eStore – Password protection on downloads folder not working

[Jane1000]

I just did a test of the downloads folder (yes, it was the one within the estore plugin folder. ) on my site. Put in the complete URL for the file and it downloaded no problem. No asking for password, other than the one to get on the domain in the first place.

I did this on a computer that had not accessed the site before.

This is on Bluehost, BTW, if that makes any difference.

Thanks

Jane

[amin007]

This link might shed some light:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/download-directory-protection

[TinkBD]

Hi Amin – I read the above post

Download Directory Protection

and had a question:

If we DO have our DLs on a different site and in a different directory, should we copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and the empty “index.php” file from WP eStore DLs folder into them also?

On my current site, I simply added subdirectories into the DL directory to organize my products and I DID copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and an empty “index.php” file into each of them.

Just a comment…. the Index seems to be an HTML not a PHP

Thanks!

Tink

[TinkBD]

Hi Amin – I read the above post

Download Directory Protection

and had a question:

If we DO have our DLs on a different site and in a different directory, should we copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and the empty “index.php” file from WP eStore DLs folder into them also?

On my current site, I simply added subdirectories into the DL directory to organize my products and I DID copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and an empty “index.php” file into each of them.

Just a comment…. the Index seems to be an HTML not a PHP

Thanks!

Tink

[amin007]

Yes, you can do it for added protection. The “index.php” or “index.html” doesn’t matter. When a URL is entered in the browser “Apache” will first look for “index.html” in that directory, if it can’t find it then it will look for “index.php” and so on.

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