How to add pdf to WordPress: ultimate guide?

You want to add PDF to your WordPress website. But, you don’t know how? We will show you how you can add PDF to your WordPress site.

Upload file in a post or page

First write an awesome post or create a page. Click “add media” in WordPress new post dashboard.

Then, click on upload files. Drop files anywhere to upload or select files. Use select files. Click on the PDF file you want to add.

Once uploaded, you’ll see a thumbnail preview of your PDF file. On your right hand column, you can provide the title, caption, and description for your file.

You can also select how you want it to be linked. By default, it will link to the PDF file itself. You can change that to the attachment page, which will be a page showing just the pdf thumbnail preview of the first page of your PDF file.

Insert into post

Click on the ‘Insert into post’ button to add the PDF file into your post. The media uploader popup will now disappear, and you will see PDF file download link in your post editor. You can continue editing your post or publish it.

That’s all, you have successfully uploaded a PDF file and added it to a WordPress blog post.

See it in action

You can now visit your website to see it in action.

Embed the PDF

This method allows you to display the PDF file inside your WordPress post or page using a WordPress plugin.

First thing you need to do is install. We will use Google Doc Embedder plugin.

Specify the language, height and width of the embedder, and few other settings. Default options will work for most websites. Next, you need to head over to the post or page where you want to embed PDF file.

On the post edit screen, you need to click on the ‘Add Media’ button to upload your PDF document. After uploading your file, you need to copy the file URL and close media uploader window without inserting the file into your post.

Use add new post to embed pdf.

Now, your doc is embedded successfully.

Conclusion

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