Last week we released version 4.3 of Download Monitor, which added an eCommerce solution to the plugin. We received a lot of feedback (and love) for this release, for which I’m very grateful. Pretty quickly it became clear that in order to support many use-cases our users have + being able to support future use-cases we have in mind, something had to change. Today we released version 4.4, which separates the download from the “sell-able” part, the product.
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Can I also use Download Monitor to sell my downloads?
This is a question we get asked a lot. Our plugin Download Monitor was built to manage and get insight in your downloads. Over the course of time, users wanted to do more. They wanted to start selling their downloads. In order to do so, they had to install another plugin which would handle the shop part and then link this to Download Monitor. With the latest Download Monitor update (4.3), those days are gone.
Continue Reading…Gutenberg block for Download Monitor
Today we released a new version (4.2.0) for Download Monitor! In this new update, we added a Gutenberg block so you can easily add download links/buttons to your posts.
Continue Reading…How Your Lead Magnet Can Make You into a Networking Rockstar
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt
When you go to a networking event, how do you stand out? Do you wear something garish? Talk about yourself loudly? Or do you avoid networking because, like a lot of people, you don’t like the idea of being salesy. Here’s the key to being memorable without any of that sleazy stuff:
Download Monitor 4.0 Released
Today we’ve released Download Monitor 4.0! This update offers cool new features (like Reports), a lot of tweaks (we’ve rewritten a lot of code) and contains a Legacy Upgrader. The Legacy Upgrader is such a big feature that we’ve decided it deserved its own post. You can read all about it here. Let’s highlight some of the new things that this update contains.
Why is the new Download Monitor version 4.0?
Today we’ve released a huge update for Download Monitor! Download Monitor 4.0 comes with quite a few new features and a ton of tweaks. However, this post isn’t about that, you can read more about the new features here. In this post we explain why we’re suddenly jumping up all the way to version 4.0 from 1.9.9.
Related Posts for WP Premium 1.7 Released!

We just released a big update for Related Posts for WP Premium! As always, we have a full changelog up on our website but I wanted to take this chance to talk you through 3 new cool features.
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Moving to “Related Posts for WordPress”

Blogs just like and any king of websites are usually online to be found and read. So the content and showing it to the readers is probably the most important aspect of sites. But they also need to be easily accessible and perform great for users to like them and for search engines to rank them better. When including related posts, this can be tricky; showing related posts helps keeping visitors, yet often also is quite a speed burden. Choosing the right plugin to help pointing related posts to visitors is therefore important.
Adapting The Download Monitor Menu Access For Different User Roles

Offering products online can be a tough job. There are constant changes and issues coming up, sales need to be monitored, product lines adapted, decisions made. Depending on how big the platform is and how much time one has to invest, it can be a one person job or more people can get involved.
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Changing WordPress User Roles and Capabilities

Websites, no matter if simple blogs, corporate sites or e-commerce stores, usually have more then one contributor to the end product. There are designers and administrators who create and build the whole site. But there are also editors who only enter new content but it needs to be approved and published by someone else. Or there are shop managers, who take care of the e-commerce functions, but don’t need to be able to administer the whole backend. And there are readers, who will only see the front-end at all times.
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