Title: PDF upload problems Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # PDF upload problems * Resolved [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/) * I just installed WordPress and am learning to use it. I have never done anything like this before so most of the language is pretty new to me. * Here is the problem that I am running into. I have uploaded the PDF into the media gallery. I linked it to my page, but when I try to view it on the test site I get this error. * ( ! ) Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-content\themes\responsive\includes\functions. php on line 452 Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0018 365384 { main}( ) ..\index.php:0 2 0.0029 369072 require( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-blog- header.php’ ) ..\index.php:17 3 0.5774 21730168 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\ wp-includes\template-loader.php’ ) ..\wp-blog-header.php:16 4 0.5834 21776488 include( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-content\themes\responsive\single.php’ ) ..\ template-loader.php:47 5 0.7503 21908104 responsive_breadcrumb_lists( ) ..\single. php:31 * I am running Wampserver. I don’t know if that makes a difference. Thank you in advance for your help. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389757) * Have you edited the theme in any way? You could try uploading a fresh copy of the theme’s folder to wp-content/themes. * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389769) * Pardon my ignorance, but where would I get a fresh copy? Do I just download it again? * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389836) * Yes, just download the theme again. * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389857) * Still having the same problem, but I browsed the forum and figured it would be best to repost my question at themeid.com since I am using the responsive theme. Thank you for your help! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389876) * I would be really surprised if an unedited copy of this theme was causing the problem. If you have not edited the theme yourself, I can only guess that you have a corrupt copy. * Drop a fresh, unpacked, copy of the theme’s folder into wp-content/themes. You can download the theme via [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsive](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsive) * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389910) * Still getting the same thing. * ( ! ) Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-content\themes\responsive\includes\functions. php on line 452 Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0015 365384 { main}( ) ..\index.php:0 2 0.0022 369072 require( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-blog- header.php’ ) ..\index.php:17 3 0.5275 21729104 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\ wp-includes\template-loader.php’ ) ..\wp-blog-header.php:16 4 0.5350 21775424 include( ‘C:\wamp\www\testsite\wp-content\themes\responsive\single.php’ ) ..\ template-loader.php:47 5 0.6596 21906904 responsive_breadcrumb_lists( ) ..\single. php:31 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389922) * What happens if you switch to the Twenty Twelve theme? * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389927) * It works perfectly. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389930) * Are you using the latest version of the Responsive theme? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389931) * Another thought – what version of PHP are you running locally? * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389934) * I am using the latest version of responsive. PHP version is 5.3.13 * Thread Starter [jrichards1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrichards1988/) * (@jrichards1988) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389936) * I re installed the responsive theme twice. Once by getting it from the link on the wordpress site, and again following your link and instructions. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389938) * I’ve pinged the theme’s developer about this one. It’s got me baffled. * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389940) * Hi, * Let’s [continue here](http://themeid.com/help/discussion/comment/30186) please 🙂 * Emil * [Tom Hoeflich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tom-hoeflich/) * (@tom-hoeflich) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/#post-3389971) * Hi, * There is a great page to upload PDFs and then you can link it on your page. The name of the page is [http://www.yumpu.com](http://www.yumpu.com/en/) * Tom Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘PDF upload problems’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [pdf](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pdf/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-upload-problems/page/2/#post-3390007) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics