Comments on: How to Force WordPress Files to Download (Not Open in Browser)

By: Casey Cavanagh

Casey Cavanagh — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:48:19 +0000

In reply to Sujoy Biswas. Hi Sujoy, If you reach out to our support team, they can help you :)

Sujoy Biswas — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:01:16 +0000

Many thanks to easydigitaldownloads for providing this code of .htaccess.
# Force file download

ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment

# END
This is working on my website bgmtub.com
I am very bothered to know how to download media files on wordpress website

Rena Zoolander — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:57:05 +0000

Adding the download attribute to the href worked. Thank you

Casey Cavanagh — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:40:45 +0000

In reply to Elijah Enike. Hi Elijah, Please reach out to our support team for help with this issue. :) Thanks!

Elijah Enike — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:15:04 +0000

Please, this trick didd’nt work, because i use cyberpanel, i have tried this and it does not work.

Christophe Monié — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:49:50 +0000

In reply to Casey Cavanagh. Will I have to add the lines to the .htaccess whenever there is an update of my theme ?

Casey Cavanagh — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:31:15 +0000

Thanks, Christophe – happy to help! 🙂

Christophe Monié — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:10:34 +0000

Thank you for your method with the htaccess file, it saved me a lot of time to force download for my docx files!