Best PDF preview plugins for WordPress
The most popular PDF preview plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. GS Only PDF Preview leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Product Document Viewer for WooCommerce (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “PDF Preview” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 PDF preview plugins
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GS Only PDF PreviewThe most installed PDF preview plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.0.
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Product Document Viewer for WooCommerce10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “PDF Preview”

GS Only PDF Preview
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,201by bonger9 years ago
Uses Ghostscript directly to generate PDF previews.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Product Document Viewer for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,169#34,835by Al Amin1 month ago
Preview PDFs, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files directly on WooCommerce product pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day