PDFs inside WordPress pages

Algori PDF Viewer Premium adds a Gutenberg block for displaying PDF documents in WordPress posts and pages. Visitors can read and interact with documents on your site without browser plugins such as Flash or Adobe Acrobat. The viewer is designed for modern browsers and supports Windows, iOS, Linux, and Android devices.

Use the block for manuals, brochures, reports, guides, forms, course documents, and other PDFs you want to show within a page.

Reader controls and document layout

Readers can move between pages, zoom in or out, fit a page to the viewer, and restore normal zoom. Other controls include clockwise or counterclockwise rotation, presentation mode, a hand tool, and text selection. Search supports general and match-case queries, with highlights to locate results. An expandable document outline and keyboard shortcuts provide additional navigation settings. Printing and downloading are available when those viewer settings are enabled.

Add multiple PDFs to one page. Choose left, right, wide, or full-width alignment, and adjust each document's width and height in the Gutenberg block inspector. Viewer text can be translated into more than 100 languages.

Configure the viewer in Gutenberg

The Premium edition lets you enable or disable viewer settings and change the theme color. These controls let you pick which utilities appear for readers and adjust the viewer's appearance to fit your site.

1. Install and activate Algori PDF Viewer Premium in WordPress.
2. Open a post or page in the Gutenberg editor.
3. Add the PDF Viewer block and choose a PDF to embed.
4. Set the document width and height in the block inspector.
5. Choose the viewer settings and theme color, then publish the page.

Editor compatibility

The block works with Gutenberg and is intended for WordPress themes optimized for that editor. It does not work with other page builders. The plugin listing says it has not been tested with the latest three major WordPress releases, so compatibility with recent versions may vary.