Best PDF viewer plugins for WordPress
The most popular PDF viewer 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 DearFlip (200K+) and 3D FlipBook (70K+). All 58 plugins tagged “pdf viewer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 PDF viewer plugins
- 1.
PDF EmbedderThe most installed PDF viewer plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 532 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
DearFlip200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 195 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
3D FlipBook70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 182 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Embed Any Document50K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 92 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
PDF Poster20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 149 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
flowpaper10K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 38 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Real3D Flipbook10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
PDF viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg9K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 9.
Document Embedder9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 120 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 10.
Wonder PDF Embed8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 58 plugins tagged “pdf viewer”
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(532)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day
DearFlip
Up in the last 7 days:1#277by DearHive2 months ago
DearFlip creates a PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF viewer, PDF embed for WordPress sites. Create impressive and realistic 3D flipbooks with PDFs.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(195)
- Downloads
- 940/day
3D FlipBook
Up in the last 7 days:2#559by iberezansky2 months ago
3D FlipBook is PDF Viewer, allowing to browse images, PDFs or HTMLs as flipbook. Flipbook attracts user attention and makes more impression on him.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(182)
- Downloads
- 371/day
Embed Any Document
Up in the last 7 days:1#753by awsm.in3 months ago
Embed PDF, DOC, PPT and XLS documents easily on your WordPress website with the help of Google Docs Viewer or Microsoft Office Online.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.2(92)
- Downloads
- 229/day
PDF Poster
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,138by bPlugins8 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
flowpaper
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,580by getflowpaper4 months ago
Embed your PDFs with ease. All you need : [flipbook pdf="https://flowpaper.com/example.pdf"]
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.4(38)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Real3D Flipbook
Up in the last 7 days:8#1,645by creativeinteractivemedia23 days ago
Turn a PDF or images into a realistic 3D flipbook – no watermark, no page limits. Embed with a block or shortcode: a page-flip PDF viewer.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 198/day
PDF viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg
#2,163by Kaz Kadalashvili16 days ago
Embed PDF files into Elementor and Gutenberg pages with the PDF.js viewer.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 116/day
Document Embedder
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,234by bPlugins1 day 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
Wonder PDF Embed
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,370by WonderPlugin14 days ago
Embed PDF to your WordPress website by using Mozilla's PDF.js
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Algori PDF Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,624by Kevin Bazira2 years ago
Algori PDF Viewer is a Gutenberg Block Plugin that enables you to easily display PDF documents directly on your website.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 35/day
FileBird Document Library
Up in the last 7 days:10#3,158by Ninja Team1 month ago
Create WordPress document library using FileBird and Gutenberg or any WordPress page builder.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 69/day
FlippingBook
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,454by 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
- 31/day
iPages
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,016by Avirtum1 year ago
Create interactive HTML5 flipbooks from PDFs or images instantly - turn them into online magazines, catalogs, or brochures with ease.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 18/day
PDF Flipbook Heyzine
Up in the last 7 days:7#5,953by heyzine4 months ago
Make a stunning PDF flipbook. Simply select or upload the PDF for a PDF viewer that is not boring like the rest. Stand out and engage your readers.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
PDF Flipbook, WPBakery Addon
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,579by iberezansky2 months ago
Unreal FlipBook is PDF Viewer, allowing to browse images, PDFs, HTMLs as a flipping book. It attracts user attention and makes more impression on him.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Flipa PDF Flipbook
Up in the last 7 days:71#7,376by miotix15 days ago
Fast, lightweight PDF flipbook. Renders in the browser (nothing uploaded), full RTL support, 20-language viewer, block & page-builder ready.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Simplebooklet PDF Viewer and Embedder
Down in the last 7 days:13#7,955by simplebooklet1 year ago
Add a flip booklet onto your wordpress page.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Free PDF to Flipbook
Up in the last 7 days:25#9,078by onodev774 months ago
Convert PDFs into interactive flipbooks inside WordPress. Ideal for catalogs, brochures, magazines, menus, eBooks and documents.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
TNC FlipBook 3D
Up in the last 7 days:61#9,355by ThemeNcode2 months ago
3D flipbook and PDF viewer for WordPress. Turn any PDF into an interactive page-flip book you can embed, search, and share.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Flipbook PDF Viewer & Embedder
Up in the last 7 days:89#10,636by Shahadat Hossain1 day ago
Turn any PDF into a realistic, interactive 3D page-flip flipbook — or a standard viewer — for eBooks, catalogs, manuals, newsletters & reports.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Google Docs Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:35#10,802by 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
Quick Embed PDF
Down in the last 7 days:40#11,939by devbook1 year ago
Quickly embed and display (viewer) PDF files in WordPress posts and pages using a simple shortcode or Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ultimate PDF Flipbooks
Up in the last 7 days:11#12,827by Muhammad Hasnain Khalid6 years ago
An amazing Wordpress plugin that will convert your PDF documents into nice animated flipbooks.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Document Engine
Up in the last 7 days:494#13,946by MatrixAddons3 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
- 22/day
PDFDraft
Up in the last 7 days:18#14,275by wpeverest3 months ago
A PDF builder for WordPress to design, generate, and publish professional documents, invoices, and certificates with no coding required.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SoftIcon Flipbook
Up in the last 7 days:7,864#14,933by softiconai3 days ago
Turn any PDF or set of images into a page-turning flipbook with a block editor block. Two-page spreads on desktop, one page on phones.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 90/day
PDF Embedder
Down in the last 7 days:200#17,891by Ketan Kanzariya6 months ago
Embed scrollable PDF files in WordPress with customizable scale, lazy loading, dark mode, and responsive support.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SlidePDF
Down in the last 7 days:261#22,862by Niilo Poutanen8 months ago
Embed PDFs onto your site in a slide view.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page2PDF
Down in the last 7 days:4#23,874by bayjenchin1 year ago
Transform any WordPress content into professional PDF documents with customizable options. The most powerful print-friendly PDF generator for WordPres …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PDF Shortcodes Ultimate
Down in the last 7 days:451#26,007by Open-DSI9 years ago
Embed PDF documents in your article or page with this "PDF" shortcode for Shortcodes Ultimate.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PDF Rack
Down in the last 7 days:996#26,762by codersuraz2 days 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
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wexlab PDF Toolkit Lite for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:584#27,376by wpexpertlab2 months ago
Simple and lightweight PDF viewer and embedder for Elementor, with four ready-to-use widgets.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FLUX PDF FLIP
Up in the last 7 days:150#27,379by Codestorm Technology2 months ago
Create accessible flipbooks from PDFs or up to 10 Media Library images, entirely on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Publuu Flipbook
#28,429by Publuu3 months ago
Transform static PDFs into interactive flipbooks and make your WordPress content more engaging.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hannan Shakib Dynamic Pdf Viewer for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:1,321#30,102by 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
Continuous PDF Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:10,545#32,384by joneiseman16 days ago
A high-performance, WordPress-native PDF viewer powered by PDF.js with a shortcode generator and Gutenberg block integration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PressFlip PDF Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:1,574#33,112by 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
AA PDF Reader
Up in the last 7 days:8,402#37,402by AA Extensions1 year ago
Easily embed and display interactive PDF files in your posts or pages with the lightweight AA PDF Reader plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmartEmbed
Up in the last 7 days:7,711#37,534by 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
Sacred PDF Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:5,246#47,529by SacredWP3 months ago
Embed PDFs in a fast, SEO-friendly inline viewer with fullscreen, per-role download control, and optional text highlighting. No external services.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
UAIP Yet Another PDF Editor
Up in the last 7 days:18,606#50,687by uaip19 days ago
PDF viewer, flipbook and editor: read, search, annotate, sign and fill in PDFs right in the browser. Free, no premium version.
- 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
MagicFlip
#51,820by Yalogica1 year ago
MagicFlip - simple PDF viewer plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ChimpJar Flipbook Maker
Up in the last 7 days:7,877#52,162by chimpjar2 months ago
Turn static PDFs into interactive 3D Flipbooks! Enjoy a realistic reading experience on any device with ChimpJar Flipbook Maker. No API needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BrilliantMinds PDF Embed
Up in the last 7 days:6,261#57,696by brilliantminds26 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
LayoutGlut
Down in the last 7 days:5,490#60,223by AppGlut3 days ago
Show customers a preview of your PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image, video and audio files on product, shop and archive pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day
PDF Viewer Nova
Down in the last 7 days:5,393#61,081by wpessentia3 months ago
Embed polished, customizable PDF viewers with handy bookmark navigation, search, and support for Gutenberg and Elementor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Toombler Flipbook
Down in the last 7 days:4,647#62,477by Toombler24 days ago
Turn a PDF in Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive — or a Google Doc or Slides deck — into a page-flip book on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Demfilz Flipbook
Down in the last 7 days:1,540#67,102by demfilz13 days ago
Turn any PDF into a page-flip book with a two-page spread, zoom, fullscreen and download, hosted on your own site. No third-party service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day