Documentation Category: Advanced Solutions

Explore how to user and register new custom dynamic smart tags in PDF Viewer using the provided API and code snippets.

​If you want to change the icons for the buttons, you would need to upload new images and point the CSS to those images. The icons are located in the /img/ directory of the plugin and the CSS to call those images:​

To include the attachment page of your embedded PDFs in the search results, add a small PHP snippet to your theme’s functions.php file (if using a child theme or theme that has option to add custom functions without altering the original theme code), or add the snippet to a custom code plugin such as My Custom…

The PDF Embedder plugin has a translation template file located in the /lang/ folder within the plugin directory. You can use the pdf-embedder.pot to translate the plugin to another language. You will want to use a program such as POEdit (free) to open the template file (pdf-embedder.pot) and create your translation. You will save your translated file…

The Thumbnails plugin generates images of the PDF for you. You can display the thumbnails as a grid on a page or post; however, this is something you would do as part of editing your content rather than a plugin setting or functionality. With both plugins activated, selected the PDF you want to add to…

When you select a PDF from the Media Library to insert into your post, by default PDF Embedder will insert it as a shortcode: This will cause it to use the plugin’s interactive viewer to display the PDF when the page is published. You can also type the shortcode manually, and maybe you don’t normally…

Discover how to override default PDF embed settings in WordPress using shortcode parameters and PHP code. Customize your embeds for a personalized touch.

Learn how to customize the PDF Viewer on your website with code snippets to match your theme styling.

The default settings of the plugin will display your PDF at ‘maximum width’ to fit the area available to it. If you specify a fixed width for your PDFs that is smaller than the width available, you will probably find the PDF is left-justified within the main area of your web page. If you want…