DocumentCloud
Embed DocumentCloud resources in WordPress content.
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·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 months agoAs of April 2026, DocumentCloud is a WordPress research plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 48K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are down 7% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Scholar Publications Fetcher.
4/51 reviews
1.0K+active installs
0%resolved
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
DocumentCloud is a service that allows journalists to analyze, annotate and publish documents, hosted by Investigative Reporters & Editors. Initial development of this plugin supported by NPR as part of the StateImpact project.
This plugin allows you to embed DocumentCloud resources using either the raw URL on its own line:
Here's something you should really take a look at:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/282753-lefler-thesis.html
Isn't that interesting?
Or a custom shortcode:
[documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/282753-lefler-thesis.html"]
When you save, WordPress fetches and stores the actual embed code HTML from the DocumentCloud servers using oEmbed. You can freely toggle between visual and HTML mode without mangling embed code, and your embed wi…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Conflicts with WP Rocket 2.6.6 and 2.6.7
by Michael Fraase·10 years ago·3 replies
There’s apparently no legacy support for Navis DocumentCloud shortcodes, even though Navis says there is. DocumentCloud is, of course, silent on the issue.
Thanks so very, very much.
[Update: Monday, 24 August 2015 10:21PM CDT]: There appears to be a conflict with WP Rocket.
[Update: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 1:08AM CDT]: This is definitely a conflict with WP Rocket. I’ve opened a trouble ticket with them, and I’m adding the same here on the support forum.
[Update: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 6:54PM CDT]: I’ve changed my rating as this is clearly a WP Rocket problem (or a problem with my WP Rocket configuration which hasn’t been a problem previously). Deactivating WP Rocket causes DocumentCloud embeds to render as expected. Even more interestingly, leaving WP Rocket deactivated and turning on Wordfence’s Falcon Engine caching doesn’t interfere with DocumentCloud embeds. Go figure.
Download Trends
Today: 34Yesterday: 54This week: 340Period total: 25K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.4
53.7%
v0.5
34.4%
v0.7
11.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.7.0
- Removes the
responsiveURL parameter option.
All embeds are rendered responsively, so this option is now deprecated.
The height and width of the embed can still be controlled with their respective options. - Add
modeparameter to control document viewer display mode. Valid values:document,notes,text,grid.
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