{"id":3579,"date":"2020-12-12T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=3579"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:14:27","slug":"pdf-embed","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/portfolio\/pdf-embed\/","title":{"rendered":"PDF embed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Block &#8211; Classic Editors more information<\/summary>\n<p>At the moment, January 2025, the Block editor is turned on by default. You can set the blog to use the classic editor instead or set it up to have one or other as the default with the choice to switch. More details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/the-block-editor\/\">blocks page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brief instructions to using the classic editor and the blocks editor follow.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been a recent WordPress change. Pasting a link into the classic editor no longer produces an embed. You need to use the block editor or the Dear Flip plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#blocks\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Blocks<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"2\/#classic\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Classic<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"blocks\">Blocks Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/2023\/08\/11\/file-block\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/blocks\/2023\/08\/11\/file-block\/\">File block<\/a> this will embed a pdf as below. On smaller devices it may not show the pdf.  The File bloc has some setting in the setting sidebar where you can turn off the show inline. You can also set the height it displays at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2017\/08\/3page.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Test PDF file.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-225ccc05-3b63-43fb-a337-bbe1049e4380\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2017\/08\/3page.pdf\">Test PDF file<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2017\/08\/3page.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-225ccc05-3b63-43fb-a337-bbe1049e4380\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also se the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/dflip-plugin\/\">DearFlip<\/a> plugin code  in a shortcode block to display a pdf as a flipbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"..\/#blocks\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Blocks<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#classic\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Classic<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>You can upload a pdf to your blog if you Insert into Post you will get a link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2017\/08\/3page.pdf\">Test PDF file<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also use the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/dflip-plugin\/\">DearFlip<\/a> plugin to display a pdf in the classic editor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_3646\"  _slug=\"3646\" data-title=\"taking-pictures-pdf\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2021\/03\/18113826\/cover.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_3646 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/glowblogs\\\/public\\\/glowbloghelp\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2545\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/18112940\\\/taking-pictures.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a recent WordPress change. 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The File &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/portfolio\/pdf-embed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PDF embed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[762181],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[851886],"class_list":["post-3579","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","jetpack-portfolio-type-embeds","jetpack-portfolio-tag-pdf"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3579"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6278,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3579\/revisions\/6278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=3579"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=3579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}