As of April 2026, RV Embed PDF is a WordPress pdf plugin with 900 active installations and a 3.6/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 39K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 21% this week. Top alternative: PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for….
3.6/59 reviews
900active installs
39K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
When you upload PDF and insert a link to it with the Add Media button, it will be automatically embedded in the page using Google Docs Viewer.
Use the Add other media button above the editor to insert a pdf file and embed
will be inserted automatically.
Brought to you by Rong Vang Media.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Doesn't work
by nppbc·11 years ago·1 reply
Doesn’t work, needs updated or removed.
Work perfect
by healiny·11 years ago
Thank you 🙂
Does not work on IE, too bad
by Rom.olivier·12 years ago
Does not work on IE, too bad
Well done but It works only a short time
by pcmanija·12 years ago·1 reply
I advise to not use this plugin for PDF because of the Google’s limit.
You will get this error:
“You’ve reached the bandwidth limit for viewing or downloading files that aren’t in Google Docs format. Please try again later.“
The limit is so low that this happened even with Maintenance mode enabled. I reviewed the post a few times when formatting the article and got the error. This makes me sad because the plugin is otherwise well done and it’s not the author’s fault. We have to find another method to show PDF files without using Google Docs.
Summary: I had only one PDF, in one post, viewed only by me, and it stopped working. For info: the size of PDF I used is 400kb.
Great plugin!
by Jorge Ocampo·12 years ago
The best plugin to embed a PDF in a WordPress site, no shortcodes, just upload and you are done
Lacks options to set PDF height, but we’ll wait for the next version!
Kudos to the developer
Download Trends
Today: 10Yesterday: 6This week: 29Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
98.2%
v1.0
1.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1
- Changed to be compatible with wp 3.5. Not tested with older wp versions.
Contributors
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