PDFG Support

Hi @sgnobahar,

When you upload a media item to your site, an attachment page will automatically be created for it.

If you use the List view for the media library, click the Edit link when you hover over the media item.

If you using the Grid view for the media library, select the item then click on the Edit more details link in the bottom of the right-hand column. You can edit the attachment page title and slug to suit your purposes.

Please note that the only way to alter the file name (i.e. filename.pdf) would be to alter this before uploading it to your site.

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 @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 as we may not see messages posted here to respond in a timely fashion.

Hi @zaboba,

While the PDF Embedder plugin has not had an update pushed for release recently, the current versions (free and paid) have all been tested successfully with WP 5.5 and 5.5.1. The PDF Embedder block does work with the current version of WP; however, when we have seen this report, there has been a conflict with another plugin or theme script that has prevented the PDF Embedder block scripts from being loaded in the editor. Take a look in your browser’s Developer Tools > Console for scripting errors. This will lead you to the plugin / theme element creating the conflict.

As a quick test for the above, try adding the Enable jQuery Migrate plugin—this will resolve the issue with the failing script and eliminate the conflict to allow the PDF Embedder block to load correctly.

Hi @josephjulianmuscat,

The PDF Embedder plugin does use the default WP media library and will recognize any PDFs registered in that library when you use the PDF Embedder block or the Classic block. Please see https://wp-pdf.com/kb/gutenberg-editor-and-pdf-embedder/

If you are using a drag and drop editor things get a little bit uncertain here because many of those tools use their own proprietary method to access the Media Gallery which breaks the automatic shortcode insertion by the PDF Embedder plugin. You will need to add this manually to your content. Please see https://wp-pdf.com/kb/drag-and-drop-layout-builders/. If you are using the Divi or Elementor builders, please send us an email and we can forward a JSON file to you for the appropriate module template for those builders.

Hi @alebo611,

It is only hacking if you alter the core code of the plugin itself. If you use a functionality plugin (if you don’t want to code your own) such as My Custom Functions or Functionality, or add the code to the functions.php file of a custom theme, this is the preferred and recommended method as per WordPress’ own coding standards to extend the functionality of a plugin.

• https://iandunn.name/2014/01/10/the-right-way-to-customize-a-wordpress-plugin/
• https://wptavern.com/how-to-extend-a-wordpress-plugin-without-losing-your-changes

I will certainly pass along the feature request to the developers for consideration in a future update, but in the meantime, the method recommended is safe and will enable you to continue to update the plugin without risk of losing your customization.

Hi @ejjil,

I’m sorry to hear that you had difficulties with the PDF Embedder. I’ve been through the support emails that I have received and the only request I can identify as being from you was a refund request which was granted within 24h of the request being made. Had we received questions about the plugin, we would have happily answered those as well.

Hi @rogold,

You shouldn’t need to exclude the scripts but you do need to deactivate the the Aggregate JS-files option in the Autoptimize settings. I can’t post screenshots here so please take a look at our FAQ for the particular setting you need to adjust: https://wp-pdf.com/kb/setting-up-fake-worker-failed-error-message/

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.

Emma

Hi @mateusvitor,

There are two ways to handle this:

1. Use a text or image link to the PDF’s attachment page. This way you can show the title or cover image of the document but have only the document the visitor wants to read open when they navigate the link. There is an example of this in our FAQ: Add multiple PDFs to a single page (note: this method does require the paid version of the plugin)
2. The other method requires some coding on your part. You would need to create a button with an onClick action to load the PDF:

• Use ajax to run the shortcode on button click.
• Get the shortcode result and set it in search result page
• Reload the scripts needed for the plugin using the following code: [ jQuery('.pdfemb-viewer').pdfEmbedder(); ]
• Triggering PDF Embedder scripts

I hope that one of these suggestions will help you out. 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.

Emma