23rd March 2026, 7:03 pm
I'm running into a silly problem with our hosting provider.
They maximized plugin upload to 2Mb for shared hosting.
The Pro Free Download plugin version is 3,3 Mb. 🙁
The only way to get around this they say is upload the plugin directly via FTP.
Has anyone experience with this procedure??
I would love to get a how-to description about this...
About where to upload it and how it needs to be unpacked and installed?? 🙏
Last modified: 23rd March 2026, 7:04 pm by H.M.
Hi
Very odd for a host to do this - I would recommend looking at a new host to be honest 😀
But it is easy to do FTP
wp-content/pluginsThat is how I would do it safely. Sometimes overwriting can cause the files to be corrupted so doing it this way avoids this.
Hope this helps but moving host would be my suggestion - We use Cloudways and they are amazing and even have a plugin that can help you migrate across. Happy to help with more advise on this
Thanks
pete
I would then
Thanks Pete,
Quick question still: it seems when I look at the name of the current installed plugin folders there is no folder named 'free-downloads-for-woocommerce'. Even though we now seem the have the free version of your app installed.
You're writing:
Once uploaded - quickly rename the original folder to be "_bk" or similar
I do see a plugin folder called 'download-now-for-woocommerce'.
Is this folder the one you mean with 'the original folder'?
If not, where should I find the original one?
Because there is no folder called 'free downloads for woocommerce'...
And finally: what should I do with the old folder? Remove it?
Last modified: 24th March 2026, 1:11 pm by H.M.
UPDATE
Yes! 🙂
Happy to announce it worked.
Thanks!
Can I safely delete the old folder called 'download-now-for-woocommerce'?
Which brings me back to this question 🙁
https://wpenhanced.com/community/forums/topics/cant-create-correct-elemenor-hello-product-page-template-for-free-download-fil/
I hoped it would be caused by not being able to activate the pro version of FDfW, but I still can't get this working.
I can't find a way to produce a product page with the Hello template I created where the checkout/download this PDF file results in the Free Download popup.
I tried using the Checkout widget, but that doesn't work.
Last modified: 24th March 2026, 3:20 pm by H.M.
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