using it.

Changelog

2.3.1: September 26, 2025

Fixed: “headers already sent” issue when downloading plugin ZIPs in some scenarios.
Fixed: Invalid ZIP download caused by output buffering on some websites.
Enhancement: Added safer output handling before file streaming.

2.3.0: August 4, 2025

Fix: Improved plugin download link to work with sites using custom folder names.

2.2.9: June 26, 2025

Security: Added MIME type and ZIP validation for plugin uploads.
Security: Restricted upload access to administrators only.
Fix: Resolved warning for undefined variable during file upload.

2.2.8: April 29, 2025

Fixed: UI improvements.

2.2.7: April 18, 2025

Fixed: UI Changes.

2.2.6: April 17, 2025

Fixed: UI Changes.

2.2.5: February 05, 2025

Fixed: Minor issue.

2.2.4: January 25, 2025

Fixed: Minor issue.

2.2.3: January 20, 2024

Fixed: Ui change.

2.2.2: November 20, 2024

Fixed: Minor issue.

2.2.1

Fixed: Security issue.

2.2.0: August 21, 2024

Added: Option to download single user.
Added: Option to bulk download users.
Added: Option to download single page/blog post.
Added: Option to bulk download pages/blog posts.
Added: Option to download single custom post.
Added: Option to bulk download custom posts.
Added: Option to download single comment.
Added: Option to bulk download comments.

2.1.0: May 09, 2024

Fixed: Minor Design Improvement

2.0.9: April 09, 2024

Updated: Compatibility with WordPress 6.5
Added: Minor Design Improvement

2.0.8: January 24, 2024

Fixed: UI and PHP 8.2 Compatibility Issues.

2.0.7: December 21, 2023

Fixed: UI Issues.
Updated: WP 6.4 and PHP 8.2 Compatibility Changes.

2.0.6

UI fixes.

2.0.5

Security updates

2.0.4

Updated: Admin menu is no longer visible.
Fixed: An issue where an admin notice returned after being dismissed.

2.0.3

Added: Admin notice for Download Users.

2.0.2

Removed: Intro popup.

2.0.1

Fixed: Warning at the time of plugin uninstallation.
Minor UI improvements.

2.0.0

New: Completely revamped code – more efficient, secure and modern.
New: Download Themes – download themes from dashboard Appearance -> Themes page.
New: Download Users – optional extension for downloading and uploading user accounts from dashboard.

1.6.2

Fixed: Security issue.

1.6.1

Added: User role restrictions on activating the plugin.
Improved: Error handling when the zipArchive extension is not available on host server.

1.6.0

Updated: Nonce fields handling for improved security.

1.5.9

Fixed: A security issue related to authorization check.

1.5.8

Fixed: An issue with scripts and styles restrictions.

1.5.7

Fixed: An issue with server memory size.

1.5.6

New: Intro p
Removed: Promotions
Fixed: Some UI issues

1.5.5

UI Update.
Fixed: Minor issues.

1.5.4

Compatibility update for WordPress 5.7

1.5.3

Compatibility fixes with macOS.
Added WordPress 5.4 compatibility.

1.5.2

Fixed a bug

1.5.1

Fixed a bug
UI Tweaks

1.5.0

New Feature: You can now download multiple plugins!
New Feature: You can now upload and install multiple plugins simultaneously.

1.1.0

Now works with macOS and Linux!
Bug fixes

1.0.3 – 20/9/2017

Checked compatibility with WordPress version 4.8.

1.0.2 – 16/7/2016

Improved security of download.

1.0.1 – 5/4/2016

Added support for WordPress translations.

1.0.0 – 1/3/2016

Initial Release

Version:Version: 2.3.1
Active installs:Active installs: 40K
Last updated:Last updated: 1 week ago
Requires:Requires: 4.8
Tested:Tested: 6.8.2

Average rating:4.5 out of 5 stars.

Number of ratings: 17 ratings
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