Installation

Fileline is free and listed on WordPress.org, so you can install it straight from your dashboard. It works on any WordPress site: it doesn't need WooCommerce or any other plugin.

Install the plugin

1. Go to Plugins → Add New Plugin and search for Fileline.
2. Click Install Now on "Fileline – Download Manager", then Activate.

If you have the zip file instead, use Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the file, then Install Now and Activate.

A Downloads menu appears in the admin. Activating also makes the protected folder, wp-content/uploads/fileline, where files uploaded for downloads are kept.

Offer your first download

1. Go to Downloads → Add Download.
2. Give it a title, such as "Oak table care guide", and a short description.
3. In the Versions box, click Upload or choose file and upload the file (or pick one from the Media Library). The version number and release date are filled in for you.
4. Click Publish.

The Download link box now shows the link, such as example.com/download/oak-table-care-guide/, and the shortcode [fileline id="12"].

Put it on a page

• In the block editor, add the Download button block and choose the download.
• Anywhere else (classic editor, widgets, page builders), paste the shortcode.
• Or share the link itself: in an email, a newsletter or on social media.

Each download also has a page of its own on your site (the View Download link at the top of its edit screen), with the button, the file's details and its earlier versions.

What's next

• Adding downloads and versions covers versions, external files and categories.
• Secure serving and server setup explains the protected folder and the settings for big files.
• Blocks and shortcodes lists every option of the button and the download list.