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Advanced File Manager Shortcode - Addon

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Installation

Please Note, Advanced File Manager Free Plugin is required to be installed, because addon will not work without Advanced File Manager plugin. Download Advanced File Manager Free. Please ignore if already installed.

Follow the steps below to setup Advanced File Manager Shortcode Addon:

1. First you need to purchase Advanced File Manager Shortcode Addon.
2. After purchase you will receive addon zip in your email like file-manager-advanced-shortcode-x.x.zip. You need to download zip to your computer.
3. Next, you need to go to WordPress admin area and visit Plugins » Add New page.
4. After that, click on the ‘Upload Plugin’ button on top of the page.

   

   This will reveal the plugin upload form. Here you need to click on the ‘Choose File’ button and select the plugin file you downloaded earlier to your computer.
5. After you have selected the file, you need to click on the ‘Install Now’ button.

   

6. WordPress will now upload the plugin file from your computer and install it for you.

   

7. You will see a success message like this after the installation is finished.
8. Once installed, you need to click on the Activate Plugin link to start using the plugin.
9. After activation, you will see addon in plugins list.
10. When addon will installed successfully, you will see Congratulations message in File Manager » Shortcode page.

Settings

To access settings please visit File Manager » Settings menu in your wp-admin dashboard.

1. Who can access File Manager?

Here is the list of all available user roles, you just need to click on checkbox to allow any role to access file manager in wp-admin area.

2. Theme

Here is the list of all themes for file manager. You just need to select the theme and it will change the look of file manager.

Default Light Theme:

Here we are selecting Dark theme. Lets see how file manager looks like now.

Dark Theme:

3. Language

You can change file manager language by just selecting language from dropdown. Example: We are selecting Arabic Language. See how file manager looks like:

4. Public Root Path

Here you can see default root path of your wordpress directory. File Manager reads the path from this field. You can change this path as per your choice, but path should be correct.

Example: Suppose we are adding wp-content/themes with this path. Then path looks like C:/laragon/www/fma/wp-content/themes/

Please Note, While we are changing the Pubic Root Path, we need to change Files URL as well, to prevent 404 file not found error. Please see screenshot below:

File Manager Output:

5. Files URL

As mentioned above, it is the file url we need to change if we are changing Public root path. If Public root path is default then Files URL should be default too.

Example: Suppose we are not updating Files URL with Public root path, then on file preview we will receive error 404.

Lets check preview image, see what we are getting:

Lets check the url of image by click on Get info:

Now lets add wp-content/themes in Files URL field.

Lets check preview image, see what we are getting:

Lets check the url of image by click on Get info:

6. Hide File Path on Preview ?

This feature is to hide real path on file preview. In Previous screenshot you can see the exact file path in browser url. But after enabling this option, no one can see exact file path. See screenshot below:

7. Enable Trash?

This feature will enable Trash in File Manager. Enable Trash prevents users to delete files permanently and users can restore files later. In Trash folder user can delete files permanently too.

User can restore and delete files from Trash. See screenshot below:

Please Note, You should have always Trash option enabled to prevent deletion of files accidentally.

8. Display .htaccess?

This feature helps user to display .htaccess file in File Manager. By Default its hidden.

Shortcodes

Documentation and shortcode for Advanced File Manager Addon.

Logged In Users (Registered Users)

You need to use given shortcode for registered or logged in users.

Shortcode for Wordpress Editors

[file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="author,editor,administrator" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload,download" block_users="5" view="grid" theme="light" lang ="en" upload_allow="all"]

Copy above shortcode and paste in your wordpress page editor.

Shortcode for Wordpress php templates

<?php echo do_shortcode('[file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="author,editor,administrator" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload,download" block_users="5" view="grid" theme="light" lang ="en" upload_allow="all"]'); ?>

Copy above shortcode and paste in your wordpress php template files.

Shortcode for Non Logged in Users (Non Registered Users)

You need to use given shortcode for non registered or non logged in users.

Shortcode for Wordpress Editors

[file_manager_advanced login="no" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload,download" view="grid" theme="light" lang ="en" upload_allow="all"]

Copy above shortcode and paste in your wordpress page editor.

Shortcode for Wordpress php templates

<?php echo do_shortcode('[file_manager_advanced login="no" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload,download" view="grid" theme="light" lang ="en" upload_allow="all"]'); ?>

Copy above shortcode and paste in your wordpress php template files.

Shortcode for Multiple User Roles

With the help of these shortcodes, You can create multiple shortcode conditions based on user roles.

      
  [fma_user_role role="subscriber,editor"]
    [file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="subscriber,editor" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
  [/fma_user_role]
  [fma_user_role role="administrator"]
    [file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="administrator" path="wp-content/plugins" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
  [/fma_user_role]
     
    

And so on. Here you can see two different conditions within closing shortcodes [fma_user_role]. In condition one we are assigning shortcode only for subscriber and editor roles and in condition two we are assigning shortcode for administrators only. Same like this you can create more conditions for user roles.

Shortcode for Multiple Users

With the help of these shortcodes, You can create multiple shortcode conditions based on user.

            
  [fma_user user="1,2"]
    [file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="subscriber,editor" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
  [/fma_user]
  [fma_user user="3"]
    [file_manager_advanced login="yes" roles="administrator" path="wp-content/plugins" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
  [/fma_user]
           
          

And so on. Here you can see two different conditions within closing shortcodes [fma_user]. In condition one we are assigning shortcode only for user ids 1 and 2 and in condition two we are assigning shortcode for user id 3 only. Same like this you can create more conditions for users.

Multiple Shortcodes on one page

You can use multiple shortcodes on one page. You just need to add multiple shortcodes like given below:

        
[file_manager_advanced id="shortcode_1" login="yes" roles="subscriber,editor" path="wp-content" hide="plugins" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
       
      

        
[file_manager_advanced id="shortcode_2" login="yes" roles="administrator" path="wp-content/uploads" operations="upload" view="list" theme="light" lang ="en"]
       
      

And so on. You just need to use unique value for id parameter.

Shotcode Parameters

Documentation and parameters list of shortcodes

Full Shortcode:

[file_manager_advanced id="afm_shortcode" login="yes" roles="author,editor,administrator" path="wp-content" path_type="inside" hide="plugins" operations="mkdir,download" block_users="1,5" view="grid" theme="light" dateformat="M d, Y h:i A" hide_path="no" enable_trash="no" height="" width="" ui="toolbar,tree,path,stat" upload_allow= "all"]

Parameters

Below is the list of parameters of shortcodes.

Themes

List of Advanced File Manager themes.

1. Light (Default)

   [file_manager_advanced theme="light"]

2. Dark

   [file_manager_advanced theme="dark"]

3. Grey

   [file_manager_advanced theme="grey"]

4. Windows 10

   [file_manager_advanced theme="windows10"]

5. Bootstrap

   [file_manager_advanced theme="bootstrap"]

Languages

List of Advanced File Manager languages.

Shortcode:

[file_manager_advanced lang ="en"]

Operations

List of Advanced File Manager operations.

Shortcode:

[file_manager_advanced operations="mkdir,mkfile,download"]

You just need to pass operation name in operations parameter comma (,) separated.

FAQ

List of Frequently Asked Questions.

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