# How to show number of downloads for an attachment?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-number-of-downloads-for-an-attachment/164788>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-number-of-downloads-for-an-attachment/164788 "2020-09-22T02:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ipoopfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d78d45/32.png) [@ipoopfool](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ipoopfool)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-number-of-downloads-for-an-attachment/164788/1 "2020-09-22T02:30:10Z")

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> [@Attachment "number of downloads" counter resets whenever a reply is edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-number-of-downloads-counter-resets-whenever-a-reply-is-edited/72551):
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> This happens after updating to v1.9.0.beta13 +63 Steps to reproduce: Create a post with attachments. Let some users download them, so that the counters go up. Edit the post, for example adding a single text line at the end. After this, counters are back to zero.

My discourse community heavily uses attachments and they really want to see download numbers, similar to how links show number of clicks.

I found this older discourse discussion that implies the existence of a download counter, but I can’t find any information about how to turn it on or if it got removed.

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