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Download Attachments · Version history

Download Attachments changelog and version history

Latest version
1.4.1
May 26, 2026 (5 months ago)
Releases
44
since 2013
In the last year
3
about one every 96 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.0.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20136 releases
  • 201410 releases
  • 201511 releases
  • 20165 releases
  • 20175 releases
  • 20181 release
  • 20201 release
  • 20242 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.4.1Latest

    • Security: Block direct downloads for attachments whose parent post is password protected unless the post password has been validated.
  2. Download Attachments 1.4.0

    • New: Modernize the admin settings UI and refined settings screen structure.
    • Tweak: Upgrade bundled DataTables assets to 2.3.7 with compatibility fixes.
    • Tweak: Improve inline documentation in JavaScript source files.
    • Tweak: Improved internal build workflow.

20251 release

  1. Download Attachments 1.3.2

    • Security: Serve downloads only for files attached and not marked as excluded.
    • Security: Encrypted download URLs are enabled by default to reduce enumeration risks.

20242 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.3.1

    • Fix: Potential security issue
  2. Download Attachments 1.3

    • New: DataTables implementation
    • New: PHP 7.x and 8.x compatibility
    • New: WordPress 6.x compatibility
    • Fix: Improved data sanitization and validation
    • Fix: Downloading files with pretty urls

20201 release

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.24

    • New: Link target option for “Redirect to file” method
    • Fix: Invalid attachments link attributes
    • Fix: Shortcode positioning broken
    • Tweak: Improved protected posts support
    • Tweak: Elementor compatibility improvement

20181 release

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.23

    • Fix: Hide widget if no attachments found

20175 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.22

    • Fix: Attachment disappearing on autosave
  2. Download Attachments 1.2.21

    • Fix: Attachment disappearing form the backend and frontend
    • Fix: Attachment title not visible in admin interface
    • Fix: Exclude / include shortcode paramaters not working
  3. Download Attachments 1.2.20

    • Fix: Fatal error on da_get_download_attachment function call
    • Tweak: Style none for attachments list display
  4. Download Attachments 1.2.19

    • New: Dynamic, sortable table display mode
    • New: Templates engine for the attachment display
    • New: Option to edit attachment downloads count
    • New: Attachments widget redesign
    • Fix: 404 error with pretty urls enabled
    • Tweak: Stronger openssl url encryption method
  5. Download Attachments 1.2.18

    • Fix: Undefined encrypt_urls variable notice
    • Tweak: Added plugin documentation link

20165 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.17

    • New: Encrypt URL’s option
    • Fix: Missing docx and xlsx file icons
    • Tweak: Revamped admin inteface
  2. Download Attachments 1.2.16

    • New: Most Downloaded Attachments widget
  3. Download Attachments 1.2.15

    • Tweak: Removed local translation files in favor of WP repository translations.
  4. Download Attachments 1.2.14

    • Fix: TinyMCE editor broken on post types
    • Fix: Attachments not displayed outside of the loop
  5. Download Attachments 1.2.13

    • New: Insert download attachment link TinyMCE editor button
    • Fix: Attached to a post option not working properly
    • Fix: Switched from wp_upload_dir() url to baseurl for redirect method

201511 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.12

    • New: Option to select download method – force download or redirect to file
  2. Download Attachments 1.2.11

    • Tweak: More flexible way of including wp-load.php
  3. Download Attachments 1.2.10

    • New: Czech translation, thanks to Martin Kokes
  4. Download Attachments 1.2.9

    • New: Romanian translation, thanks to Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
    • Fix: Pretty URL 404 issue for wp installed in a separate folder – switched from site_url() to home_url()
  5. Download Attachments 1.2.8

    • New: Swedish translation, thanks to Daniel Storgards
  6. Download Attachments 1.2.7

    • New: Finnish translation, thanks to Daniel Storgards
  7. Download Attachments 1.2.6

    • Fix: Download issues with pretty urls disabled
  8. Download Attachments 1.2.5

    • New: Italian translation, thanks to Enzo Costantini
  9. Download Attachments 1.2.4

  10. Download Attachments 1.2.3

  11. Download Attachments 1.2.2

201410 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.2.1

  2. Download Attachments 1.2.0

  3. Download Attachments 1.1.1

  4. Download Attachments 1.1.0

  5. Download Attachments 1.0.10

  6. Download Attachments 1.0.9

  7. Download Attachments 1.0.8

  8. Download Attachments 1.0.7

  9. Download Attachments 1.0.6

  10. Download Attachments 1.0.5

20136 releases

  1. Download Attachments 1.0.4

  2. Download Attachments 1.0.3

  3. Download Attachments 1.0.2.1

  4. Download Attachments 1.0.1

  5. Download Attachments 1.0.0.1

  6. Download Attachments 1.0.0

Questions about Download Attachments’s releases

What is the latest version of Download Attachments?

1.4.1, released on May 26, 2026 (5 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.0.0 or later.

How often is Download Attachments updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 96 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2013.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Download Attachments’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.