The other day I was thinking about the Free Genesis Themes I have made available here on my website—specifically how often they are downloaded.
Over the past 10 years of using WordPress, I have had the opportunity to use many plugins that monitor downloads, and to be honest, they’ve been a pain.
For the most part, they are clunky, hard to use and quite frankly, bloated. Granted these plugins were created to do a whole lot more than what I typically am looking for, so I’ll cut them some slack.
Anyway, as I have been playing around with a few theme designs of late, I’m contemplating whether or not I should retire any of the free themes I currently have—Endless, Minimalist, and Mobile First.
In order to gauge the popularity of my themes, I wanted to monitor how many times each are downloaded, so I can easily say which one(s) should go.
My solution? A simple one.
It’s a good thing Nathan Rice created the Simple URLs plugin, which allows you create, manage, and track outbound links from your site. Typically these are affiliate links, but I thought I’d get creative and use the plugin to keep track of how many times each theme is downloaded. Genius, right?
Here’s a screenshot of what my test will look like:
So I created 3 URLs, and entered .zip files in the “Redirect to” field that I had previously linked to for the theme downloads.
And just like that, I’ll be able to monitor the downloads!
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A Simple Solution to Monitor Downloads
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