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Fileshelf (EN)

Download management for Joomla with a protected storage folder, counter, password protection and Smart Search · Version 1.10.1 · Stand 12.11.2026

Fileshelf at a glance

Fileshelf manages downloads in Joomla 6 with Joomla's own means: categories, tags, access levels,...

Requirements and installation

Requirements Joomla 6 PHP 8.3 or newer MySQL 8.0.13 or newer, or MariaDB 10.4 or newer I...

Storage folder and self-test

All files lie in a storage folder. No download is handed out through the address of its file, but...

Creating and maintaining downloads

A download is an entry with exactly one file. You create it under Components → Fileshelf → Downlo...

Categories

Fileshelf uses Joomla's categories. You manage them under Components → Fileshelf → Categories lik...

Password protection

In addition to access levels, a password can protect a download. The visitor enters it once and t...

Downloads on the website

On the website, menu items show your downloads. Create them under Menus → [your menu] → New → Men...

Fitting your template

Fileshelf follows your template instead of painting over it. Without any setting, lists, cards, t...

Shortcodes in articles

With shortcodes you place downloads in articles, modules and every other text that runs through t...

Editor button

Below the editor, or in TinyMCE's menu CMS Content, you find the button Download. It opens a sele...

The module

The module Fileshelf - Downloads shows downloads in a module position. Create it under Content → ...

Search (Smart Search)

The plugin Smart Search - Fileshelf adds downloads to the site search (Smart Search). It finds ti...

Media manager

The plugin FileSystem - Fileshelf shows the storage folder in the media manager as the area Downl...

Tools

You reach the tools from the dashboard or the menu Components → Fileshelf → Tools. They are only ...

Options and permissions

You reach the options with the button Options on the dashboard and in the list of downloads. ...

Action log

Fileshelf writes to Joomla's action log. Under Users → User Actions Log you see who created, chan...

Free version and Pro version

Fileshelf comes as a Free version and a Pro version. The Free version is a complete product: ever...

Download statistics (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Versions and expiry date (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Links and download by e-mail (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Download limits (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Notifications (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Privacy (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Memberships with Membership Pro (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

YOOtheme Pro (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

JCE editor (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Download all (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Upload on the website (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

Switching from other download extensions (Pro)

Pro version. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is ...

For developers: events

Fileshelf can be extended with plugins of your own – exactly the way the Pro version does it. Fil...

Changelog

This changelog lists every released version of Fileshelf, the most recent first. This page is ...