Title: Search inside pdf
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Search inside pdf

 *  [d.kakoutis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkakoutis/)
 * (@dkakoutis)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-inside-pdf/)
 * Hi and thanks for the amazing plugin.
 * Could you please let me know if I can search inside the pdf’s of my site?
 * Thank you in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-everything/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-everything/)

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 *  [PetraP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petrap/)
 * (@petrap)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-inside-pdf/#post-5384366)
 * Hey,
 * thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately I must inform you that although our plugin
   can search for attachments on your blog, it cannot index & search through your
   PDF files.
    But we still believe there’s a way to get your PDF’s content searchable
   though — try to copy & paste the content of your PDF file into the custom field
   box, when editing that particular blog post where you attached that file. This
   way, our plugin should be able to search for/through the content of your file
   via the custom field option. We would really love to hear about the results, 
   if you choose to give it a try.
 * As far as we have been able to test it on our end — it works.
 * **The other option** is to install the following plugin, which certainly does
   claim that it can index your PDF files and make them searchable. Here’s the link:
   [https://searchwp.com/](https://searchwp.com/)
 * Hope this helps, take care and have a nice day,
    Petra
 *  [positivelyrandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/positivelyrandy/)
 * (@positivelyrandy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-inside-pdf/#post-5384444)
 * I am wanting to search my pdf attachment TITLES. Is this possible?
 *  [PetraP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petrap/)
 * (@petrap)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-inside-pdf/#post-5384449)
 * Hey,
 * sure thing, you can search for those except if you are attaching the pdf(s) via
   some plugin? In that case I would have to test it first.
 * Take care and have a nice day,
    Petra

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-inside-pdf/#post-5384449)
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