AudioPlace.me

<p><a href="http://audioplace.me" rel="nofollow ugc">AUDIOPLACE.ME</a> GIVES YOUR STORY A VOICE<br />
Our content extension tool helps online publishers automate the process of transforming existing text into audio content. Consumers are able to enjoy more accessible audio content without compromising quality.<br />
<a href="http://audioplace.me" rel="nofollow ugc">Audioplace.me</a> enriches your content by adding the native Text-to-Speech widget in line within the content that the user is consuming, allowing for a seamless functionality.</p>
<p>WHY <a href="http://audioplace.me" rel="nofollow ugc">AUDIOPLACE.ME</a>?<br />
Nowadays, digital content consumers are multi-taskers, have short attention spans, and are easily distracted. Podcasts and audio content consumption are on the rise – and are often costly.<br />
Digital content creators have archives full of valuable, and relevant content that’s not being accessed or utilized. Creating an audio version will refresh content, and increase your story’s distribution. Content creators are eager to adapt in order to meet the needs of their consumers, and to reach new audiences.<br />
<a href="http://audioplace.me" rel="nofollow ugc">Audioplace.me</a> introduces a perfect solution. Extend your content with our technology, for FREE.</p>
<p>HOW DOES IT WORK?<br />
1. Create a free account at: https://audioplace.me<br />
2. Edit your user profile and add your site’s domain.<br />
3. Create a new widget</p>
<p>AUDIATE.ME IN WORDPRESS<br />
1. Install the Audioplace.me <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/audiate.me/" rel="ugc">plugin</a> and activate it<br />
2. Go to https://Audioplace.me website, login, navigate to ‘Create Widgets’ page and generate a widget code.<br />
3. Copy the widget code and paste it in your WordPress in settings -> audiate<br />
4. Choose whether to show the widget on all posts/pages or only on selected ones.<br />
5. Select the widget position, before the content or after the title</p>
<p>SHORT CODE<br />
Another way to implement the widget in your posts and pages is to use WordPress shortcode.<br />
Simply paste [audiate-widget] in your text or use it in your templates.</p>


Audioplace Me

There are many such plugins available, I tried at least 5-7 different option.

Audiate has no hidden paywall or any kind of limit, which is great. The most important I found their AI really smart & the voice is also pleasing.

Great quality audio & very easy to setup

Elevate Your Content with Audio. Transform your content into audio to reach a larger audience with our Text-to-Speech widget.

Ben Lawson

Thomas McMahon

<p>Incorporate <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mozilla’s PDF.js</a> viewer into your pages and posts via a Gutenberg block or a simple shortcode. PDF.js is a javascript library for displaying pdf pages within browsers.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg Block and Shortcode</li>
<li>Elementor Widget (auto-detects when Elementor is active)</li>
<li>Translation Support (plugin only): Spanish and French included, ready for more languages</li>
<li>Elegant Theme that adapts to dark and light mode (if browser supports dynamic CSS)</li>
<li>Customizable buttons</li>
<li>Page navigation drawer</li>
<li>Search functionality</li>
<li>Protected PDF password entry</li>
<li>Loading bar & displays partially loaded PDF (great for huge PDFs!)</li>
<li>Document outline</li>
<li>Classic Editor: Easy to use editor media button that generates the shortcode for you</li>
<li>Support for mobile devices</li>
<li>Responsive design with mobile support</li>
</ul>
<p>Shortcode Syntax:</p>
<pre><code>[pdfjs-viewer attachment_id=123 viewer_width=600px viewer_height=700px fullscreen=true download=true print=true]
</code></pre>
<p>Or use a direct URL:</p>
<pre><code>[pdfjs-viewer url=http://www.website.com/test.pdf viewer_width=600px viewer_height=700px fullscreen=true download=true print=true]
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Shortcode Parameters:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>attachment_id</code> (recommended): ID of the media file in WordPress media library</li>
<li><code>url</code> (alternative): Direct URL to PDF file. Use <code>attachment_id</code> when possible for better security.</li>
<li><code>viewer_width</code> (optional): Width of the viewer (default: <code>100%</code>)</li>
<li><code>viewer_height</code> (optional): Height of the viewer (default: <code>800px</code>)</li>
<li><code>fullscreen</code> (optional): <code>true</code>/<code>false</code>, displays fullscreen link above viewer (default: <code>true</code>)</li>
<li><code>fullscreen_text</code> (optional): Text for the fullscreen link (default: <code>View Fullscreen</code>)
<ul>
<li>Spaces not allowed. Use <code>%20</code> in place of spaces.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>fullscreen_target</code> (optional): <code>true</code>/<code>false</code>, open the fullscreen link in a new tab (default: <code>false</code>)</li>
<li><code>download</code> (optional): <code>true</code>/<code>false</code>, enables or disables download button (default: <code>true</code>)</li>
<li><code>print</code> (optional): <code>true</code>/<code>false</code>, enables or disables print button (default: <code>true</code>)</li>
<li><code>openfile</code> (optional): <code>true</code>/<code>false</code>, show open file button (default: <code>false</code>)</li>
<li><code>zoom</code> (optional): Initial zoom level – <code>auto</code>, <code>page-actual</code>, <code>page-fit</code>, <code>page-width</code>, or percentage like <code>75</code>, <code>100</code>, <code>150</code> (default: <code>auto</code>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Elementor Widget</h3>
<p>If you’re using <a href="https://elementor.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Elementor</a>, the PDF.js Viewer Elementor widget is automatically available in the Page Builder.</p>
<h3>Admin Notice After Updates / Invalid Block</h3>
<p>When you update the plugin, editors may see an admin banner explaining that Gutenberg could show an “Attempt Block Recovery” prompt when editing older posts with PDFs. Clicking it updates the block format; it does not affect what visitors see. You can dismiss the banner, and it won’t reappear until a future release enables it again.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This WordPress plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.</p>
<p>PDF.js (included in this plugin) is developed by Mozilla and licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js" rel="nofollow ugc">PDF.js repository</a> for details.</p>
<h3>3.1.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cache busting for the pesky pdf.worker.js file to prevent caching issues after updates</li>
<li>Added Elementor widget</li>
<li>Brought Zoom back</li>
<li>Ability to whitelist other domains (like CDNs) to load PDFs from.</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cache busting for PDF.js files to prevent caching issues after updates</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.3.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>URL Encoding fix</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>PDFjs 5.5.207</li>
<li>Improved URL encoding for PDF files with special characters in filenames/URLs</li>
<li>Enhanced security with better sanitization of file parameters</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added cache busing to PDFjs files to prevent caching issues after updates</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue with mjs files on servers that don’t support the mime type</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Now requires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.4</li>
<li>Upgraded PDFjs to PDF.js 5.4.456</li>
<li>Added PDF preview in Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Admin notice for block recovery after updates</li>
<li>Accessibility improvements.</li>
<li>Reworked the block editor PDF embed code</li>
<li>Options Page improvements.</li>
<li>Added message so if the user is trying to load external PDFs, they’ll get a warning</li>
<li>Translation Support: Added internationalization support
<ul>
<li>Included Spanish (es_ES) and French (fr_FR) translations</li>
<li>Added translation template (POT file) for additional languages</li>
<li>Added <code>load_plugin_textdomain()</code> for automatic translation loading</li>
<li>Created translation guide in <code>languages/README.md</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fixed <code>window.pdfjs_options</code> undefined errors in block editor</li>
<li>Added safe fallback to prevent JavaScript errors when options not loaded</li>
<li>Improved attribute default handling in Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Added PDF preview in Gutenberg block editor</li>
<li>Consolidated rendering logic with new <code>pdfjs_render_viewer()</code> function</li>
<li>Created <code>pdfjs_get_options()</code> helper for consistent option retrieval</li>
<li>Added proper input sanitization with <code>pdfjs_sanitize_option()</code></li>
<li>Fixed <code>pdfjs_viewer_scale</code> default from <code>0</code> to <code>auto</code></li>
<li>Updated build toolchain (Sass, webpack, Node 18+ requirement)</li>
<li>Removed unused code and improved code organization</li>
<li>Added <code>.nvmrc</code> for Node version management</li>
<li>Fixed PHP Warning: Undefined array key “editButtons” thanks to retroflexer</li>
<li>Fixed issue where iFrames could break the layout on smaller screens</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.2.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updated PDFjs to PDF.js 5.3.93</li>
<li>Merged ‘Add toggle to disable editing buttons’ PR</li>
<li>Merged ‘Fix PHP Warnings: Undefined array key’ PR</li>
<li>Package security updates / rebuild</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.2.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>PDFjs with legacy browser support</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.2.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>.mjs workaround</li>
<li>Updated to PDFjs 4.5.136</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updated to PDFjs 4.3.136</li>
<li>Renamed ‘Download’ to ‘Save’ based on PDFjs change.</li>
<li>Removed the zoom feature to hopefully fix Edge issues.</li>
<li>Disabling the Alternative PDF Loading version</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.8</h3>
<ul>
<li>Preventing users from adding JS to shortcodes.</li>
<li>Bumping version numbers</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.7</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed the fullscreen settings for new PDFs</li>
<li>Fixing a bug where, on fresh installs, the fullscreen text would be ‘on’</li>
<li>Tested with WordPress 6.0-beta3-53297</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added testing up to WordPress 5.9.</li>
<li>Added a few more variables into the Alternative PDF Loading version.</li>
<li>Moved the Alternative PDF Loading to beta.</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Detect ACF before running ACF code.</li>
<li>Beta: Added a feature flag to load the PDF in full screen view differently.</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Decoding PDF urls when other plugins encode them in the classic editor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Adding a version number to some JS files to break caches</li>
<li>Fixing an issue where the fullscreen text didn’t have spaces</li>
<li>Updating the shortcode in the read me</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reverting to the file in the URL</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updating how we call the WordPress plugin directory.</li>
<li>Updating function names.</li>
<li>More sanitization.</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.1.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added the file ID to the URL.</li>
<li>Hooked WordPress into the viewer to pull the URL in. Should fix some possible security concerns.</li>
<li>Removed the file URL from the URL.</li>
<li>Removed the <code>pdfjs_set_custom_edits</code> filter.</li>
<li>Removed the <code>pdfjs_set_custom_domain</code> filter.</li>
<li>Sanitizing inputs</li>
<li>Removing search term.</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Preventing XSS with the search term</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Now works with ACF fields! Thanks @imj13</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Major PDFjs Upgrade to version 2.6.347</li>
<li>Changing the insert PDF button to fire on a class not ID.</li>
<li>Updated the minimum version of WordPress supported.</li>
<li>Maybe Edge is happy now?</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.5.9</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixing the issue that made Edge unhappy. <em>fingers crossed</em></li>
</ul>
<h3>1.5.8</h3>
<ul>
<li>Starting to hook up options page to the shortcode.</li>
<li>Fixing a potential code injection problem</li>
<li>Fix for WordPress 2021 Theme</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.5.7</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix for those not running WordPress 5+ where a fatal error would show because a function I called didn’t exist.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.5.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>New options page to set the default settings.</li>
<li>Only showing the ‘Add PDF’ media button to posts using the classic editor as it only works in the classic editor.</li>
<li>Added a filter to pass in a custom domain if URLs are proxied. <code>pdfjs_set_custom_domain</code></li>
<li>Added a filter if you want to edit the PDF URL. <code>pdfjs_set_custom_edits</code></li>
<li>Ability to hide Search via setting on options page.</li>
<li>Ability to show Sidebar via setting on options page.</li>
<li>Ability to highlight a search term on PDF load.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>High Five 🖐</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reworking way we make the PDF url relative.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Remove only the first instance of the domain name from the URL. Leave it if it’s in a directory or file name.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Making the PDF URL relative so that maybe Microsoft Defender won’t complain.</li>
<li>Allowing the viewer to be called directly.</li>
<li>Hiding the Open button.</li>
<li>Checking for <code>register_block_type</code> function before calling it to better support WordPress 4.x. Thanks @Now-Italy-Demo @octoxan</li>
<li>Made the PDF URL relative to hopefully fix Windows Defender security issues.</li>
<li>Adding option to open the fullscreen link in a new tab.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reverting the update to Mozilla PDF.JS library as it broke older browsers and some other setups.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updated Plugin Name</li>
<li>Updated Plugin Icon</li>
<li>Gutenberg Block</li>
<li>Updating Mozilla PDF.JS library.</li>
<li>Adding a class to the fullscreen link.</li>
<li>Ability to customize fullscreen link text.</li>
<li>Ability to customize default zoom level.</li>
<li>Classes so you can style things easier.</li>
<li>Shorter default height.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>Renaming URL variables to prevent a possible Edge security message.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixes a version number issue that was introduced in the last version.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Brings back the ability to hide print and download.</li>
<li>Adds version numbers to URLs to hopefully break caches and prevent weirdness.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixes an issue where PDFs wouldn’t load on production sites due to a <code>setLanguage</code> error.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added title to iFrame for accessibility.</li>
<li>Cleaning up code per WordPress standards.</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updating the Readme</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updating to PDF.JS version v2.3.200</li>
<li>Updating the Readme</li>
<li>Adding Gutenberg Callout</li>
</ul>
<h3>v1.0 – 1.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>The birth of the plugin and first few versions.</li>
</ul>


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I was impressed with the level of support provided with the recent issue where the plugin stopped displaying due to Mozilla’s PDFjs, and they started using mjs files.



Thank you for an excellent plugin.


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