Title: Search / Toolbar
Last modified: October 15, 2020

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# Search / Toolbar

 *  Resolved [nathanpenrod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanpenrod/)
 * (@nathanpenrod)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-toolbar-3/)
 * I am looking for help with using the WordPress search toolbar on my website to
   find text within embedded PDFs. For example, when searching a name “Mike” that
   I know is in the text of several embedded PDFs, my WordPress site does not show
   any results. Does the WordPress search toolbar not search within embedded PDFs?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsearch-toolbar-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [PDFG Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wppdfsupport/)
 * (@wppdfsupport)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-toolbar-3/#post-13552889)
 * Hi [@nathanpenrod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanpenrod/),
 * I am sorry to disappoint you but the viewer does not support selectable or searchable
   text within the embedded PDF document. This is something that we are looking 
   at adding to the plugin in a future update; I will add your comments to our feature
   request list to record your interest in this improvement to the plugin.
 * I do want to mention that while the contents of the document are not searchable
   when viewed by a user, the contents are available to search engines for indexing
   and SEO purposes. The documents can also be searched for on your site just like
   any other media items, page, or post using the WP search functionality using 
   the media title, description, and other meta data.
 * If you have any other questions, please feel free to send an email to [contact@wp-pdf.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-toolbar-3/contact@wp-pdf.com?output_format=md)
   as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-toolbar-3/#post-13552889)
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