by Anssi Laitila 4.4 (34 reviews)

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

Name: Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager
Rating: 4.4 (34 reviews)
Author: Anssi Laitila

File management plugin featuring file upload, download manager, statistics and download log.

Shared Files ranks #3,598 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #180 of 3,410 in the Social & Sharing category, a 4.4/5 rating from 34 reviews, and was last updated Oct 21, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.7.72 Current Version v1.7.72

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 21 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#180 of 3,410 in Social & Sharing Top 5% by installs Downloads -67.5% this week Actively maintained

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#3,598

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Active Installs

4K+

-5.9%

KW Avg Position

11.2

0.2 worse

Downloads

248.7K

+12 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (34 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 28%

4K+ 5K+

375

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.4

34 reviews

Overall 88%

28 (82%)

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4 (12%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

18 known vulnerabilities on record · 7 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Aug 28, 2026

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.67

CVE-2026-12514 · Fixed in v1.7.67
Aug 28, 2026

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.67

CVE-2026-12513 · Fixed in v1.7.67
Aug 24, 2026

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.70

CVE-2026-78269 · Fixed in v1.7.70
Mar 30, 2026

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.65

CVE-2026-49112 · Fixed in v1.7.65
Mar 26, 2026

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.58

CVE-2025-15433 · Fixed in v1.7.58
Jun 2, 2025

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.49

CVE-2025-4392 · Fixed in v1.7.49
Jan 30, 2025

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.43

CVE-2024-13504 · Fixed in v1.7.43
Oct 16, 2024

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.6.72

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.6.72
Aug 9, 2024

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.29

CVE-2024-43230 · Fixed in v1.7.29
May 7, 2024

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager [shared-files] < 1.7.20

CVE-2024-34438 · Fixed in v1.7.20

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.72
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Anssi Laitila

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
Reviews: 34
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

download manager file manager file sharing file upload upload

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, businesses, and teams who need to share and manage files, documents, and downloads on their site. It solves the problem of organizing, uploading, tracking, and controlling access to shared files without relying on external services like Dropbox or Google Drive.

Frontend file upload
Download tracking and statistics
Search log of front-end searches
File tags and categories
Lightbox preview for images and videos
FTP file upload
File expiration dates
WordPress Multisite compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Nothing. The Shared Files plugin works completely outside WP media library and doesn't affect how the Media Library works.

Yes! The plugin's is main idea is to share files on your site. You can list files on any of your site's blog articles or pages by adding the appropriate shortcode there.

The paid version of Shared Files has many features that might interest you, but you can use the Free version without restrictions as long as you want.

Of course! We offer support in the forums here on WordPress.org and if you have a paid subscription we offer priority email support here.

The plugin is widely tested with other plugins, but if there's any kind of compatibility issue with some other plugin we will do our best to solve the issue.

You can use the Shared Files plugin for any purpose that suits your needs. The basic idea is to present a user friendly list of downloadable files. :)

You may add the file upload form to any page on your site, and any visitor or logged in user who has access to that page, can upload files.

You can use FTP in the paid version. There is a feature that allows you to upload files using FTP and then activate them for the plugin with a single click.

Yes, you can use it as a file manager like that. You don't necessarily have to add any publicly available list of files on your site, you can just use the admin tools to manage files.