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WP File Download Addon: Social Locker

1. Social locker configuration

WP File Download Social Locker will lock your files download behind a set of social buttons unless the visitor likes, shares the content on Facebook or Tweets your page. It helps to improve the social performance of your website, get more likes/shares, build quality followers and attract more traffic from social networks. The addon also includes the features: Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive file and folder synchronization.

From the plugin configuration you can activate the social locker: WP File Download > Configuration > Social Locker tab.

 

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Facebook Locker

Facebook locker: lock file download with a Facebook share or like.
FB locker option: share a page URL or like your Facebook page to unlock.
The Facebook like locker can be activated right away it does not require any App.

 

facbook-option

 

To enable the social locker, you need to create a Facebook App. In order to create a Facebook App ID, you can access here: https://developers.facebook.com
First, you need to Register.

 

 

Then, you can create your new App ID.

 

 

Finally, copy and paste the code to Facebook App ID.

 

 

The other options are:

  • Force share Url: force an URL for all facebook sharing instead of the current page URL
  • Facebook language: frontend language for social buttons

Twitter Locker

The locker types are:

  • Twitter locker: lock file download with a Twitter tweet or follow
  • Twitter locker option: tweet or follow your twitter to unlock

 

twitter-option

 

The other locker options are:

  • User to follow: set an URL of your Twitter profile (for example https://twitter.com/JoomUnited)
  • Force URL to tweet: force an URL for all Twitter sharing instead of the current
  • Tweet: default tweet content, default content, can be edited by user
  • Via: add the screen name of the user to attribute the Tweet
  • Session duration (sec): when a file is unlocked, determine how long the user will be able to download the file without re-sharing it

2. Use the Social locker

Then, in order to lock a single file or a category, you need to switch Lock content by socials to YES in the category setting when you have opened your file manager.

 

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