A few days ago one of my followers asked me how she can embed a PDF file in her blog in order to make it available for others not only to view it, but to download it as well ...

Well, I've made some research, and of course there is a solution ...

I'm talking about a cool plugin called Google Doc Embedder, which will allow you to easily embed a wide range of file formats in your Wordpress website.

And before you ask - despite its name - the plugin doesn't require you to have a Google Docs account ... It simply uses the Google Docs Viewer feature to display various files types on your site.

Speaking of file types ... Currently the plugin supports the following file formats:

  • Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
  • Microsoft Word (DOC/DOCX*)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX*)
  • Microsoft Excel (XLS/XLSX*)
  • TIFF Images (TIF, TIFF)
  • Apple Pages (PAGES)
  • Adobe Illustrator (AI)
  • Adobe Photoshop (PSD)
  • Autodesk AutoCad (DXF)
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  • PostScript (EPS/PS)
  • OpenType/TrueType Fonts (OTF, TTF)
  • XML Paper Specification (XPS)
  • Archive Files (ZIP/RAR)

And just to clear the air: the plugin will allow you to embed all these file types directly into your post or page (allowing inline viewing and optional downloading), not requiring the user to have any Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, PowerPoint, Flash or PDF browser plug-ins, or other software installed in order to view the contents.

Sounds cool, isn't it?

This is why I've decided to create this short tutorial, where I will show you how easy is to embed PDFs, Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint slides, Excel sheets and various other file types in your Wordpress website.

Interested?

Let's do this!

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dowj01 Premium
Really useful, this will be very handy. Thanks for sharing.
Justin
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smartketeer Premium
@dowj01
Thank YOU!
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cris1018 Premium
This is awesome timing. I was thinking about this the last couple weeks. Hadn't gotten around to actually researching it yet myself.

One thing caught my eye...

On your Lesson 3 page, at the top it says "This plugin is due to be retired." I'm on mobile at the moment, so not the best screen to be digging into further info. Do you know if this is going to continue to be supported, or is changing, upgrading, etc. I would love to use a plugin like this.

Thanks, Zed.

Cris
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smartketeer Premium
@cris1018
There is no available info on that Cris ... I guess we'll use it till is available and after that we'll find something else :)
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cris1018 Premium
@smartketeer
Sounds good. Thanks so much for the reply while I'm not in front of my PC. :-)
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griego62 Premium
Thanks Zed! So the document is actually loaded when the user clicks on the shortcode thus not affecting page load time. Am I correct?
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smartketeer Premium
@griego62
No. A shortcode is not clickable ... A shortcode will execute a "command" when the page is loaded. In this case will embed a document which will appear as part of your post/page. Literally speaking the loading time can be affected but you'need really big files for that.
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CandP Premium
Thanks, Zed, that does indeed sound cool. We will take a closer look over the weekend (which we are sure you will be taking off!!!)
Colette and Philip
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smartketeer Premium
@CandP
Thank you my friends!
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Eliz65 Premium
Thank you, thank you , thank you...
You just saved me hours of “googling”. I just published an article and tried to include a table. Needless to say it did not look pretty.
Will be putting this plugin to work today!
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smartketeer Premium
@Eliz65
HAppy to help :)
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