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Embed PDF Viewer · Version history

Embed PDF Viewer changelog and version history

Latest version
2.5.1
Aug 12, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
34
since 2016
In the last year
4
about one every 63 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 201610 releases
  • 20171 release
  • 20183 releases
  • 20194 releases
  • 20204 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20231 release
  • 20246 releases
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.5.1Latest

    • add .distignore for deployment

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 2.5.0

    • modernize block to current Gutenberg standards (block.json, useBlockProps, block-scoped CSS)
    • update build tooling to @wordpress/scripts 32 and Node 20, build in CI
    • fix JS translations, load styles only when block or oEmbed is present
    • use attachment_url_to_postid() instead of direct $wpdb query
    • add phpcs ruleset and lint CI

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.8

    • use wp_safe_remote_get()

  4. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.7

    • validate destination URL for oEmbed
    • add max-height: 500px; to PDF display

20246 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.6

    • remove load_plugin_textdomain()

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.5

    • escape block parameters

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.4

    • refactor $description in dynamic_render_callback(), who knew the title attribute could be not set
    • update requirements, PHP 7.4+, WP 6.0

  4. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.3

  5. Embed PDF Viewer 2.4.0

    • convert to only use iframe
    • use Google Doc Viewer for Chrome and mobile
    • dynamically render iframe in block based on browser
    • mitigate Chromium issue by rendering PDF with Google Doc Viewer
    • thanks to @costdev for helping with dynamic block rendering

  6. Embed PDF Viewer 2.3.1

    • update GA
    • update tested to

20231 release

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.3.0

    • add @10up GitHub Actions integration for WordPress SVN

20211 release

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.2.0

    • update Toolbar to ToolbarGroup and ToolbarButton
    • add limited support for block alignment toolbar
    • fixes for i18n in block
    • exclude /build from make-pot in composer.json, doesn’t work with minimized JS

20204 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.1.2

    • use same block name for oembed
    • add additional dependencies to enqueue

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 2.1.1

    • update block for deprecated items and minor errors
    • update media selector for only PDFs

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 2.1.0

    • update block build process
    • add title and description attributes for a11y
    • add PDF svg for block

  4. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.5

    • minor updates to plugin structure on GitHub
    • update tested to

20194 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.4

    • fixed PDF upload within block

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.3

    • move block registration to it’s own function and hook
    • WPCS updates

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.2

    • update WordPress requirements

  4. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.1

    • added composer.json and automatically create POT with composer update
    • added check for register_block_type() for WP 4.9.x and below

20183 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 2.0.0

    • a proper PDF block was added with much help from Alex Kirk, many thanks

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 1.6.1

    • properly initialize load_plugin_textdomain()

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 1.6.0

    • added filter embed_pdf_viewer_pdf_attributes
    • updated readme.txt to include Requires PHP header
    • added paragraph tag around link to PDF

20171 release

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 1.5.0

    • added CSS to fallback to iframe on iOS as object isn’t scrollable 😛

201610 releases

  1. Embed PDF Viewer 1.4.0

    • switch to using object tag, with iframe as fallback display method

  2. Embed PDF Viewer 1.3.0

    • inserting anything other than PDF from Media Library now works as expected.

  3. Embed PDF Viewer 1.2.1

  4. Embed PDF Viewer 1.2.0

  5. Embed PDF Viewer 1.1.2

  6. Embed PDF Viewer 1.1.1

  7. Embed PDF Viewer 1.1

  8. Embed PDF Viewer 1.0.1

  9. Embed PDF Viewer 1.0

  10. Embed PDF Viewer 0.1

Questions about Embed PDF Viewer’s releases

What is the latest version of Embed PDF Viewer?

2.5.1, released on Aug 12, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Embed PDF Viewer updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 63 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from July 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Embed PDF Viewer’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.