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PDF Gallery is a plugin that allows you to create stunning document galleries with ease. Display PDF files, Office documents, images, videos, audio files (and even YouTube videos!) in beautiful grid or masonry layouts, with a built-in lightbox viewer. Give it a try!
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create File Galleries – Turn your files into clean, visual galleries.</li>
<li>Built-in Lightbox – Full-screen document viewer with zoom and navigation.</li>
<li>Responsive Design – Galleries look great on all devices.</li>
<li>Thumbnail Styles – Choose from multiple thumbnail layouts.</li>
<li>Advanced Customization – Fine-tune gallery design and behavior.</li>
<li>Section Dividers – Organize documents into logical sections using dividers and labels.</li>
<li>Drag & Drop Ordering – Reorder documents with simple drag and drop.</li>
<li>Shortcode Support – Embed galleries anywhere on your website using a shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported File Types</h4>
<ul>
<li>PDF documents</li>
<li>Images (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP)</li>
<li>Videos (MP4, YouTube links)</li>
<li>Audio files (MP3, WAV, OGG)</li>
<li>Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)</li>
<li>Archives (ZIP, RAR, 7Z)</li>
<li>eBooks (EPUB, MOBI)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
Free version includes: 
* One gallery with unlimited files 
* All display settings and styling options 
* Files uploaded one by one
Pro version adds: 
* Unlimited galleries 
* Batch upload for multiple files at once 
* File analytics 
* Priority support
For a complete comparison, see <a href="https://kindpixels.com/plugins/pdf-gallery#comparison" rel="nofollow ugc">the full feature table</a>.
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<h4>Using the Shortcode</h4>
Each gallery has a unique shortcode. Simply copy it from the Galleries tab and paste it into any page or post:
<pre><code>[kindpdfg_gallery id="your-gallery-id"]
</code></pre>
All display settings (columns, styles, animations) are configured in the Settings tab — no shortcode parameters needed.
<h4>Source Code</h4>
The full source code for this plugin is available on GitHub: 
https://github.com/boshorog/pdf-gallery
<h4>Support</h4>
For support questions, please visit our support forum or contact us through our website.
<h4>Privacy</h4>
This plugin does not collect any personal data. All documents are stored on your WordPress installation.

KindPixels PDF Gallery – Turn Files into Clean Galleries

Create beautiful galleries from PDFs (and other files), with customizable layouts, lightbox viewer, and drag-and-drop management.

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This is a PDF viewer plugin that allows you to embed your PDF catalogs, magazines and brochures as flipbooks on your web site in HTML5 format for free.
<a href="https://flowpaper.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">FlowPaper Home Page</a> | <a href="https://flowpaper.com/app/" rel="nofollow ugc">Flipbook Maker</a> | <a href="https://flowpaper.com/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Examples</a>
The plugin supports the majority of browsers and devices. It is currently limited to PDF documents that are 15 megabytes or smaller for PDFs that are not uploaded to FlowPaper cloud. 
To publish larger PDF documents, customize the look and to show the viewer without FlowPaper branding, please visit our homepage. It supports both light and dark themes.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tdCxHbfrYQY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
How to embed a PDF using a URL:
<ol>
<li>Add a the plug in shortcode to a post like this: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf"]</code></li>
<li>Change the PDF Url (“http://full-url/document.pdf”) to a PDF file you want to display. Voila!</li>
</ol>
How to embed a new PDF uploaded to WordPress:
<ol>
<li>Click on the “Media” link in the left panel</li>
<li>Upload your PDF document</li>
<li>Click on the uploaded PDF document and copy the URL to the PDF file</li>
<li>Create a new post and add the shortcode <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf"]</code> to your post. Update the url in the shortcode to the URL you copied from your media library</li>
</ol>
How to embed a publication uploaded to FlowPaper Cloud:
<ol>
<li>Make sure the publication is uploaded to FlowPaper cloud using the desktop publisher</li>
<li>Copy the link that the desktop publisher created for you</li>
<li>Create a new post and add the shortcode <code>[flipbook pdf="http://online.flowpaper.com/publication"]</code> to your post. Update the url in the shortcode to the URL you copied from the desktop publisher</li>
</ol>
Customizing Theme
Style of the viewer theme (default: “dark”) by adding the “theme” parameter and setting it to either “light” or “dark” like this: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf" theme="light"]</code>
Opening in a Lightbox overlay
You can display a cover of your publication and open it in a lightbox overlay by supplying the “lightbox” and “cover” parameters like this: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf" lightbox="true" cover="https://flowpaper.com/images/demo/zine-magazine@2x.jpg"]</code>
Setting Header
You can modify the header that is displayed (default: “Loading viewer …”) by adding the “header” to the embed code like this: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf" header="Opening catalog..."]</code>
Setting Publication Title
You can modify the publication title that is displayed (default: PDF title) by adding the “title” to the embed code like this: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://full-url/document.pdf" title="Fashion catalog 2016"]</code>
About FlowPaper
FlowPaper is a publishing platform that uses a number of technologies to bring your PDF documents to the web in the most beautiful friendliest ways possible. 
For a full set of features and an unbranded viewer, please use the flipbook maker available at the <a href="https://flowpaper.com/" title="FlowPaper home page" rel="nofollow ugc">FlowPaper home page</a>. This plug in is built so that people can experience one of our pdf viewers as easy as possible.
<h3>Customizing</h3>
<h4>Parameters:</h4>
<ul>
<li>pdf – source of the PDF you want to embed: <code>[flipbook pdf="http://flowpaper.com/example.pdf"]</code>;</li>
<li>width – width in pixels or in percents: <code>[flipbook width="100%"]</code> or <code>[flipbook width="600"]</code>; by default width=”100%”;</li>
<li>height – height in pixels: <code>[flipbook height="500"]</code>; by default height=”500″;</li>
<li>theme – sets the theme for the viewer: <code>[flipbook theme="light"]</code>; “dark” by default;</li>
<li>singlepage – lets you to force the viewer to only show one page at the time: <code>[flipbook singlepage="true"]</code>; “auto” by default which selects single page if the publication uses landscape pages;</li>
<li>lightbox – opens the viewer in a lightbox overlay when clicked: <code>[flipbook lightbox="true"]</code>; “false” by default;</li>
<li>cover – sets a image cover to be used for the viewer. Useful in combination with the lightbox setting: <code>[flipbook cover="http://domain.com/myimage.png"]</code>;</li>
<li>header – sets the header for the viewer: <code>[flipbook header="Custom Header"]</code>; “Loading viewer …” by default;</li>
<li>title – sets the title for the viewer: <code>[flipbook title="Custom Title"]</code>; taken from the PDF by default;</li>
<li>id – allows to add the id of the flowpaper frame: <code>[flipbook id="custom_id"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>same_height_as – allows to set the height of flowpaper same as target element: <code>[flipbook same_height_as="div.sidebar"]</code>, <code>[flipbook same_height_as="div#content"]</code>, <code>[flipbook same_height_as="body"]</code>, <code>[flipbook same_height_as="html"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
</ul>

flowpaper

Flipbook PDF viewer - all you need is a PDF : [flipbook pdf="https://flowpaper.com/example.pdf"]

KindPixels PDF Gallery – Turn Files into Clean Galleries vs flowpaper