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Can I make a file as public? No group membership required to access the file?
You can use WordPress’ Media section for public files, but assuming that you would like to take advantage of some of the features that GFA provides, the Media section wouldn’t help. If, for example, you would like to offer public file download links through GFA , that would currently not be possible – basically because the principle behind GFA is to offer files to members of Groups. If you would like to have the option to offer files through GFA for public access (i.e. for visitors who are not logged in) then probably the best would be to add the possibility to negate group membership for the link – I’m adding this as a requested feature for the next release.
Glad if you would add it as the future feature. It should be a natural wish having both public and member file accesses go to the same door: GFA .
Call for feature requests
Based on user feedback I’d like to ask those who are already using the plugin or who would be interested in using it to respond to this comment with feature requests.
The following features are already planned to be included in the next release (can’t say for sure that all of it will be in the next release but most of it should):
If you would like to add to this list or clarify anything on it, you’re welcome to leave a comment.
That might work, but I wasn’t able to figure out how to use the filter. I had to switch to a different plugin to manage the documents. I was still able to utilize the Groups plugin, just not the file access. The other plugin allows for categories inherently and works out better for our needs. I would like to see you include that for future development though, as this otherwise looks like a solid plugin.
Yes I think that would really be a valuable addition as well. What plugin are you using right now please?
I used Download Manager to handle the files management/display.
Hello,
I think all, except for the first one on your list, would be very useful (especially 2, 3 & 4)! The first one is really nice, but not much more than a cosmetic feature to give it more of a “cool” factor.
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
Many thanks for your thoughts on the features, really appreciate it
BTW #1 is intended to be more than just cosmetic, I’m using the plugin myself and have to maintain sets of files that are updated periodically, although I like my plugin and the way it works, I have to say it’s a PITA the way it is now if you want to update e.g. 10 files in a row – if I could just drag them over to replace them it would save me some time
Cheers
Hi there, possibly silly question, but what is the maximum file size allowed? does it need to be <8mb? I’m looking to upload files around 50-100mb.
Thank you for your time, the plugin looks great.
Hi there,
The upload size is limited by PHP through two directives:
The plugin itself does not impose any limit, so for the file sizes you want to allow, you could use these in php.ini:
upload_max_filesize = 100Mpost_max_size = 101MMake sure to check memory_limit is in line with these as well.
Cheers
Great plugin! Just have a quick pre-sales question.
Is there any way that I can assign files for download to certain users that are already registered on my site? I would want to assign specific downloads to individual users. Would this mean that I have to setup a group for each user individually?
Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.
Thanks in advance!
Yes that would be the approach you would take with the plugin, basically you would create a group for the user and assign the files to that user’s group.
I have installed this File Access plugin to compliment the groups plugin, however it does not seem to be working for me. I upload a file, it appears in my directory where it should, however no list of files is being displayed in the admin area to assign to group. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Appears to be a conflict with the WordPress Backup to Dropbox plugin that is causing the issue that I was having. If you could by chance look into this for me, that would be awesome, as I use that plugin for my regular backups. Thanks.
WordPress Backup to Dropbox loads wp-backup-to-dropbox.css on every page on the back end and hides the files that are displayed under Groups > Files with this CSS rule: .files { display: none; } It would be best to contact the plugin author so that he can fix it and only load that resource on the pages for his plugin, I’ll leave a note on this on the plugin’s support page.
I’ve posted it here so the author is aware of it: https://github.com/michaeldewildt/WordPress-Backup-to-Dropbox/issues/105
How are you securing the files from users who do not have the appropriate permissions to access the file?
What additional file protections are being implemented to stop file sharing?
See this comment and replies.
Hello,
Does this work with http://codecanyon.net/item/restrict-content-pro-premium-content-plugin.
I need to protect and allow download of files based on subscription level of users that are created using the above plugin.
No, it is integrated with Groups for that.
Hi itthinx, Does this plugin only work via shortcodes? I’m wondering if there’s a possibility to “integrate” it with groups. I mean: when I protect a post/page/topic or whatever to a group automatically restrict the attached files to that group…
Thanks
It depends on the degree of protection and ease of doing it you are looking for. You can use Groups to protect attachments but the actual resource of an attachment is left unprotected because the web server will serve it happily. If you use Groups File Access then you can protect the resources but probably the use cases you are thinking of are not an ideal match for that plugin.
I know I am late to the game on this feature request, but I would love to see the ability to secure external files. I plan on serving some larger files from S3 and would love to obscure the url via this plugin.
Many thanks for your feedback. Feature requests are still welcome and work is currently in progress adding some of those already listed. I am convinced that the ability to protect streams and external files would be very welcome and I certainly want to see that ability included as well.
Hello, Can we now have the stats log in this plugin ?
Thanks,
Could you please explain what stats you would like to see?
Just one presale question: Is it possible, to grant access to whole file directories and may these directories located on the same server, but outside the wordpress-root?
Thomas, Thomas
Hi Thomas,
It’s not exactly like that: the access to files is handled on a per-file basis, you can’t restrict access based on directories. But the concept that is used here is a bit different, what you would expect to be directories would be user groups, but it’s still quite different. If you are really looking for something that allows you to handle files based on directories, then you most probably wouldn’t be satisfied with the plugin. Regarding your second question, the plugin uses a subfolder it can control within the WordPress folder structure, so you can’t use a folder outside it (well maybe with symbolic links after you have let it create its stuff, but to be honest I’ve never tried it).
Cheers
Can you tell me if this will fit into what I’m wanting to do please?
I run virtual book tours which blogs can sign up to to get free media for their site. Using your plugin, I will make each book a group, so when a blog has signed up, I just have to add that blog to the group to enable downloading. Once a book has had its tour, I can delete that group and it will not affect the users in that group at all, other than no longer having the ability to download the info.
One other thing on this, is it possible to have a download available in more than one group?
Hi,
From what I understand, for the first part, I don’t think you would even need this plugin as there don’t seem to be any downloads involved that it would need to restrict. I think you are intending to manage a multisite setup, keep in mind that in this case, Groups would be independent for each blog and that you cannot add a blog to a group – you can add users to groups only.
Regarding downloads in more than one group, yes that’s possible with GFA.
Cheers
If I buy the extended license would that allow me to rename the plugin to my company name ?
The question is why you want to do that and if that is within the rights that the Extended License grants you http://codecanyon.net/licenses/extended
I’m building a site for a client that wants file management capabilities but to maintain there company logo through the site including all plugins in the dashboard area. It would only be to change the logo on the Dashboard for your plugin. In this way there clients are recieving the full service from the site owner. I hope that clarify’s what I asked. From reviewing the the extended licenses terms it seems this is possible. But I want to make 100% sure with yourself first. This is not for redistribution, it is only for single site usage. Thanks for your quick response earlier.
Thanks for detailing that, I suppose it won’t be a problem then. Actually I think what you are referring to is Groups’ logo anyway and you should be able to change that using the set_url_scheme filter – in that case you don’t even need to hack the GFA plugin itself, simply provide the URL of the image you want to use in the menu instead through that filter.