Hi,
Yes you can show different folders to users based on they login status or user roles. You can, for example, assign a folder to subscribers and then show that folder to all logged-in users using this shortcode:
[fm_access group='logged-in'] [filemanager foldername="*"] [/fm_access]

How to do if i want to show a base folder for “everyone” plus a folder for logged-in users? (logged users have to see both) Thanks

Logged-in users are also “everyone” so you can add 2 shortcodes to same group. However there is one modification in the code you can do that will allow you to add shortcode for “not-logged-in” users and one shortcode for “logged-in” users. Let me send you the modification in next comment.

Hi,
You are using an older version of the filemanager, download the latest one and replace the old one with it. Let me know if you face the same issue.

Can you please tell me how to update it? I have downloaded the .zip file from the Download button here, correct? Auto update in the plugin returns the message that the plugin is up to date? should i renew the support in order to take the update?

You can just deactivate and delete the old plugin and install this one, all the settings and folders you assigned to any user will be there.

The problem persists: “Unable to upload “xxxxxxxxxxxxx.docx.0_3.part”. “xxxxxxxxxxxxx.docx.0_3.part” transfer error.” Please assist!

and “Connection aborted.” also!

Right now i am uploading the documents bigger than 10mb directly in my Plesk to the folders, but this is a solution for the next few hours.

If the plugin has the capability to connect with google drive, box or dropbox i need to know how in case the problem has no solution. Thank you.

Can you email me, I’ll send you an early update of the file manager plugin, it has chunk file uploading option, where you can upload files larger than your max upload size, it will also show you the server max upload size when you enable debug mode in the settings page.

I have send an email, did you receive it?

Yes, replying right now.

Please let me know when you reply. Thank you.

Replied.

did you reply to the gmail or hotmail?

Hi,
You can just assign yourself (admin) the uploads folder from the Users page so you can see all the users folders directly. Here is how you can do it:
https://screenshots.firefox.com/MUAgnBKSzOTNm8sR/localhost

I have just two users right now i.e. one pharhaan “administrator” and the other is madiha “subscriber”.

I couldn’t paste the full short-code in the last message above…so here it is;

The following are the two short-codes on a page;

https://imgur.com/a/KmcxOFP

The admin couldn’t see “Madiha’s” folder/files although he should, he is an admin. Please help me what am I doing wrong. I also tried what you mentioned above but still no luck.

probably, the code is not being rendered properly, so here it is;

https://imgur.com/a/KmcxOFP

Yes, the problem is, you cant add two shortcodes directly, you need to mention which one will show up for which users, here is how you can do it:
https://jamalkhan.info/filemanager/2018/06/24/show-filemanager-to-certain-user-groups-only/

Here is another example where you can see how you can use two shortcodes for different user groups in the same page:
https://jamalkhan.info/filemanager/2018/10/09/share-a-folder-for-registered-user/

One more thing, I have a folder naming “uploads” created outside of default wordpress location i.e. wp-content/uploads. My location is directly on the root i.e. above wp-content folder. I want all users default naming folders to be created in this folder instead of wp-content/uploads/”user”. How can I achieve that?

Or, even if it’s not possible outside of wordpress upload folder, then I need to create a folder naming “Reports” inside the upload folder and the users folders should automatically create in the reports folder.

To change the user default folder you need to edit filemanager.php inside the file manager plugin folder and find these lines:
$newdir = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['basedir'].'/'.$user->user_login.'/');

and you will see the same line again if you scroll down, you need to change both like this:
$newdir = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['basedir'].'/Reports/'.$user->user_login.'/');

Thanks, that worked!. But the only issue I am facing is, while seeing the folders through Administrator, I see same folder two times like below;

https://imgur.com/a/BHDTvxp

and following is the short-code I am using on the page;

https://imgur.com/a/c3gPpfi

Also, when the admin is uploading the file in users folder the users gets email notifications, but when the user himself uploads the file to his folder, admin is not receiving any email notification. Why?

You see the same folder twice because you must have assigned yourself the same folder from two locations, probably one from “Users” page and other from “User Groups” page. You can delete one of them and it should be fine.
For email uploads notification on the admin part, make sure you have enabled “admin upload email notifications” from the settings page, screenshot:
https://screenshots.firefox.com/gLO0rIcJf62sgwzd/localhost

I’ve already enabled the admin notification from the settings page.

https://imgur.com/a/yQ4gsc9

Hi,
1. The file names wont change, there wont be any random numbers or anything like that.
2. Files cant be password protected, you can however hide the folder from non-subscribers (not logged in users).
3. There are no user restrictions, there could be any number of users.

Hi,
1. You can use shortcode to show every user their own folder where they can upload files.
2. There is an email notification system where when a user uploads files to their own default folder, the admin get an email. The same goes for the admin too, if the admin uploads file to the user’s default folder, that user gets an email.
3. You can download the document and do any changes/comments in your office editors, and then upload the files again. The office documents like docx, excel files can be viewed in the built in previewm but cannot be edited.

Can an admin get a complete list of files and folders altogether?.

Yes, you can assign yourself the root folder and browse in any folder to see files/folders. There wont be a complete list of files if there are sub-folders, just like how you see in windows explorer.

and how can I activate login screen to access those folders?

I don’t see anything about that in your demo

That’s inside the admin dashboard, you wont see that in admin.

So you mean…once log in somehow activated, the file folder will have a login screen front-end?

No when you log into dashboard, you will find the backend of the filemanager where you can generate shortcodes and assign folders to users or user groups.

Probably I failed to explain properly. My question was, how the user/employee will will login to access his folder?, is there any sign in/log in interface or screen for that for them to access their folders?

Yes, when they log into the dashboard, they will also have a similar filemanager window in the wordpress admin, where the admin can view those folders.

But I don’t want the employees/users to log into the wordpress admin area. Is it possible without it…otherwise this will not serve the purpose. The admin should have the access to that area.

Only admin has access to the admin area in the wordpress dashboard where the admin can assign folders and generate shortcodes for users. Users will see the filemanager window in the front-end like you see in the demo.

and…from where they will login, will there be any screen?

They will login using wordpress’s own login screen, there is no special login needed.

Ok…once they will login through that login screen they will directly see the file manager or the wp dashboard?, since I don’t want to show them the dashboard.

When admin logs in, they go to the dashboard where they can find filemanager among other wordpress pages. Regular users dont log into dashboard, even if they do, they cant see the filemanager control panel. They can only see filemanager through the shortcodes used in front-end pages.

OK, got it…but once an employee/user logs in how can I redirect him to the front-end page where I have setup the short code for them?.

You can use any redirection plugin, most custom login plugins also have redirection feature after login. There are also plugins which can configure login redirection for different user roles (subscribers, admin, editors etc). Here is an example:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-after-login/

Is there a way to see the person name who made the upload?

Can we get a demo for user side also?

Hi
You can try to add your own default folder in the filemanager.php file inside the filemanager plugin folder.
You’ll find these lines where you can see uploads dir, you can choose a different one, screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/Jx5eiO7.png

I’ll add the feature to choose the default folder in the coming update.

Hi, we changed the ‘basedir’ to /httpdocs/clients, /httpdocs/clients/, ”/httpdocs/clients” and nothing works. Already changed the $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir() variable to the same folder /httpdocs/clients and already doesn’t work… This is necessary because we want the users in the company upload the customer documents to the ftp and if they see a lot of folders in “uploads” they won’t do it well. Thanks

There are two places in the filemanager.php where you need to make this change. You have to scroll down a little to find a similar line.
Also after this change, you have to deactivate and activate the plugin to let it apply the changes for all the users.

Ok, but what sintax we need to use? We need to put all the server’s path or only the host path? We found this in lines 201-209:

$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir(); $users = get_users(array('order' => 'ASC')); if($allow_default_folders == 1){ foreach ($users as $user){ $newdir = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['basedir'].'/'.$user->user_login.'/'); $newurl = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['baseurl'].'/'.$user->user_login.'/'); And this in lines 314-324: if($allow_default_folders == 0){ return; } global $wpdb; include "settings.php"; $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir(); $user = get_userdata($user_id); $newdir = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['basedir'].'/'.$user->user_login.'/'); $newurl = str_replace("\\", "/", $upload_dir['baseurl'].'/'.$user->user_login.'/'); $default_perm = get_option("red_fm_default_access");

We only need to change [‘basedir’] to [”/httpdocs/clientes”] in both lines?

No you have to change
$upload_dir['basedir']
to
'/httpdocs/clientes'
You can email me the file you changed, I’ll confirm it.