Best PDF block plugins for WordPress
The most popular PDF block plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pdf Embed leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of PDF Viewer Block for Gutenberg (10K+) and kitpdf (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “pdf block” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 PDF block plugins
- 1.
Pdf EmbedThe most installed PDF block plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
PDF Viewer Block for Gutenberg10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.kitpdf
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 3 plugins tagged “pdf block”

Pdf Embed
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,715by tropicalista7 days ago
PDF embedder with official Adobe Embed API.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 140/day

PDF Viewer Block for Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,760by Jb Audras2 months ago
A simple and 100% free Gutenberg Block to display PDF Viewers / Readers on your website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 61/day
kitpdf
Up in the last 7 days:2,648#41,503by KitBug6 years ago
WordPress Gutenberg PDF viewer blocks helps you upload PDF and embed PDF documents to gutenberg blocks quickly and easily and PDF is viewed via Google …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day