Simple Google Docs Viewer

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Enables you to easily embed documents with Google Docs Viewer – that are supported by Google Docs (PDF/DOC/DOCX/PPTX/etc).

Author:illuminea (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:4.7.17
Plugin version:1.2
Added to WordPress repository:20-12-2012
Last updated:22-03-2017
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://www.illuminea.com/
Total downloads:19 816
Active installs:500+
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Easily embed documents supported by Google Docs (PDF/DOC/DOCX/PPTX/etc)with a simple shortcode [gviewer]

Ex. [gviewer file=”https://example.com/thisismyfile.pdf”]

A full list of attributes:

  • fileRequired. The URL of the file you wish to show
  • width — Optional. The desired width of the viewer in pixels. If no width is set, the value of the theme’s $content_width will be used. If no value is set, the width will default to 600 px.
  • height — Optional. The desired height of the viewer in pixels. If height is set, the height will 1.2 times the width. For example, if the width is 100 px, the height will be 120 px.
  • language — The language of the document. If the document is written in a right-to-left (RTL) language (like Hebrew and Arabic), specifying the language will apply RTL settings.

Another way to embed a Google Document is by using the template tag provided by the plugin in the source code. Here’s an example:

<?php

echo simple_gviewer_embed( 'https://.../file.pdf', $args );

The second argument, $args, is an associative array. Keys can be found in the list above.

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