Download links redirect to the home page
Download links in subscriber emails and on the button send people to the home page instead of the file.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
5 public reports · first reported 8 September 2019 · last reported 19 March 2024
What's going wrong
Site owners who use this WordPress plugin to gate downloads behind an email signup report that the link sent to subscribers often lands on the home page rather than the file. Some see it only when link encryption is on, while others get a 403 error when it is off. Some owners find that returning subscribers' download button also leads nowhere useful, and one owner reports the link fails on Android. Owners lose trust when subscribers never receive what they signed up for, and they cannot find a setting that fixes it. The gap is a reliable delivery and verification check for gated downloads that tests each link and reports failures.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
Subscribe to Download Lite – Email Before Download Plugin.
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Who has this problem
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