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I have a WordPress site (currently 6.5.2) that uses the latest Download Monitor (4.9.13) which has been working mostly just fine until several months ago, when I first reported this issue. I thought it resolved itself after updating to Download Monitor 4.8.10, but I’ve noticed the problem is back.

To re-cap …

I have two kinds of download links (1) those that point to a file URL (e.g. /matpower/downloads/6.0/matpower6.0.zip) and (2) those that point to a GitHub URL (e.g. https://github.com/MATPOWER/matpower/releases/download/7.0/matpower7.0.zip).

The second kind are taking forever to download. These are not huge files (<3 sec for a direct download from GitHub), but when clicking a download link on my site, the little icon spins for 20 sec or more before the browser shows anything downloading, then it appears to complete instantly.

Disabling other plugins does not seem to make a difference.

Any suggestions for how to resolve this?

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