Title: Media Downloader Author: Ederson Peka Published: February 3, 2010 Last modified: December 3, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/media-downloader/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=753220) ![](https://ps.w.org/media-downloader/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2320410) # Media Downloader By [Ederson Peka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edersonpeka/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/media-downloader.0.4.7.8.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/) ## Description **Note: Updating from versions prior to 0.3 requires reactivating!** Media Downloader plugin lists MP3 files from a folder through the [mediadownloader] shortcode. It reads MP3 information directly from the files. It also can try to get rid of stupid content blockers (mainly corporatives), changing all links to . MP3 files into some download URL without the string “MP3”. ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Media Downloader ## Installation 1. Extract the contents of the archive 2. Upload the contents of the mediadownloader folder to your ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder 3. Log in to your WordPress admin and got to the ‘Plugins’ section. You should now see Media Downloader in the list of available plugins 4. Activate the plugin by clicking the ‘activate’ link 5. Now go to the ‘Options’ section and select ‘Media Downloader’ where you can configure the plugin ## FAQ ### How should I configure it? Where should I throw my MP3 files? How do I use this thing? What’s the smart tag syntax? An example may help… Say you have a folder called “music” under your root folder, and for its time it has some subfolders, as, “Beethoven”, “Mozart”, “Bach” and “ Haendel”. First of all, you should configure Media Downloader by typing “music” in the “MP3 Folder” field, on settings page (and then clicking on “Update Options”, for sure). That done, you can edit a post talking ’bout Johann Sebastian Bach and insert anywhere on it the shortcode, [mediadownloader folder=”Bach”]. Media Downloader will create a list of all files under the “music/Bach” directory. This is actually very simple. 😉 (The [mediadownloader] shortcode accepts several parameters. You can learn more about them in plugin’s settings page.) — Spanish translation: Jonathan Jose from www.flowconversatilidad.net ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/27d570acf22c378701f9eaea2760e2b5af6cbb85c6f78f7304639ef85473ca27? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Moderate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-4/)󠁿 [abdullahimunir](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abdullahimunir/) November 29, 2018 Download link open another window. How can I make it start downloading in the current window? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/234f2d163b9899bda8dfaa1481e02169399c93f55d9691ba81f518e01104fee8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Flexible, simpe, direct, and does the job!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flexible-simpe-direct-and-does-the-job/)󠁿 [anwp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anwp/) March 5, 2017 This is an excellent plugin I have been using for some time. If you want something that does the retrieval of tags in a simple and direct way, with “Play” and “Download” buttons, then this is what you need. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/763da3059344493d0b35dd887cdf2c1bd28b455ccfa2fc9861c17c56ae3dc7df? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin with some lack](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-some-lack/)󠁿 [alexlive](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexlive/) February 5, 2017 Over all this is a great plugin to easily generate a download list but searching for files is unforunately not possible! For media files like mp3 it would also be great to add the ability to show the duration of a file in list. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55e6d8b97c72faa78e451eac0c5db515d65a9f43dcee407badad0a04c375d25b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[How to search for files](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-search-for-files/)󠁿 [zackgucci](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zackgucci/) September 3, 2016 I like the plugin but is limited to some area like i am not able to search for any file [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Media Downloader” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ederson Peka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edersonpeka/) “Media Downloader” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-downloader/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Media Downloader” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-downloader) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-downloader/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/media-downloader/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-downloader/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-downloader/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **0.4.7.8** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Languages * [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/), and [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-downloader) * Tags * [audio](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audio/)[media](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/) [mp3](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mp3/)[player](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/player/) [podcast](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/podcast/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-downloader/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ederson Peka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edersonpeka/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-downloader/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=ederson@gmail.com&lc=BR¤cy_code=BRL&item_name=Media%20Downloader%20Wordpress%20Plugin)