Download attribute not working

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  jjministry61 · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 2:07 am

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  I’m trying to add a “download” attribute to a link, e.g.,

  <a href="file" download>link display</a>

  and I also tried

  <a href="file" download="another name">link display</a>

  The WordPress editor silently strips out the download attribute when saving the posting.

  Any ideas?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 2, 2017 at 11:02 am

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  Good Morning –

  WordPress.com does have a limit on the types of code you can embed due to our shared environment. More details on that are in this guide:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  Can you post the original code snippet here so I can verify this? Also, which site are you working on?

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  jjministry61 · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 1:55 pm

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  Thanks, the “a” code is supported in that list, and “download” is an attribute of the “a” code.

  The code as it now exists is:

  ‘Download:   Ministry

  I am attempting to add the attribute “download” after the file link, but the WordPress editor deletes it when I press Update.

  The site is https://jjministry.org

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  jjministry61 · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 1:56 pm

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  That didn’t show up right. The code is:

  Download:   <a href="https://dq9akitthl5x3.cloudfront.net/MinistryBBSKember11272016.mp3">Ministry</a>

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:57 pm

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  <a href="WORDS TO BE LINKED">https://dq9akitthl5x3.cloudfront.net/MinistryBBSKember11272016.mp3</a>

  Does this example work? Just change the “words to be linked” portion to whatever you want.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:58 pm

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  Yikes. I’m also having trouble formatting the link. Let me try again…

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:59 pm

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  < a href=”WORDS TO BE LINKED”>https://dq9akitthl5x3.cloudfront.net/MinistryBBSKember11272016.mp3

  There we go! It looks like you may have a space after your a

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  jjministry61 · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 8:10 pm

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  I think the html5 syntax is as follows:

  <a href="url" download>Words to be linked</a>

  But the WordPress editor is silently deleting the “download” attribute so what I end up with is:

  <a href="url">Words to be linked</a>

  and since the browser recognizes that the url represents an audio file, it opens it up in a new tab instead of downloading it, which is what I want.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 5, 2017 at 6:10 pm

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  Hello –

  If you’d like to have folks download the mp3 my suggestion is to tell them to “right click > save as”.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 5, 2017 at 6:13 pm

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  Here are the instructions to create a download link: https://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/#create-a-download-link

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  unboundedchurch · Member · Apr 19, 2018 at 1:42 pm

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  I’m interested in this too. I am helping someone with their WordPress site, and they want to allow readers to download documents, not open them in the browser or require a “right click” instruction.

  So are you able to say please whether WordPress intentionally strips out the “download” attribute, and is there a workaround?

  Thanks.