Upload and Password protect .exe file

  • Hey,

    i would like to offer an .exe file for download but i want to protect the download with a password.
    I dont need a huge solution, just an input field for password and a submit button.

    Additionally the download-url should be hidden.

    I tried the “Simple-Download-Monitor”, it works great but unless wordpress is restricting .exe-files the plugin is not able to hide the download url, because its just possible with media-library-files, not with URL-embedded files.

    Is there a solution/plugin for that?

    Thank you very much in advance.

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  • Hi @firehold – You can try to compress that executable file with random name, and upload to the media library. It can be downloaded but it’s hard to guess the url due to random file name. Or you can create a symbolic link with random name in /downloads/ to point to the real executable file location.

    Thread Starter firehold

    (@firehold)

    Thank you for your answer.
    I know i can upload any file via FTP into a folder, but then wordpress and the download manager plugins cant work with it to hide the path.

    I want to hide the download path and only make the download acessable with a password.

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