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Plugin info

Total downloads: 68,684
Active installs: 10,000
Total reviews: 9
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 6 language(s)
Contributors: 4
Last updated: 11/27/2025 (34 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/29/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 34 days ago • 9 reviews

61/100

Is PDF Viewer Block for Gutenberg abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 34 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6

Ratings

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Developers

Whodunit (Owner)4Jb Audras (Owner)28Whodunit29Jb Audras4

Languages

Spanish (Spain)32,360French (France)20,849Swedish14,890Portuguese (Brazil)13,276Spanish (Chile)8,024

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Description

A simple, responsive and 100% free Gutenberg Block to display PDF Viewers / Readers on your website.

You can easily configure the Reader’s width, height and alignment on the fly.

Compatibility:
– Fully responsive
– Works fine on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge and IE11
– If javascript is disabled, a download link is provided as a fallback

This plugin uses PDF.js library, provided by Mozilla under Apache license.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin and activate.
  2. No settings page: just enjoy your new Gutenberg block! It’s available in Embeds > PDF Viewer.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Kerfred
6/24/2021

The best PDF Viewer

Very easy to install and to use. No need to configure anything. And it works out of the box.

Screenshots

  1. Adding "PDF Viewer" Gutenberg Block on my Post.

    Adding "PDF Viewer" Gutenberg Block on my Post.

  2. Selecting/Uploading a PDF document.

    Selecting/Uploading a PDF document.

  3. Basic front-end rendering.

    Basic front-end rendering.

  4. Selecting alignement for my PDF Reader.

    Selecting alignement for my PDF Reader.

  5. Applying custom width and height.

    Applying custom width and height.

  6. "PDF Viewer" variations showcase.

    "PDF Viewer" variations showcase.

  7. Front-end rendering for the selected variations.

    Front-end rendering for the selected variations.

Changelog

1.1

  • Performances: Enqueue admin assets only when showing the block editor screen.

1.0.1

  • Fix XSS security vulnerability. Thanks @wpscan who responsively disclosed the issue.

1.0

  • Enqueue scripts and styles only when the block is displayed for better performance and Google Core Web Vitals compliance.

0.2

  • Declare support for WordPress 5.5 and Block Directory.

0.1

  • Plugin initial commit. Works fine 🙂
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