Groups File Access 1.6.2

Groups File Access

The WordPress plugin known as Groups File Access makes it possible to offer authorised users download links to various types of files. Users’ membership in specific groups determines the level of access they have to files.

Features

• Limit download access to specific user groups who have been authorised.
• Provides the ability to serve files that are hosted on Amazon S3
• Streaming media that is password controlled and embedded using the HTML5 ‘audio’ and ‘video’ elements
• Complete support for multisite networks (installations of WordPress on several domains)
• File management area
• You can import your files in bulk after uploading them over FTP.
• Notifications on file access that can be customised
• [groups_can_access_file], [groups_can_not_access_file], [groups_file_info], [groups_file_url], [groups_file_link], [groups_file_visibility], and [groups_file_access_service_key] are all flexible shortcodes.
• Downloads might be capped or left unrestricted depending on the user.
• Access to the key authentication file.

Description

You can provide file downloads for privileged group members using Groups File Access, in addition to allowing registered people to download files from your site.

Membership in a group is used as a security measure to restrict file access. A user must be a part of a group that is associated with the file in order for them to have the ability to download it. If an access restriction has been set for the file, the user must also have downloaded the file a number of times that is lower than the file’s access limit in order to continue using the file.

Create the group, add the users you desire to be able to access the file to the group, and then assign the group to the files that the group should be allowed to access. This will restrict access to the file to only those users who are members of the specific group. It is possible to assign a file to more than one group at a time.

Access to files can also be allowed through key authentication, eliminating the requirement for users to check in before downloading a file. However, access limits based on Groups will continue to be enforced in this scenario.

On posts or pages, shortcodes can be used to render links to files, provide information about files, and conditionally reveal material to users based on whether or not they are permitted access to a file.

For instance, if you have a Premium group and you want its members to be able to access particular protected files, you may use the [groups_file_link group=”Premium”] shortcode to generate links to files that only members of the Premium group will be able to click and download the files.

File Access for Groups is an extension that may be added to the free Groups plugin. You can get a copy of Groups by downloading it from this page, or you can install it directly from the WordPress dashboard.