Set up PDFs for your WordPress pages

PDF Poster Pro is a paid edition of PDF Poster for displaying PDFs in posts, pages, widgets, and templates. Visitors can read brochures, eBooks, business documents, reports, portfolios, menus, catalogues, and other documents on the page.

Create a PDF Poster document, select its viewer and settings, then add it with a Gutenberg block, the [pdf_embed] shortcode, or the classic editor. Set independent width and height values for desktop, tablet, and mobile layouts.

Choose a viewer and reading mode

The Adobe PDF viewer uses the Adobe PDF Embed API and includes Adobe viewing modes, including lightbox. Continuous Scroll shows every page in one uninterrupted scroll, which can fit long reports and other extended documents.

Reader Mode displays the document without the toolbar or surrounding frame. You can enable a thumbnail sidebar and choose whether it opens by default. Set the initial page and zoom, make horizontal scrolling the default for wide documents, or hide the right toolbar.

Adjust branding and interface controls

Add a logo watermark to every page, on its own or with text. Choose the Brand Corner, Logo Wash, or Logo Adsheet theme. Rename the download and full-screen button labels, and set the full-screen view to open in a new tab. The action bar can appear above or below the viewer.

Import documents and reuse settings

Import PDFs with the Google Drive picker or Dropbox. Save a block’s complete configuration in the preset library and reuse it across the site. When you replace a file, its latest version can load in every embed without re-linking each placement.

Analytics history entries daily views and downloads in your WordPress database, without a third-party service or stored IP addresses. Content protection is also listed among Pro capabilities, though its specific controls are not described.

Install and add a document

1. Install PDF Poster Pro on your WordPress website.
2. Open the PDF Poster menu in the WordPress dashboard.
3. Upload one or more PDFs, or import them from a supported cloud service.
4. Choose a viewer and configure its show, branding, and reading settings.
5. Copy the shortcode from the editor or PDF list and paste it into a post, page, or widget.
6. Alternatively, insert the PDF Poster block in Gutenberg and select a document from the media library.
7. Publish the page and review the embedded document on the relevant device layouts.