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DMS Downloads

Wordpress Plugin which connects to a public NextCloud (DAV) share and provides a list with files to download from, without showing the user the NextCloud Interface.

by Daniel Mur-Spiegl · github.com/spiegl/wordpress-nextcloud-downloads · website

★ 16stars

Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/spiegl/wordpress-nextcloud-downloads/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/spiegl/wordpress-nextcloud-downloads ↗

Wordpress Plugin which connects to a public NextCloud (DAV) share and provides a list with files to download from, without showing the user the NextCloud Interface.

Features

  • Download files form a NextCloud public share in your Wordpress website without redirecting
  • URL rewrite for beautiful URLs, which do not show that the files are loaded from a DAV server
  • Wordpress shortcode to create a list of files

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up.

Prerequisites

  • Wordpress

Optional

  • mod_rewrite enabled for beautiful URLs

Installation

  1. Clone the plugin on your server (in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory).
    1. git clone git@github.com:spiegl/wordpress-nextcloud-downloads.git dms_downloads
  2. composer install
  3. Edit the config.php file according to your credentials.
  4. Activate the plugin.
  5. Use the shortcode nextcloud_downloads

Built With

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPL License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Improvements

This plugin is a frist rough working draft and could be heavily improved!

  • Add comments
  • Use Wordpress Options API
  • Cache the directory listing in order to improve loading time
  • Use more than one share link
  • Create a namespace for objects, create own files for classes, use properly imports ...
  • Abstract class for File and Directory
  • Use Wordpress coding standards :-)
  • ...