Best embed PDF plugins for WordPress
The most popular embed PDF plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PDF Embedder leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of EmbedPress (100K+) and PDF Poster (20K+). All 22 plugins tagged “embed pdf” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 embed PDF plugins
- 1.
PDF EmbedderThe most installed embed PDF plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 530 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
EmbedPress100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 308 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
PDF Poster20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 149 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Pdf Embed10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Document Embedder9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 120 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
BSK PDF Manager7K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Document Embedder Addons for Elementor6K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 7 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
Custom iFrame4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
PDF Embed Block4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
FlippingBook2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 22 plugins tagged “embed pdf”
PDF Embedder
#190by Syed Balkhi2 months ago
Embed PDF files in WordPress posts and pages with a responsive PDF viewer block, live Block Editor preview, and no third-party services.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.7(530)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day
EmbedPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#433by WPDeveloper4 days ago
EmbedPress lets you embed videos, pages, social feeds, embed PDF 3D flipbooks & other content on WordPress without coding & enhance storytelling.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(308)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
PDF Poster
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,137by bPlugins7 days ago
Embed PDF files in WordPress with a responsive PDF viewer, flipbook, shortcode and Gutenberg block, plus print, download and view analytics.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(149)
- Downloads
- 576/day
Pdf Embed
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,715by tropicalista7 days ago
PDF embedder with official Adobe Embed API.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 106/day
Document Embedder
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,235by bPlugins21 days ago
Embed PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint in WordPress. PDF viewer, 3D flipbook and document library with Gutenberg block & Elementor widget.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(120)
- Downloads
- 142/day
BSK PDF Manager
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,539by bannersky13 days ago
Manage your PDFs / documents by category, can be display in list, columns and dropdown. Easy to embed a PDF contnet into post / page.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(46)
- Downloads
- 181/day
Document Embedder Addons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,857by bPlugins15 days ago
Document Embedder Addons for Elementor makes it simple to embed PDFs, Word docs, and others into your pages, no downloads or redirects needed.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 99/day
Custom iFrame
#3,541by Coderz Studio4 months ago
Embed secure, responsive iFrames in WordPress with Elementor or Gutenberg. Supports lazy loading, auto-height, and dynamic URLs. No coding required.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 29/day
PDF Embed Block
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,554by bPlugins12 days ago
Easily embed PDF files in your WordPress posts and pages with the PDF Embed Block plugin.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 44/day
FlippingBook
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,459by FlippingBook7 months ago
Embed PDFs into your WordPress site as interactive flipbooks. Attractive and trackable, flipbooks are a great alternative to static PDFs.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Easy Document Embedder
Up in the last 7 days:3#9,246by techmix5 years ago
Document embedding on a website is a common thing we need to do regularly. By using this plugin you can embed all the common files like PDF, Word, XLS …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Simple Google Docs Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:15#10,858by Maor Chasen9 years ago
Easily embed documents like PDFs, Word documents, and Powerpoint in your site using Google Docs Viewer.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.1(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Document Engine
Up in the last 7 days:443#14,056by MatrixAddons2 days ago
Searchable document library, a private built-in PDF viewer and Post to PDF. Unlimited documents, no ads, nothing sent to Google.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day
PDF Rack
Up in the last 7 days:1,962#23,654by codersuraz1 day ago
Embed PDFs as a realistic 3D flipbook, page slider or scroll reader. A fast PDF viewer and PDF library for Gutenberg, Elementor and shortcodes.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Embedding PDF
Down in the last 7 days:251#26,007by Dinesh S12 years ago
Embedding PDF which is uploaded on your Wordpress site\'s media library, simply put the URL in shortcode in your post/page on same line.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publuu Flipbook
#28,429by Publuu3 months ago
Transform static PDFs into interactive flipbooks and make your WordPress content more engaging.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hannan Shakib Dynamic Pdf Viewer for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:934#30,654by hannanshakib5 months ago
A professional, fully dynamic PDF viewer widget for Elementor with customizable width and height.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PressFlip PDF Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:856#32,878by habibnoori1 month ago
Embed responsive PDF documents with vertical scrolling, zoom, navigation, print, download, shortcodes, and a Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmartEmbed
Down in the last 7 days:3,539#46,492by Dominopress1 month ago
The most advanced WordPress PDF Viewer and 3D Flipbook plugin. Embed PDFs seamlessly with Elementor support, secure watermarking, and anti-copy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Embed PDF with Smallpdf
Up in the last 7 days:17,014#51,469by Smallpdf2 years ago
Embed PDF by Smallpdf is a free and secure plugin that allows you to embed PDF documents directly into your posts and pages. No API keys are required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
BrilliantMinds PDF Embed
Up in the last 7 days:14,847#56,781by brilliantminds25 days ago
Embed PDF files with a fast, beautiful, responsive viewer. Includes a block, shortcode, dark mode, zoom, fullscreen and many options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PDFFixNow Embed Viewer
#72,444by Sunil Kumar2 months ago
PDFFixNow Embed Viewer lets you display PDF files in any WordPress post or page via the PDFFixNow viewer. Supports shortcode and Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day