Description
BrilliantMinds PDF Embed turns any PDF into a clean, modern reading experience inside your content. Visitors read the document right on your page, with no plugins to install and no third-party services involved. Everything runs from your own server.
Highlights
- PDF Viewer block for the block editor: upload or choose a PDF, adjust options in the sidebar.
- Shortcode for the classic editor, page builders and widgets:
[bmpdf url="https://example.com/file.pdf"] - Continuous scroll or one page at a time, with swipe navigation on touch screens.
- Zoom, fit to width, fit to page, rotate and a page number field.
- Light, dark or automatic color scheme, plus a toggle so visitors can choose.
- Fullscreen mode, download, print and open-in-new-tab buttons. Each one can be turned off.
- Selectable, copyable text.
- Your accent color, corner radius, shadow, width, height and alignment.
- Top or bottom toolbar, as a full-width bar or a floating pill.
- Load on click option so pages with several PDFs stay fast.
- Auto-embed option: paste a PDF link on its own line and it becomes a viewer.
- Lazy rendering: only the pages near the screen are drawn, so large documents stay smooth.
- Accessible: keyboard shortcuts, labeled controls, visible focus and reduced-motion support.
- Privacy friendly: no tracking, no cookies, no external requests. The theme toggle remembers a visitor’s choice in their own browser.
- Translation ready.
Shortcode options
All options are optional and override the defaults from Settings > PDF Viewer.
url– link to the PDF file.id– Media Library attachment ID (use instead ofurl).title– title shown in the toolbar.width,height– for examplewidth="80%" height="600".align–left,centerorright.mode–scrollorsingle.zoom–width,pageor a percentage such as125.page– page to open first.theme–auto,lightordark.accent– hex color, for example#0f766e.radius– corner radius in pixels.toolbar_position–toporbottom.toolbar_style–barorfloating.- On/off options (use
1or0):shadow,show_title,page_input,zoom_controls,rotate,theme_toggle,fullscreen,download,print,open_new,text_select,disable_context,load_on_click.
Example: [bmpdf id="123" height="600" theme="dark" mode="single" download="0"]
Developers
Use the bmpdf_viewer_config filter to change the configuration passed to the viewer.
Third-party libraries
This plugin bundles PDF.js by Mozilla, version 4.10.38, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (compatible with GPLv2 or later).
- Source code and project page: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
- Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pdfjs-dist (version 4.10.38,
legacy/buildfiles) - Files in
assets/vendor/pdfjs/:pdf.min.jsandpdf.worker.min.jsare the unmodifiedlegacy/build/pdf.min.mjsandpdf.worker.min.mjsfiles from that package, renamed to.js(so that every web server sends the correct content type) and with the trailing source-map comment removed.cmaps/andstandard_fonts/are copied unchanged from the same package. The license is inassets/vendor/pdfjs/LICENSE.txt. - To rebuild the minified files from source, follow the build instructions in the PDF.js repository at the tag
v4.10.38.
Screenshots






Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- PDF Viewer Embed a PDF with a fast, responsive viewer.
Installation
- Upload the
brilliantminds-pdf-embedfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the plugin from the Plugins screen. - Activate the plugin.
- Go to Settings > PDF Viewer to choose your defaults.
- Edit a post or page, add the PDF Viewer block, and choose a PDF. Or use the shortcode.
FAQ
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Does it work with PDFs hosted on another website?
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Only if that website allows cross-origin requests (CORS). If it does not, the viewer shows a button that opens the file directly. PDFs in your own Media Library always work.
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Can I stop people from downloading the PDF?
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You can hide the download and print buttons and disable right-click. This keeps casual visitors from saving the file, but a PDF that is publicly viewable can always be saved by a determined visitor. For truly private documents, use a membership or access-control plugin.
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Are password-protected PDFs supported?
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Yes. The viewer asks the visitor for the password.
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Does it send data to any external service?
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No. The viewer library is bundled with the plugin and all files are loaded from your own site.
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Why is my PDF shown as a link instead of a viewer?
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The link is shown while the viewer loads, or when JavaScript is disabled, or when the file cannot be read (for example because of missing CORS headers).
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Does it work with page builders?
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Yes, any builder with a shortcode or shortcode widget element works. If you add a viewer dynamically after the page loads, call
window.BMPDF.init().
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Contributors & Developers
“BrilliantMinds PDF Embed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release.
