Document Viewer – Embed and Display Office and PDF Files

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 42% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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17 of the last 27 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

1. ★★★★★ Polaris

   6mo ago

   Beware, this pluging uses a very common marketing methode for WordPress plugins. The paiid version loses all the Premium feature at the moment you are not having an active subscription. I.e, you are not just stopped from receiving updates, you just thrown back to the basic version. Additionally, there are many non constant display issues related to scrolling the document inside the infrare, tool bar changes it’s look spontaneously, and there is no document preview ahown on mobile, but just a button to open the file in new window.

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2. ★★★★★ aircess

   3.4y ago

   Nice wp plugin ever. I’ve use it for 4 years.

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3. ★★★★★ muhammadarooj

   3.8y ago

   This plugin works fine and s

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4. ★★★★★ jfortune

   3.9y ago

   I am a theatre director and I use my website to communicate with my performers and technical crews. I wanted to SHOW them documents in situ as well as enable them to easily download them and, after looking at other solutions, this plugin is PERFECT for this. I am delighted with it and cannot recommend it highly enough.

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5. ★★★★★ meshcreation

   4.0y ago

   Nice plugin, does the job well, recommended

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6. ★★★★★ theinfamousj

   4.0y ago

   I needed to be able to embed externally hosted PDF documents into my wordpress posts and pages while preserving the embedded clickable links in those documents. This plugin does what I need, including offering viewers the ability to download the document. five stars

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7. ★★★★★ rafaeluy

   4.1y ago

   Excelent product.

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8. ★★★★★ tsapessays

   4.1y ago

   I have tried multiple plugins, and this is the most stable of all. No funny settings, no bs, just a simple, plugin that works!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.4.1 Update: Redesigned and integrated the new standardized help & demos admin dashboard. 2.4.1
2. — Version 2.4.0 New: Added 4 dedicated, modular settings panels (DocumentSource, ViewerEngine, DisplayDimensions, SecurityRestrictions) to group Gutenberg settings. New: Added custom SVG icons inside the titles of the block settings pan 2.4.0
3. — Version 2.3.3 Updated Block – Editor upload options 2.3.3
4. — Version 2.3.2 Add Modern Dashboard and improved. 2.3.2
5. — Version 2.3.1 Fixed issues 2.3.1
6. — Version 2.3.0 Fixed textdomain issue & add powerfull Gutenberg block 2.3.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.6 Patched in 2.2.7
2. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.2.5 Patched in 2.2.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• PDF Poster – let visitors read PDFs without leaving the page 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Real3D Flipbook – 3D FlipBook, PDF FlipBook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• Pdf Embed 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Document Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Algori PDF Viewer 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C

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Document Viewer – Embed and Display Office and PDF Files: 2K+ active installs, 4.7★ (52 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/embed-office-viewer