PDF.js Viewer
Embed a beautiful PDF viewer into pages.
4.4(53 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, PDF.js Viewer is a WordPress pdf plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 53 reviews. It has been downloaded 407K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 86% this week. Support resolution rate: 50%. Top alternative: PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for….
4.4/553 reviews
20K+active installs
50%resolved
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Incorporate Mozilla’s PDF.js viewer into your pages and posts via a Gutenberg block or a simple shortcode. PDF.js is a javascript library for displaying pdf pages within browsers.
Features:
- Gutenberg Block and Shortcode
- Translation Support (plugin only): Spanish and French included, ready for more languages
- Elegant Theme that adapts to dark and light mode (if browser supports dynamic CSS)
- Customizable buttons
- Page navigation drawer
- Search functionality
- Protected PDF password entry
- Loading bar & displays partially loaded PDF (great for huge PDFs!)
- Document outline
- Classic Editor: Easy to use editor media button that generates the shortcode for you
- Support for mobile devices
Shortcode Syntax:
[pdfjs-viewer attachment_id=123 viewer_width=600px viewer_height=700px fullscreen=true…Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.453 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Never failed
by cengoguven·7 months ago
I’ve been using for years and never failed. Simple to use and does the job.
Excellent PDF EMbedder
by KeithRowley·1 year ago
I have been usiong a paid pdf plugin but it’s been months now with a bad fault so i tried this – perfect!
Thank you very much.
Great Support
by Hub5050·1 year ago
I was impressed with the level of support provided with the recent issue where the plugin stopped displaying due to Mozilla’s PDFjs, and they started using mjs files.
Thank you for an excellent plugin.
Not working
by fulibaba·1 year ago·2 replies
The plugin doesn’t work when it is updated to version 2.2. Are there any CORS issues?
Not working
by ludvakh·1 year ago·1 reply
Version 2.2 not working on wordpress 6.5.5.
And cannot be reactivated after deactivation.
Download Trends
Today: 215Yesterday: 317This week: 2KPeriod total: 81K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
51.5%
v2.2
27.4%
v2.1
14.6%
Other
6.4%
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