DooFiles
Settings
A map of the DooFiles settings: the Security, Files, Mobile access, Storage and License tabs, every card and what it changes, how saving works, and why a setting can show as locked.
Overview
The settings of DooFiles are on one page with five tabs: Security, Files, Mobile access, Storage and License. Each tab has its own entry in the DooFiles menu of your admin, below File manager and a separator. For example, DooFiles › Mobile access opens the settings on the Mobile access tab. Tabs arrived in DooFiles 1.0.15, and Storage in 1.1.0.
These settings apply to the whole site and to every administrator, and they are saved on your server. Saving them always asks for your password, and for your second factor if you use one, even when code changes do not.
Below the tabs, This browser links to the preferences of this browser, which are in the file manager. See Preferences. The version of DooFiles appears at the bottom of the page.
[SCREENSHOT_HERE: DooFiles › Security with the five tabs at the top, the Security tab selected and its cards closed]
Security
| Card | What you set | See |
|---|---|---|
| Security | Ask for the password before changing code, how long the confirmation lasts, read-only mode, the warning before changing WordPress files, and whether images of the Media Library can only be saved as a copy | Password confirmation, Read-only mode, Manage files, Media viewer |
| Second factor | Your own second factor, when DooFiles asks for it, requiring it for everyone, and the second factor of other administrators | Second factor |
| Private folders | The state of each private folder, who opens it, and its daily check | Private folders |
Files
| Card | What you set | See |
|---|---|---|
| Editor and uploads | The largest file the editor opens, and the largest upload | Editor and uploads |
| Trash, backups and activity | How long DooFiles keeps the Trash, the backups and the activity log, and how many backups and entries | Trash, backups and activity |
| Thumbnails | Turn the thumbnails of the file list on or off for the whole site, and how long unused thumbnails are kept | Thumbnails |
| Space | Measure the folders every day | Space |
Mobile access
| Card | What you set | See |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile access | Whether administrators can connect devices, whether devices can also organize files, how many devices each administrator can connect, and how long a device stays connected without use | Mobile access |
| Your devices | Your connected devices, connecting a new one with a QR code, and disconnecting one or all. It only appears while mobile access is on | Mobile access |
Storage
| Card | What you set | See |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare R2 | The keys of your R2 account, the buckets DooFiles opens in the file manager, checking each bucket, and disconnecting | Cloudflare R2 |
| Amazon S3 | Coming soon | — |
License
| Card | What you set | See |
|---|---|---|
| License | Activate, check, renew or deactivate your license | License activation |
| Feedback | Send a problem or an idea to Doothemes. It opens a ticket in your account, and the answer reaches you by email | Getting help |
Move between tabs
- Click a tab to open it. With a tab selected, the left and right arrow keys move to the next tab, and Home and End go to the first and the last one.
- Each tab has its own address, ending in
#security,#files,#mobile,#storageor#license. You can bookmark it or share it with another administrator. - The page opens on the tab in its address. Without one, such as from the Settings link in your list of plugins, it opens on the last tab you used in this browser, or on Security the first time.
- Changing tabs does not lose your changes. A dot next to the name of a tab means a card in it has unsaved changes.
Save your changes
Each card has its own Save changes button:
- Change the settings of a card. The card shows You have unsaved changes.
- Click Save changes, and confirm your password.
- DooFiles shows Settings saved.
Discard changes puts the card back as it was. If you try to leave the page with unsaved changes, your browser asks you to confirm.
Numbers must be whole numbers within their range. If one is not, the card tells you which range to use, for example: Days in the trash: use a whole number from 1 to 365.
Open and close the cards
Click the top of a card, or Show details, to open it, and again to close it. DooFiles remembers which cards you left open, in this browser.
A card opens on its own when it needs your attention, for example when your license is about to expire, when a private folder can be opened from the web, or when it has unsaved changes.
Settings that show as locked
A setting shows as locked, with a note that explains why, when something other than this page decides its value:
| Note | What it means |
|---|---|
| Set by the … filter in the site's code. | A developer fixed that value in the code of your site. See Filters and constants |
| Turned on by … in wp-config.php. | A line in wp-config.php, such as DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT, turns it on. See Read-only mode |
| Set by … in wp-config.php. | A line in wp-config.php, such as DOOFILES_REAUTH_MINUTES, fixes that value. See Rules in wp-config.php |
| Turn on your own second factor above to change these settings. | The options of the second factor need your own second factor turned on |
Without an active license
Without an active license, only the License tab can be used, and the page opens on it. The cards of the other tabs show Needs a license, and DooFiles only lets you browse the folders until you activate one. See License activation.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| There is no Settings entry in the DooFiles menu | Since DooFiles 1.0.15, the menu shows one entry for each tab: Security, Files, Mobile access, Storage (DooFiles 1.1.0 or newer) and License |
| A tab shows a dot | A card in that tab has unsaved changes. Open the tab and click Save changes or Discard changes |
| Save changes does not respond | Check the message at the bottom of the card. A number may be out of its range |
| A setting is locked | Read the note under it. It says which filter or line of wp-config.php decides it |
| My browser preferences are not there on another computer | They are saved in each browser. Set them again there |
| Every card outside the License tab shows Needs a license | Activate your license in DooFiles › License |
Need more help? Open a support ticket.
The product
DooFiles — Secure WordPress file manager plugin
The file manager WordPress should have shipped with: native, fast and secure by design.
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