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PDF Poster · Version history

PDF Poster changelog and version history

Latest version
2.6.3
Nov 1, 2026 (8 days ago)
Releases
36
since 2019
In the last year
14
about one every 22 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20193 releases
  • 20202 releases
  • 202412 releases
  • 20255 releases
  • 202614 releases

202614 releases

  1. PDF Poster 2.6.3Latest

    • Fix: Watermark placeholders {user_name}, {user_email} and {user_ip} now show each reader’s details (safe with page caching), the PDF Poster Selector block preview no longer sticks on “Loading…”, the PDF Poster element can be added in WPBakery’s frontend editor, and the Download Button switch now ap…
    • Fix: FlipBook and Slider now use the Tablet and Mobile heights, their popups have a solid background, and the default mobile height is 500px so a full page fits on phones.
    • Fix: Social share buttons now share the full page address, and each has an accessible name for screen readers.

  2. PDF Poster 2.6.2

    • Security: Fixed a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in the PDF Poster block. A user with Contributor access could set the document URL to a javascript: link that ran when the poster was viewed. Document URLs must now be http(s), Google Docs/Drive embeds are matched by exact host, and they loa…
    • Fix: When several posters share a page, a broken file no longer shows its error on the others, and each viewer now loads only when it comes into view or its popup is opened.
    • New: Adding a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or other non-PDF document now shows a clear “PDF Poster supports PDF files only” message instead of a broken viewer.
    • Update: A loading spinner now shows while a document opens — on the page and inside popups — instead of an empty frame or a blank toolbar.
    • New: Settings > Performance > Lazy Loading — on by default; switch it off to load every viewer on the page as soon as it opens.

  3. PDF Poster 2.6.1

    • Fix: Posters could fail to load after a site was moved, imported or cloned — showing a 404, an image instead of the document, or “Unexpected server response.” — most often when the PDF filename was not written in English; the saved address is now repaired against the media library.

  4. PDF Poster 2.6.0

    • New: Document Insights — see how many times every PDF was viewed and downloaded today, free, without adding a third-party analytics service. The figures stay in your own site.
    • New: Analytics screen — a new Analytics item under PDF Poster showing today’s figures, and with Pro a 7, 30 or 90 day view: views and downloads over time, change against the previous period, download rate, busiest day, your best-performing documents ranked, and CSV export.
    • New: Per-document reports — open any single document’s own trend and totals from the editor, as a link you can bookmark or share with your team.
    • New: Analytics panel on every document — today’s views and downloads in the block editor sidebar and beside the Save button in the classic editor, with all-time totals and a 14-day trend in Pro.
    • New: Views and Downloads columns on the PDF Posters list — today’s figures for everyone, all-time and sortable in Pro.
    • New: Settings > Analytics — turn counting on or off site-wide, keep your own visits out of the numbers, and optionally respect the browser’s Do Not Track setting.
    • New: Counting keeps working behind a page cache, so sites on WP Rocket, LiteSpeed or Cloudflare get real figures instead of one view per cached copy.
    • New: Every embed is counted, not only saved PDF Posters. A block placed directly on a page and [pdf_embed url="..."] each get their own figures, and the report links through to the page they sit on.
    • New: A view is recorded once the viewer has genuinely been on screen — not on every page load — and once per visitor per 30 minutes. Downloads and prints are counted however the reader triggers them.
    • New: Private by default. No IP address is stored, no cookie is set, and this release keeps daily totals only — in your own database, never sent anywhere.
    • New: Nothing to import if you upgrade later — every day is recorded from the start, so Pro reads back the history your site has already built.
    • New: Popup (lightbox) viewer, a text watermark with three ready-made themes, per-block Class and CSS, a site-wide Custom CSS box, the Preset defaults screen and the Fullscreen Button toggle are all free in this release.
    • New: WPBakery Page Builder — PDF Poster and PDF Embed (by URL) are now native builder elements, and both draw live in the frontend editor instead of sitting on “Loading Viewer…”. Any builder that previews over AJAX now loads the viewer first time, with no refresh.
    • Update: The shortcode columns on the PDF Posters list now show the shortcode itself in a click-to-copy chip, instead of a button whose label hid the value it copied.
    • Update: Links out of a report open in a new tab, so your date range and filters stay where you left them.
    • Fix: Content protection no longer shows a developer-tools warning while a page is open in Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Beaver Builder, Oxygen or Breakdance. Editing behaves normally again, including Ctrl+S to save and right-click.
    • Fix: The plugin dashboard requested a stylesheet that is never generated, producing a 404 on every load.
    • Fix: “Missing PDF file.” after a site move — saved links are repaired against the current media library, so posters survive a domain, HTTPS or staging change. Filenames holding a percent sign or an encoded space load too.
    • Fix: Retry reloads the document rather than the whole page, and a file that really is gone now names the address that failed.
    • Fix: PDF Poster no longer takes over blocks belonging to other plugins that tag their markup the same way.

  5. PDF Poster 2.5.6

    • New: Watermark & Branding — stamp a text or logo mark over any viewer, with six ready-made themes that set the angle, repeat, weight and blend for you.
    • New: Watermark mark types — Text, Image (your logo) or both stacked together.
    • New: Watermark Coverage — a single positioned mark, or tiled Sparse/Normal/Dense so it cannot be cropped out of a screenshot.
    • New: Watermark Image Style — Original, Grayscale, White (for dark pages) or Black.
    • New: Watermark Strength and Size as named steps rather than numbers, so the mark stays readable at every zoom level and on mobile.
    • New: Watermark page scope (all pages, first page only, or all except the cover) and audience rules (everyone, everyone except admins, or logged-out visitors only).
    • New: Watermark “Restore If Removed” option, which puts the mark back if a visitor deletes it with browser dev tools.
    • Note: Watermarking is a deterrent, not DRM — an on-screen mark can be removed with browser dev tools, and no browser can prevent a screenshot. Marks in printouts and downloaded copies arrive in a following release.

  6. PDF Poster 2.5.5

    • New: Added Image Gallery source for the Flipbook viewer — build a page-flip book from an ordered set of images without a PDF.
    • New: Added Viewer Theme option (Light/Dark/Auto) that themes the viewer toolbar and background without altering the PDF page content.
    • New: Added RTL Layout option (Off/On/Auto) for right-to-left languages, applied across all viewers and the PDF toolbar.
    • New: Added Keyboard Navigation option (Left/Right arrow keys to change pages) for all viewers.
    • New: Added a Page Flip Sound toggle for Flipbook and Slider viewers (on by default; can now be turned off).
    • New: Added Fast Loading (Progressive Rendering) option for all viewers (Default, Adobe, Flipbook, Scroll, Slider) to stream large PDFs so the first page appears sooner.
    • Fixed – Shortcodes could render nothing when a PDF Poster carried the isGutenberg flag without a saved block.
    • Fixed: Full screen option smooth behaviour.

  7. PDF Poster 2.5.4

    • New: Added interactive PDF Chatbot assistant.
    • New: Added Slider and Scroll Viewer options.
    • New: Added Annotation Mode configuration for default viewer.
    • New: Added Open PDF links in new tab configuration for default viewer.
    • New: Added Email (mailto) button to social share options.

  8. PDF Poster 2.5.3

    • Update: Admin Dashboard aligned with the latest standard and bpl-tools layout.
    • Update: Update block.json version.
    • Security: Enhanced request validation and sanitized AJAX inputs.
    • Security: Secured public REST API endpoints with authentication checks.
    • Compliance: Added full uninstall cleanup routine for custom options and database tables.
    • Compliance: Standardized translation text domains to match the plugin slug.
    • Fixed: Corrected general typos, updated GPL license headers, and added distribution ignore rules.

  9. PDF Poster 2.5.2

    • New: Added FlipBook Viewer support for a more interactive and realistic PDF reading experience.
    • New: Introduced fully responsive Height & Width controls for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile devices.
    • New: Added a Device Preview Switcher in the plugin metabox for easier responsive configuration.
    • Improved: Enhanced PDF viewer dimension handling across different screen sizes for better responsiveness.
    • Improved: Refactored the entire plugin codebase for better maintainability and cleaner architecture.
    • Improved: Removed unused and redundant code to reduce plugin bloat and improve performance.
    • Improved: Optimized core functionality for faster loading and smoother user experience.
    • Fixed: Resolved existing bugs and minor compatibility issues.
    • Security: Strengthened overall plugin security and improved code quality following best practices.

  10. PDF Poster 2.5.1

    • Fixed: PDFs hosted on external domains or CDNs were not loading at all
    • Fixed: Google Docs Viewer was sending the same request twice and canceling both
    • Fixed: When Google Docs Viewer failed there was nothing to fall back on
    • Fixed: PDF.js errors were invisible — users just saw a white empty box
    • Fixed: No message was shown when a PDF file was missing or completely empty
    • Fixed: PDF viewer was not opening on iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 and 17
    • Fixed: Tapping the fullscreen button on iPhone did absolutely nothing
    • Fixed: PDFs were not loading on Android Chrome and Samsung Internet browser
    • Fixed: Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters were showing as random broken symbols
    • Fixed: PDFs made with LaTeX or older Adobe tools were showing wrong or unreadable text
    • Fixed: Changes made to an existing PDF entry were lost after hitting update
    • Fixed: Shortcode was pasting fine but showing nothing at all on the live page
    • Fixed: PDFs with spaces or special characters in the filename were crashing the viewer
    • Fixed: An unexpected heading was appearing above the viewer on some themes
    • Fixed: Embedding a PDF by URL was showing raw code instead of the actual document
    • Fixed: PDF viewer was not displaying properly inside Elementor’s preview panel
    • Update: Removed unexpected or unnecessary conten & code from the whole plugin.

  11. PDF Poster 2.5.0

    • New: Popup Trigger Type Image
    • New : Popup Trigger Alignment
    • New : Popup Trigger Image Size
    • New : Popup Trigger Image PDF Icon
    • Update: Help & Demo Page
    • New: Added an option to move the action buttons (Print, Fullscreen, Download) to the top or bottom.
    • Update: Hide sidebar on mobile devices

  12. PDF Poster 2.4.1

    • Fixed: Warning: Attempt to read property “post_type” on null in WC Orders Add/Edit page
    • Fixed: Broken Access Control
    • Removed: Upgrade Section from Gutemberg Block (Premium)
    • Removed: Upgrade Section from Classic Shortcode Generator (Premium)

  13. PDF Poster 2.4.0

    • Added: Social Share feature
    • Added: Icons before each PanelBody title in the Gutenberg block
    • Added: Help text for control fields
    • Improved: Gutenberg Block Settings UI
    • Improved: Classic Shortcode Generator UI
    • Improved: Overall UI consistency and clarity
    • Fixed: Missing Google Drive icon
    • Fixed: Google Drive integration issues
    • Fixed: Dropbox integration issues
    • Fixed: PDF Poster selector block not working
    • Updated: PDF Poster menu icon
    • Updated: Removed unexpected or unnecessary content

  14. PDF Poster 2.3.1

    • Fixed: Fullscreen issue
    • Fixed: Divi Builder Image Upload issue

20255 releases

  1. PDF Poster 2.3.0

    • New Page: Dashboard
    • Fixed: Fixed Preset Preview issue
    • Fixed: Adobe Embedder issue
    • Improved: Code

  2. PDF Poster 2.2.4

    • Fixed: ACF Pro – wysiwig editor – “Add PDF” button does not work
    • Fixed: quick embed options does not work

  3. PDF Poster 2.2.3

    • Fixed: file upload issue

  4. PDF Poster 2.2.1

    • Fixed: your site doesn’t include support for the “pdfp/pdfposter” block.
    • Update: WordPress SDK

  5. PDF Poster 2.2.0

    • Fixed: Overlapping content
    • Fixed: Overlapping content

202412 releases

  1. PDF Poster 2.1.24

    • Fixed: iPad/iPhone issue

  2. PDF Poster 2.1.23

    • Fixed: directive error

  3. PDF Poster 2.1.22

    • Fixed: Vulnerability

  4. PDF Poster 2.1.21

    • Fixed: Avada Builder style broken

  5. PDF Poster 2.1.20

    • Fixed: Deprecated issue

  6. PDF Poster 2.1.18

    • Security: Improved

  7. PDF Poster 2.1.12

  8. PDF Poster 2.0.11

  9. PDF Poster 2.0.8

  10. PDF Poster 2.0.6

  11. PDF Poster 1.6.5

  12. PDF Poster 1.6.3

20202 releases

  1. PDF Poster 1.5

  2. PDF Poster 1.4

20193 releases

  1. PDF Poster 1.3

  2. PDF Poster 1.2

  3. PDF Poster 1.1

Questions about PDF Poster’s releases

What is the latest version of PDF Poster?

2.6.3, released on Nov 1, 2026 (1 week ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.1 or later.

How often is PDF Poster updated?

14 releases in the last year, about one every 22 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from March 2019.

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