Best download counter plugins for WordPress
The most popular download counter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lana Downloads Manager leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Download Counter (2K+) and WP-DownloadCounter (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “download counter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 download counter plugins
- 1.
Lana Downloads ManagerThe most installed download counter plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Simple Download Counter2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 19 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
WP-DownloadCounter100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.3.
- 4.
WP-Force Images Download90+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
SteClick Counter30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Ozh' Click Counter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.
- 7.
I-Soft File ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
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Smart Download RedirectorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “download counter”
Lana Downloads Manager
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,136by Lana Codes10 months ago
Downloadable files management system
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Simple Download Counter
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,446by Jeff Starr4 days ago
Simply counts the number of times your files are downloaded. Display download links and counts using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(19)
- Downloads
- 42/day
WP-DownloadCounter
Down in the last 7 days:20#15,329by r-win17 years ago
Since WordPress does offer attaching downloads to pages, but doesn't keep track of the amount of downloads, this plugin was written.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day
WP-Force Images Download
Up in the last 7 days:86#17,321by Nazakat Ali6 months ago
Force any image download with beautiful buttons, email gate, download tracking, AJAX, and more.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SteClick Counter
Up in the last 7 days:179#23,102by Kasuga2 months ago
Lightweight click tracking for WordPress. Count clicks on any link or button by simply adding a prefix to your URLs.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ozh' Click Counter
Down in the last 7 days:228#34,709by Ozh16 years ago
You have a blog. You have stats telling you how many people read it. You post links. But do you have something telling you how many people click on yo …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
I-Soft File Manager
#61,451by chillic2 days ago
Document and download manager with real on-disk folder organization, per-department access control, and multi-file downloads.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smart Download Redirector
#70,843by Desk9 Design1 month ago
Countdown page for downloads and external links. Three layouts, live preview, link rules and simple download statistics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day