Download Monitor is the #12 ranked ecommerce app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 524 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
Download Monitor is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by WP Chill. With a rating of 4.5★ from 524 reviews, it currently ranks #12 in the Ecommerce category.
AppRanks data: Download Monitor ranks #12 in Ecommerce on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 2% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Download Monitor is a highly rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Ecommerce category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 524 reviews show steady adoption but the app hasn't crossed the heavy-volume bar yet. Review accumulation at this stage tends to come from segment-specific use cases rather than universal adoption, so fit-to-stack matters more than category-leader brand recognition. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by WP Chill — established developer track record
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
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How Download Monitor works
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Powerful Download Manager Plugin for WordPress Download Monitor is a powerful download manager plugin for handling downloadable files, adding download links to your posts or pages, and tracking downloads.
Download Monitor has been featured on the websites of some of the most popular and leading businesses in the WordPress ecosystem, such as WPBeginner, Pagely, Jilt, WP Fusion & Kinsta.
See how easy it is to list a download on your WordPress site
Download Monitor Extensions available when purchasing a Pro plan
Buttons: Create beautiful, fully customizable download buttons for your files.
Downloading Page: Serve your downloads from a separate page.
Google Drive: Lets you use the files hosted on your Google Drive as Download Monitor files.
Advanced Access Manager: Create advanced download limitations per download and on a global level.
Email Notification: Trigger an email notification whenever one of your files is downloaded.
Document Library Manage: Display files in fast, searchable tables or grids with sorting, filters, and flexible styling. Your documents, easy to find.
Lock downloads option: Set restrictions to your download functionality using MailChimp Lock, Email Lock, CAPTCHA,
Gravity Forms Gated Content: easily create a download gate with Gravity Forms. Require users to fill-in a form before accessing a download.
Ninja Forms Lock: if you are an user of Ninja Forms, you can also use this to require users to fill-in of a form before accesing a download.
WPForms Gated Content: gate your downloads by first requesting users to submit a form build using WPForms.
Contact Form 7 Lock: request the submission of a Contact Form 7 form before providing access to the download.
Documentation We have a large Knowledge Base on our Download Monitor website that contains documentation about how to how to setup and use Download Monitor.
How-to Guides Are you a new Download Monitor user? Read these articles on how to get your files ready for download with Download Monitor:
How to install Download Monitor
How to add your first download in Download Monitor
How to list your first download on your website with the download shortcode
More advanced topics that a lot of people find interesting:
Learn more about the different ways you can style your download buttons
Learn more about how to customize your download buttons
Learn more about what actions and filters are available in Download Monitor
Contributing and reporting bugs You can contribute code to this plugin via GitHub: https://github.com/WPChill/download-monitor
You can contribute localizations via Transifex https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/download-monitor/
Help & Support
Search our extensive knowledge base for documentation about installing the plugin/the extensions, available settings and how to use them.
Browse Download monitor’s WordPress forum to find answers to your queries or create a new topic.
Contact us directly for support.
3rd party or external service disclaimer The plugin connects to our website through an API call (https://download-monitor.com/?dlm-all-extensions=true) in order to request a list of available extensions.
IT DOES NOT SEND ANY DATA NOR DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE REQUEST
Our privacy policy can be found at this URL https://download-monitor.com/privacy-policy/
Category rankings
As of Sep 12, 2026- Ecommerce#12of 712Top 2%
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Keyword rankings
Download Monitor ranks for 8 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
Competitors & alternatives
Download Monitor doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked ecommerce apps on WordPress:
Where Download Monitor stands in the Ecommerce category
Download Monitor ranks #12 of 712 apps in the Ecommerce category, placing it in the top 2% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Download Monitor?
Download Monitor is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 524 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Ecommerce category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by WP Chill.
Where does Download Monitor rank on WordPress?
Download Monitor currently sits at position #12 in the Ecommerce category on WordPress. That places it in the top 2% of 712 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.