Alternatives to Vanilla PDF Embed
Embeds PDFs in your pages and posts, without using JS.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.6/5 (32 reviews)
Downloads: 99,432
Active installs: 3,000
Maintenance score: 26/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0.1
Tested up to: 4.5.0
Requires PHP: f
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PDF Embedder(486)•Updated 139d ago
Seamlessly embed PDFs into your content, with customizations and intelligent responsive resizing, and no third-party services or iframes.
300,000 installs5,031,032 downloads71/100 • Maintained
EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more(288)•Updated 42d ago
EmbedPress lets you embed videos, pages, social feeds, embed PDF 3D flipbooks & other content on WordPress without coding & enhance storytelling.
100,000 installs5,335,937 downloads74/100 • Actively maintained
20,000 installs417,550 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Embed PDF Viewer(19)•Updated 86d ago
Embed a PDF from the Media Library or elsewhere via oEmbed or as a block into an iframe tag.
20,000 installs311,219 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
10,000 installs155,800 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
PDF viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg(3)•Updated 845d ago
The "PDFjs Viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg" plugin is a powerful tool that allows you to embed PDF files into your Elementor page build …
10,000 installs31,554 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress PDF Light Viewer Plugin(53)•Updated 1708d ago
Plugin allows you to embed normal, big and very big pdf documents to the wordpress site as flipbooks with thumbnail navigation.
3,000 installs272,409 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Embedly(20)•Updated 87d ago
The Embedly Plugin extends WordPress's auto-embed feature to give your blog more media types and style options.
2,000 installs204,384 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
RV Embed PDF(9)•Updated 3888d ago
Embeds a PDF in your page or post when you insert it with the Add Media button.
900 installs39,081 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Adobe Embedded PDF Viewer(3)•Updated 1161d ago
Embed PDF files into your posts and pages and display them in a modal, a presentation-style container, full-screen, or inline.
700 installs3,162 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Spiderpowa Embed PDF(10)•Updated 4795d ago
When you insert a PDF from your Media library, it will be embbed into your page using your browser's pdf viewer.
300 installs9,957 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Scribd Doc Embedder(3)•Updated 4336d ago
Uses the Scribd API to embed supported Scribd documents (e.g. PDF, MS Office, ePub, and many others) into a web page using the Scribd Docs Reader.
200 installs11,819 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
100 installs5,901 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
iframe to embed(0)•Updated 5289d ago
Embeds are needed to embed video from youtube or to embed Google Map or just to embed content from external page.
80 installs7,616 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Auto Embed(0)•Updated 1028d ago
Easily Embed Dynamic Lazy Loading Youtube Videos And More Simply By Pasting The Url.
70 installs2,627 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
PDF Embedder – Scrollable(0)•Updated 602d ago
A WordPress plugin to embed scrollable PDFs with customizable scales.
50 installs1,086 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
PDF Shortcodes Ultimate(0)•Updated 3154d ago
Embed PDF documents in your article or page with this "PDF" shortcode for Shortcodes Ultimate.
30 installs2,299 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
10 installs324 downloads52/100 • Maintained
YouScribe(0)•Updated 4653d ago
This plugin allows to embed YouScribe publications in blog posts using Open Embed.
10 installs1,352 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Clicksmith – PDF Viewer(1)•Updated 215d ago
Embed PDFs with a simple shortcode. No ads or upsells. Set width/height and optional download link. Free.
0 installs293 downloads40/100 • Stale