Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Automatically Download Media from WordPress Pages

If you're managing a website or a blog on WordPress, you probably have a lot of media files that visitors can download. While there are many ways to offer downloads on your site, it can be handy to have media files download automatically when visitors click on a link or visit a page.

Fortunately, it's easy to set up automatic media downloads on WordPress using just a few lines of code. In this article, we'll show you how to set up automatic media downloads using Markdown format.

Step 1: Identify the Media File

Before you can set up automatic media downloads, you'll need to know the URL of the media file you want your visitors to download. You can get this URL by navigating to the page or post in WordPress that contains the media file you're interested in.

Once you're there, click on the media file to open it in your browser, and copy the URL from your browser's address bar. You can also right-click on the download button and choose "Copy link address" to get the URL.

Step 2: Insert the Download Link

Now that you have the URL of the media file, you can insert it into your WordPress page or post using Markdown. Markdown is a simple markup language that allows you to format text on your website.

To create a download link using Markdown, you'll need to type a short piece of text in brackets, followed by the URL of the file in parentheses. For example, to create a download link for a PDF file, you could use the following Markdown code:

[Click here to download the PDF](http://example.com/files/document.pdf)

This will create a clickable link that, when clicked, will automatically download the PDF file to the visitor's device.

Step 3: Make the Download Automatic

To make the download automatic, you'll need to add one small piece of code to your Markdown link. This code tells the visitor's browser to automatically download the linked file without opening a new tab.

To add this code, you'll need to add a download attribute to your Markdown link, like this:

[Click here to download the PDF](http://example.com/files/document.pdf){:download}

This will tell the browser to automatically download the PDF file instead of opening it in a new tab.

Congratulations! You've now set up automatic media downloads on your Wordpress page. Visitors will now be able to download your media files automatically when they click on the links you've inserted into your pages or posts.