PDF Rack – 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer & Embed PDF
by codersuraz · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Embed PDFs as a realistic 3D flipbook, page slider or scroll reader. A fast PDF viewer and PDF library for Gutenberg, Elementor and shortcodes.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
+53%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “document library”, “pdf viewer” and “embed pdf” for “bookshelf”, “narration” and “webgl”. “document library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bookshelf” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pdf viewer” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “narration” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “embed pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “webgl” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 11 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated today
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
59
Momentum
Gaining ground
+1.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
59%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
+1.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookshelf | #7 | #10 | 0 |
| 3d flipbook | #13 | #18 | up 8 |
| manga | #7 | #9 | up 1 |
| pdf flipbook your tag | #15 | #21 | up 9 |
| flipbook your tag | #16 | #22 | up 2 |
| pdf reader | #11 | #19 | up 1 |
| narration | #9 | #12 | up 3 |
| pdf embedder | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| embed pdf your tag | #23 | #24 | — |
| pdf viewer your tag | #24 | #24 | — |
| webgl | #21 | #23 | 0 |
| flip book | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| responsive pdf embed | #18 | #23 | up 1 |
| responsive pdf viewer | #19 | #23 | up 2 |
| web pdf viewer | #22 | #24 | down 3 |
| 3d web viewer | #24 | #24 | — |
| document library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
53 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 37 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “document library”, “pdf viewer” and “embed pdf” for “bookshelf”, “narration” and “webgl”. “document library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bookshelf” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pdf viewer” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “narration” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “embed pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “webgl” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “flipbook”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “pdf flipbook”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 11 Feb 2026 · 262 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 471 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
11
releases in the last 12 months
today
latest release · v1.5.3 · 31 Oct 2026
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 94 days.
Install history since 12 Feb 2026
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Embed PDFs as a realistic 3D flipbook, page slider or scroll reader. A fast PDF viewer and PDF library for..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,471 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "document library" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 40+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 40+ → 30+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-10-03 30+ → 40+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 20+ → 30+ up after 71 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 10+ → 20+ up
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).
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Publuu Flipbook 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Document Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
FlippingBook 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
iPages – FlipBook Image & PDF Viewer 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags C
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