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<p>Did you know that WordPress generates a thumbnail image file when uploading a PDF-file? This works when the PHP Extension imagick and Ghostscript is available! It won’t work with GD library! You know they are present and it’s working, when you upload a PDF-file in the media library and you immediately see a thumbnail of the file. Now that thumbnails are available my plugin hooks into the Gutenberg file-block to automagically inserting that thumbnail right before the file block. Besides that it also provides some more options:</p>
<h3>Plugin Features</h3>
<p>✔  a toggle to insert an preview image before the file block<br />
✔  a toggle to link the preview image with the “link to” settings value of the file block<br />
✔  a toggle to link the preview image with itself to the full-size image<br />
✔  a toggle to enable the Lightbox-Effect on the preview image (enable in settings)<br />
✔  a setting to choose the size of the preview image: thumbnail, medium, large<br />
✔  a settings page to define default for image size and <code>show inline embed</code> default value and a <code>height in pixels</code> default value<br />
✔  when activating the plugin, the <code>show inline embed</code> option of the file block gets disabled by default<br />
✔  the preview image link target is based on setting of file-block (<code>open in new tab</code>)<br />
✔  adds new block styles to file block with just a few inline css code<br />
✔  this plugins main goal is to be very lightweight and avoid loading any additional assets and saving DOM performance. It just uses 3 files.</p>
<p>This plugin requires imagick and Ghostscript! A good WordPress web hosting has it installed by default.</p>


PDF-Preview inside File-Block

Extends the core/file block to optionally insert a PDF preview image (generated by WordPress) before the file block and adds linking/lightbox options.

dFactory

<p><a href="http://www.dfactory.co/products/download-attachments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Download Attachments</a> is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. Instead of bloated interface it enables simple, drag & drop and AJAX driven metabox where you can insert and manage your Media Library files and automatically or manually display them after, before or inside posts content.</p>
<p>For more information, check out plugin page at <a href="http://www.dfactory.co/" rel="nofollow ugc">dFactory</a> site.</p>
<h4>Features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic or manual download links display</li>
<li>Select post types where Download Attachments should be used</li>
<li>Select list, table or sortable, dynamic table display style</li>
<li>Downloads count</li>
<li>Advanced attachments sorting</li>
<li>Most Downloaded Attachments widget</li>
<li>Drag & drop files ordering</li>
<li>Based on Media Library attachments</li>
<li>Easy customisation of Frontend & Backend display</li>
<li>Pretty URLs for download links</li>
<li>Encrypt URLs by default</li>
<li>Customizable tamplates engine</li>
<li>Custom download slug</li>
<li>Custom permission for metabox display</li>
<li>Option to exclude selected attachments from display</li>
<li>Option to select from all Media Library files or only those attached to a post</li>
<li>2 shortcodes</li>
<li>5 functions and multiple filter hooks for developers</li>
<li>Option to use attachment caption and/or description for download links description</li>
<li>Compatible with WPML & Polylang</li>
<li>.pot file for translations included</li>
</ul>
<h4>Get involved</h4>
<p>Feel free to contribute to the source code on the <a href="https://github.com/dfactoryplugins" rel="nofollow ugc">dFactory GitHub Repository</a>.</p>


Download Attachments

Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. It allows you to easily add and display download links in any post or page.

PDF-Preview inside File-Block vs Download Attachments