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Embed PDF Viewer
Simple and sweet until you try to view it on a phone.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
The plugin is easy to use but lacks essential mobile responsiveness and settings.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.7★
19 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+48%
Growing fast
72 → 107 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +48% in the last year
72/day a year ago→107/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEmbed PDF Viewer is well-regarded as a lightweight, no-fuss PDF embedding solution for WordPress, though it has notable limitations around mobile display, settings, and occasional download/embed method concerns.
What people like
- +Very easy to use with minimal or no configuration required — just paste a URL or upload from the media library×7
- +Works well within the Block Editor (Gutenberg)×2
- +Includes print and download buttons without requiring a paid upgrade
- +Responsive developer who addressed reported bugs quickly
- +Reported to work on mobile by at least one user
Common complaints
- −Poor mobile experience — adds excessive whitespace and falls back to Google embed on mobile devices
- −PDF display is cut off or requires scrolling to see a full page, with very limited layout/size settings
- −Uses Google Docs to embed PDFs rather than the browser's native PDF renderer, which can prevent downloading
- −No settings page to adjust embed size or other display options×2
- −Fullscreen feature does not work as expected in Chrome
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.74★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 19 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2024-07-31★★★★★Amazing pluginAbdul qadir
- 2024-03-12★★★★★Works Great but no preview on mobileyu4nf3n1-shot
- 2023-11-20★★★★★Perfect!melissajclark
- 2023-05-06★★★★★This is the one!grunk1905
- 2023-04-24★★★★★FantasticMasum Billah
- 2023-01-14★★★★★Works greatpwhenderson
- 2022-07-08★★★★★Simple and easy to usepannetouch
- 2022-07-08★★★★★Scroll enabled and easy to usepannetouch
- 2021-10-31★★★★★Super plugin with no problemsstevec195
- 2021-03-16★★★★★Simple et efficacetakannaka
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
93
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
100
Prior 7-day baseline
81
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
103
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-7.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.06
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
85%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.75 → 4.74★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered