Real3D Flipbook Lite

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How do I create a flipbook?

• Navigate to Real3D Flipbook > Add New, upload your PDF or images, customize settings, and click Publish.

How do I embed a flipbook in a post or page?

• Copy the shortcode from the flipbook list and paste it into your desired post or page.

Is there a limit to the number of pages or PDF file size?

• No, Real3D Flipbook Lite supports large PDFs with hundreds of pages. It uses smart loading to ensure performance isn’t affected.

How can I optimize my PDF flipbook for fast loading?

• Optimize your PDFs by:
  • Reducing image resolutions to 150 dpi.
  • Using JPEG compression.
  • Enabling web optimization settings.

How can I optimize my image flipbook for fast loading?

• Use web-optimized images with a resolution around 2000px in JPG or WebP formats.

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1.0

• initial release

3.39

• New: more options added under General
• New: WebGL options
• Improvement: better performance
• Improvement: faster page loading time
• Improvement: optimized script loading
• Improvement: smaller script sizes
• Fix : various bug fixes

3.39.1

• Fix: updating from 1.0

3.41

• New: view mode “scroll”
• Fix: view mode “3d” performance

3.42

• New: flipbook mode “lightbox” and “fullscreen” added
• Fix: view mode “scroll” not loading first page if viewer is off screen
• Improvement: disable flipbook when it is off screen

3.50

• Fix: bug with OffscreenCanvas undefined on iOS
• Fix: disable page scroll on mobile when lightbox is active
• Fix: disable page flip if another flipbook is in fullscreen or lightbox
• Improvement: faster page loading in mode “webgl”
• Improvement: faster page loading for PDF flipbooks
• Improvement: performance optimizations

3.53

• Improvement: Added toolbar with Zoom in, Zoom out and Fullscreen options

3.53.1

• New: Help section in Edit flipbook page, with Getting Started video
• New: Open lightbox flipbook with a “lightbox CSS class” – any element with this CSS class will open the lightbox flipbook
• New: Set lightbox CSS class via shortcode parameter “class”
• New: Set PDF URL via shortcode parameter “pdf”
• New: Set lightbox thumbnail URL via shortcode parameter “thumb”

3.54

• Improvement: Updated Getting Started video
• Improvement: Changed default flipbook container size to A4 double page

3.55

• Fix: Creating flipbook from images
• Fix: Flipping pages with arrows in mode “3d” and “2d”

3.56

• New: Thumbnails option in toolbar
• New: Print option in toolbar
• Improvement: Page resolution for PDF flipbook

3.56.1

• New: Help admin page

3.56.2

• New: Toolbar button for enabling / disabling flip sound

3.57

• Fix: Prevent page flip after pinch zoom
• Fix: Prevent double click zoom during page flip

3.58

• Fix: Single page mode with odd number of pages
• Fix: Blurry pages in mode 2D
• Fix: Right to left mode when book has 1 page

3.59

• Fix: Left page not visible on iOS, when view mode is 2d or 3d
• Fix: HTML content not working for PDF flipbook

3.60

• New: Table of Contents from page titles
• New: Table of Contents builder
• New: Share on Facebook, X

3.61

• New: Option to override click on PDF links, all links will open PDF in Real3D Flipbook lightbox
• New: Option to render shortcodes [pdf-embedder url=”…pdf”], [dflip source=”…pdf”], [wonderplugin_pdf src=”…pdf”] in Real3D Flipbook

3.61.1

• New: Option to render shortcodes [3d-flip-book pdf=”…pdf”], [3d-flip-book id=”…pdf”], [dflip id=”…pdf”], [pdfjs-viewer url=”…pdf”] in Real3D Flipbook

3.61.2

• Fix: Import flipbooks from JSON

3.62

• New: Download PDF button
• New: Enable / Disable any toolbar button

3.63

• Improvement: Flipbook live preview in admin

3.65

• New: Option to show only first x number of pages
• Fix: Scrollbar on Table of Contents and Thumbnails

3.68

• Improvement: Updated links for addons

3.68.1

• Fix: Conflict with dflip plugin

3.69

• Fix: Override PDF Embedder shortcode and block

3.70

• New: Support for translation with .po .mo files
• New: Added Turkish translation

3.71

• Improvement: Navigation arrows redesign
• Improvement: Thumbnails view redesign

3.72

• Fix: Saving HTML content for flipbook pages
• New: Tooltip for toolbar

3.73

• Fix: Right to left mode in view mode “3d”, “2d”, “simple”

3.73.1

• Fix: Right to left mode in view mode “swipe”

3.74

• New: Resize flipbook container to fit double page flipbook on desktop and single page flipbook on mobile

3.75

• Improvement: Code optimization

3.76

• Improvement: Performance optimization for JPG flipbooks
• Fix: Missing “scroll” option in Mobile > View mode

3.77

• Fix: View mode “swipe” not working

3.79

• New: Tools submenu in toolbar
• Improvement: Share menu redesign
• Improvement: Better flip animation

3.80

• Fix: Flipbook thumbnail overwriting

3.81

• Fix: Flipbook quick edit post deletes flipbook settings

3.82

• New: Container ratio option
• New: Editable Flipbook permalink structure

3.83

• Improvement: Updated to more recent pdf.js
• Fix: Multiple flibpooks on the same page not working
• New: Convert PDF links – Option to convert only PDF links with CSS class
• New: Convert PDF links – Option to convert only PDF links witouts CSS class

4.0

• Improvement: Updated to PDF.js 3.11.174
• Fix: Fullscreen on iOS
• Fix: Double click zoom
• Fix: Flip pages with touch swipe
• Other bug fixes
• Performance improvements

4.1

• Fix: Fullscreen mode flipbook cut off
• Fix: Broken flipbook permalinks

4.1.1

• Improvement: Admin Help page

4.3

• Fix: Lightbox flipbook bug when flipbook is not visible
• Fix: Bulk edit flipbook posts deletes options from flipbook
• Fix: Errors caused by cached scripts
• Fix: Table of Contents from PDF outline
• Fix: PHP 8.3 warning
• Fix: iOS fullscreen shows warning
• Fix: PDF Flipbook rendering bug
• New: Option to enable / disable Current page on mobile
• New: Option to enable / disable Tools menu

4.3.8

• Fix: Bug with creating new flipbooks

4.3.9

• Fix: One page JPG flipbook not working

4.4.1

• Fix: PHP error on flipbook permalink
• Fix: Flipbook not loading in lightbox
• Fix: Single page mode can flip beyond last page

4.4.2

• Fix: JS error on Edit flipbook page

4.5

• Fix: PDF flipbook not loading when RequireJS is used on the page
• Fix: Toggle fullscreen icon does not change on iOS
• Fix: Video does not pause in view mode “scroll” when scrolled page goes outside of view

4.6

• Improvement: Flipbook thumbnail saved as webp
• Improvement: Keep page editor items after replacing PDF
• Improvement: Edit flipbook page performance

4.8

• Fix: Saving flipbooks with large number of pages
• Fix: Menu button Tools not visible in Firefox
• Fix: PDF flipbook with 2 pages
• Improvement: Table of Contents styling
• Fix: Lightbox start page in Right to left mode
• Fix: Last page PDF flipbook

4.9.6

• Fix: Pages cut off in view modes “3d” and “2d”
• Fix: Logo image covering the book
• Fix: Toggle fullscreen with ESC
• Fix: Preview pages bug
• Fix: Zoom Pan in mode webgl
• Fix: Text rendering on RTL websites
• New: Share copy link
• New: Scale cover option for “webgl” mode – make double with cover flipbook from pages that are all same size
• New: Page caption – if page has caption, the icon for viewing the caption on hover will be displayed on the page
• New: Filter flipbooks by category on the Flipbooks page
• New: Flipbook automatically fits to width or height based on single page or double page view
• Improvement: Optimized shortcode rendering
• Improvement: Optimized saving of flipbook options
• Fix: Thumbail size in grid view
• Fix: Prevent mouse zoom when flipbook is in iframe and not fullscreen
• Fix: Lightbox start page

4.9.7

• Improvement: Higher resolution pages
• New: Table of Contents from PDF outline
• New: Share on Pinterest, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Digg, Reddit, Email, Copy link

4.9.8

• Fix: Last page not loading when Cover is disabled

4.9.9

• Fix: Saving flipbook thumbnail image

4.10.2

• Fix: Thubmnail image upload location
• Fix: Youtube not stopping after lightbox close
• Fix: Size of share buttons
• Fix: Tooltip color and position
• Improvement: Border for toolbar and popups
• Improvement: Sharper shadow for WebGL mode
• Improvement: Faster page loading
• Improvement: Rendering performance

4.10.3

• Fix: Thubmnail image upload location
• Fix: Fullscreen on iOS
• Fix: Bug with stopping youtube videos on pages
• Improvement: Prevent website pinch zoom when flipbook is fullscreen or lightbox
• Improvement: Prevent auto hiding address bar on iOS when flipbook is fullscreen or lightbox

4.11

• Fix: No cover in right to left mode
• Fix: Thumbnails view close button
• Improvement: Page loading optimizations
• Fix: Background music not playing
• Fix: Page HTML not loading when start page not 1
• Fix: Page items have wrong settings when copy pasting flipbook pages
• Fix: Preview pages for logged out users
• Fix: Search on start
• Fix: Lightbox opens on empty page
• Improvement: Performance optimization

4.11.1

• Fix: PHP error for PHP versions < 7.4

4.11.2

• New: French translation

4.11.3

• Fix: Category shortcode

4.11.4

• Fix: Broken link on Settings page

4.16.4

• New: Password protected flipbook posts
• Fix: Socurity update
• Fix: Search results for spreads with cover
• Fix: Search not working if pages are spreads with cover
• Improvement: Thumbnail view page numbers are in outer conrners
• Improvemet: Sharper pages when book is small
• Fix: One page flipbook not loading
• Fix: RTL mode page loading bug
• Fix: Page scrolling after opening thumbnails
• Improvement: Thumbnails show as spreads
• New: Showtcode parameter rtl=”true” for enabling right to left mode
• Fix: HTML content layer and PDF text layer for “3d” and “2d” view modes
• Fix: Text deselect on pages
• Fix: Bug when sound is diabled and button sound is disabled
• New: Highlight active thumbnail
• New: Accent color option for thumbnail hightlight
• Improvement: Faster page loading
• Improvement: Flip animation performance
• Fix: Page resolution for PDF Flipbook

4.19

• Fix: Security issue – Broken Access Control
• Improvement: Book pages are not cut off while flipping in mode “webgl”
• Improvement: More realistic shadows in modes “3d” and “2d”
• Fix: Crashing on mobile in modes “3d” and “2d”
• Improvement: Thumbnails loading performance
• Improvement: Text search performance
• New: Zoom in / out on page click
• New: Option “Minimal view” – show only fullscreen button when book is small
• New: Option “Minimal view threshold” – breakpoint for minimal view
• New: Option “Range chunk size” – partial PDF loading request size in KB
• New: Zoom with mouse wheel + CTRL
• New: Zoom in & zoom out on page click instead of double click
• Fix: Disable zoom in & zoom out while auto flip is active
• Fix: Flipbok pages not loading in mode “3d” in Firefox
• Improvement: Table of Contents and search results styling
• Fix: Error when youtube video is on flipbook page
• Fix: First page & last page arrows in RTL
• Fix: Lightbox start page option
• Fix: Table of Contents sub items stay open after Table of Contents closes
• Fix: Corner curl stops working after going back to first page
• Improvement: Disable zooming when autoplay is active

4.19.1

• Fix: PHP error in flipbook shortcode

4.19.2

• Improvement: Only Administrator can view and edit Real3D Flipbook > Settings