Embed a PDF from the Media Library or via oEmbed in a Google Doc Viewer.
Embed a PDF from the Media Library or elsewhere via oEmbed or as a block into an object tag or Google Doc Viewer as fallback. The URL only has to be world reachable link.
Inspired by Embed PDF and RV Embed PDF.
Many thanks to Alex Kirk for making Embed PDF Viewer compatible with the new block editor.
Development on GitHub. Pull requests are welcome against the develop branch.
Screenshots
Embed PDF Viewer block
Select PDF
PDF block and attributes
2.3.1 / 2023-09-10
- update GA
- update tested to
2.3.0 / 2021-07-07
- add @10up GitHub Actions integration for WordPress SVN
2.2.0 / 2021-03-05
- update Toolbar to ToolbarGroup and ToolbarButton
- add limited support for block alignment toolbar
- fixes for i18n in block
- exclude
/build from make-pot in composer.json, doesn’t work with minimized JS
2.1.2 / 2020-09-15
- use same block name for oembed
- add additional dependencies to enqueue
2.1.1 / 2020-07-20
- update block for deprecated items and minor errors
- update media selector for only PDFs
2.1.0 / 2020-07-20
- update block build process
- add title and description attributes for a11y
- add PDF svg for block
2.0.5 / 2020-03-09
- minor updates to plugin structure on GitHub
- update tested to
2.0.4 / 2019-10-05
2.0.3 / 2019-04-25
- move block registration to it’s own function and hook
- WPCS updates
2.0.2 / 2019-02-03
- update WordPress requirements
2.0.1 / 2019-01-11
- added
composer.json and automatically create POT with composer update
- added check for
register_block_type() for WP 4.9.x and below
2.0.0 / 2018-12-20 🎂
- a proper PDF block was added with much help from Alex Kirk, many thanks
1.6.1 / 2018-11-25
- properly initialize
load_plugin_textdomain()
1.6.0 / 2018-07-22
- added filter
embed_pdf_viewer_pdf_attributes
- updated
readme.txt to include Requires PHP header
- added paragraph tag around link to PDF
1.5.0 / 2016-12-17
- added CSS to fallback to
iframe on iOS as object isn’t scrollable 😛
1.4.0
- switch to using
object tag, with iframe as fallback display method
1.3.0
- inserting anything other than PDF from Media Library now works as expected.
1.2.1
- fixed a couple of PHP warnings
1.2.0
- inserting a PDF from the Media Library now simply inserts the URL for oEmbed
- oEmbed a PDF from any source
1.1.2
- simplify
instance() just a little more
1.1.1
- rename instance variable to
$instance and make private
- update DocBlocks
- ensure
$atts is an array
1.1
- bugfix for not returning media item when not PDF, Bad Andy 🙁
1.0.1
1.0
- refactor to put embed code in one function
- add assets
0.1
