PDFG Support

Hi @alanjacobs,

The problem is that you have a PHP variable set into the shortcode; however, it isn’t being treated as a variable but as the text value. Try:

$mediaurl = 'https://mysite/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sample.pdf';
echo do_shortcode('[pdf-embedder url="'.$mediaurl.'"]');

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by PDFG Support. Reason: typo

Hi @stlecho,

You may also need to explicitly exclude the PDF Embedder scripts from the W3 Total Cache to prevent them from being compiled as well as remove the query strings. https://wp-pdf.com/kb/setting-up-fake-worker-failed-error-message/

Hi @ecarstens,

The Garden poem has been embedded correctly which allows the scripts to be called and the viewer does render in all browsers. However, the other poems have been inserted using an image block which Safari (un)helpfully inserts the image of the PDF document as a failsafe but it doesn’t allow the user to read the PDF if there is more than one page.

To resolve this, you will need to update the incorrect embeds to use the PDF Embedder block instead of an image block. We have a tutorial on the correct method here: https://wp-pdf.com/kb/gutenberg-editor-and-pdf-embedder/

If you have any other questions, please feel free to send an email to contact@wp-pdf.com as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

Hi @cultedigital,

If you are unable to disable the combine JS settings, the alternative would be the specifically exclude the PDF Embedder scripts and this would require that you dip into some PHP coding to do so. An example of the code you would need to add to the functions.php is as follows:

add_filter( 'sgo_javascript_combine_exclude', 'js_combine_exclude' );
function js_combine_exclude( $exclude_list ) {
    $exclude_list[] = 'pdfemb_embed_pdf_js, pdfemb_pdf_js';

    return $exclude_list;
}

add_filter( 'sgo_js_minify_exclude', 'js_minify_exclude' );
function js_minify_exclude( $exclude_list ) {
    $exclude_list[] = 'pdfemb_embed_pdf_js, pdfemb_pdf_js';

    return $exclude_list;
}

add_filter( 'sgo_css_combine_exclude', 'css_combine_exclude' );
function css_combine_exclude( $exclude_list ) {
    // Add the style handle to exclude list.
    $exclude_list[] = 'pdfemb_embed_pdf_css';

    return $exclude_list;
}

add_filter( 'sgo_css_minify_exclude', 'css_minify_exclude' );
function css_minify_exclude( $exclude_list ) {
    // Add the style handle to exclude list.
    $exclude_list[] = 'pdfemb_embed_pdf_css';

    return $exclude_list;
}

If you have any other questions, please feel free to send an email to contact@wp-pdf.com as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

Hi @rscotts1,

That isn’t the PDF Embedder plugin in the page so I am unable to troubleshoot the issue for you. If you have another example page you can direct me to that uses the PDF Embedder plugin, I would be happy to take a look for you.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to send an email to contact@wp-pdf.com as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

Hi @tpypta,

I’m sorry to hear that you have encountered an issue with the plugin. When we’ve encountered this issue in the past, it has most often been due to a conflict with a GDPR plugin. We have had other customers with this same setup, encountering the same issue, and the good folks over at WebToffee (developers of one of the most popular GDPR plugins) said:

Our plugin blocks Facebook Pixel script to prevent from settings cookies and it seems like your PDF Embedder has some dependency code running that need the blocked scripts to work. The solution to this issue is to set Facebook Pixel script as “NECESSARY” in the GDPR script blocker list.

While we do not use Facebook Pixel in our plugin, the script process is similar and this GDPR script blocking process will break our plugin functionality.

Hi @craftbilt,

This is an issue with how the final document was formatted. The issue is that the image files are in a separate layer from the text and are not rendering correctly as a result. What you will need to do is export the original document again and in the output settings, you should find the option to flatten images/transparencies. With the images flattened, they will then be in a format to be displayed in the viewer.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to send an email to contact@wp-pdf.com as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

Hi @liberalcastilla,

The Fake Worker error is due to a conflict with caching tools and the PDF Embedder scripts.

• Make sure that you are using the most up to date version of the plugin.
• While you do not need to exclude the PDF Embedder scripts from most caching tools, you do still need to make one settings adjustment in the caching plugin to disable inline or aggregation of JS files. Please see: https://wp-pdf.com/kb/setting-up-fake-worker-failed-error-message/. Your plugin settings may differ and it may be necessary to reach out to the caching plugin support if you can not find this setting.
• Once the plugin has been updated, flush the cache to remove the old cached scripts. It may also be necessary to manually delete the minified script.
• Finally, clear your browser cache and reload the page.