I've been searching high and low trying to figure out how to create download links for audio files uploaded to a post.
I know how to display the audio url directly into the theme template, but when it's clicked, it just starts to stream the audio right in the browser.
I need a way to prompt the file to download once clicked.
Looking for more of a snippet for the functions.php file than a plugin.
Topic audio attachments posts Wordpress
Category Web
Add this to your .htaccess
# Force mp3 Download instead of display
<FilesMatch "\.mp3$">
ForceType applicaton/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
# End Force mp3 Download instead of display
Some people like to stream audio in the browser, others like to download. Each of them is able set up the browser to choose between downloading or streaming different MIME types to get what they need.
On the other hand you can force download of certain MIME type files using PHP header() function.
See How can I force a file download in the WordPress backend? for starting point.
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