Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard

82 Quality Score

Active Installs

20/30

With 30,000 active installs the user base is modest but meaningful for such a narrow utility, suggesting it serves a steady niche rather than a broad audience.

Update Freshness

25/25

An update on 2025-12-22 and verified compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4 show the author is actively keeping pace with core releases.

User Rating

15/15

A 96 out of 100 from 28 reviewers is an excellent mark, though the small sample size means a few future negative reviews could shift it quickly.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened against the plugin is a double-edged signal: either the tool is so simple it rarely breaks, or users are not getting a visible place to ask questions.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested against WordPress 6.9.4 with a minimum requirement of 3.1 and PHP 5.0, the compatibility range is effectively universal.

Scores higher than 88% of indexed plugins

About

Download installed plugins and themes in ZIP files directly from your WordPress admin dashboard, download any or all without FTP or cPanel access.

Active Installs 30k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-07-24 3:56pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.5+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 5.0.0+

Security History

5 known vulnerabilities, all patched

5 Medium

Most recent: December 16, 2025

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Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.9.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Bulk Plugin/Theme Archival Medium

December 16, 2025 Patched in ["1.9.7"] CVE-2025-14399

Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard <= 1.9.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 10, 2024 Patched in ["1.9.2"] CVE-2024-9232

Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.8.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

August 15, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.8"] CVE-2024-7501

Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download Medium

May 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.6"] CVE-2024-35162

Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 2, 2019 Patched in ["1.6.0"] CVE-2019-17239

What It Does

This plugin adds a download button beside each installed plugin and theme in the WordPress admin, letting you grab a ZIP archive of the exact version currently on your site without touching FTP, cPanel, or the command line. It also supports bulk downloading everything in one go, which is handy for snapshotting a site before a major update.

Who It's For

Developers, freelancers, and agencies who routinely move code between local, staging, and production environments will get the most value, as will maintenance pros who need a quick offline copy of a client site for backup or handoff. Non-technical site owners who occasionally want a copy of a premium plugin bundle for safekeeping will also find it useful.

Who Should Skip It

If you only manage a single personal blog and never move sites around, or if you already rely on a full-site backup tool like UpdraftPlus or BlogVault, this plugin is redundant. Server admins comfortable with WP-CLI or SSH have no reason to add it either.

The Bottom Line

This is a small, focused utility that does one thing and does it well, with strong recent maintenance and very high user satisfaction. The lack of a public support channel is a mild concern, but for a tool that simply zips files on demand it is hard to go wrong. Score of 80.84 reflects solid execution on a narrow use case rather than broad indispensability.