PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer

Changelog

2.5.1 – 26 April 2026

  • Fixed: PDFs hosted on external domains or CDNs were not loading at all
  • Fixed: Google Docs Viewer was sending the same request twice and canceling both
  • Fixed: When Google Docs Viewer failed there was nothing to fall back on
  • Fixed: PDF.js errors were invisible — users just saw a white empty box
  • Fixed: No message was shown when a PDF file was missing or completely empty
  • Fixed: PDF viewer was not opening on iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 and 17
  • Fixed: Tapping the fullscreen button on iPhone did absolutely nothing
  • Fixed: PDFs were not loading on Android Chrome and Samsung Internet browser
  • Fixed: Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters were showing as random broken symbols
  • Fixed: PDFs made with LaTeX or older Adobe tools were showing wrong or unreadable text
  • Fixed: Changes made to an existing PDF entry were lost after hitting update
  • Fixed: Shortcode was pasting fine but showing nothing at all on the live page
  • Fixed: PDFs with spaces or special characters in the filename were crashing the viewer
  • Fixed: An unexpected heading was appearing above the viewer on some themes
  • Fixed: Embedding a PDF by URL was showing raw code instead of the actual document
  • Fixed: PDF viewer was not displaying properly inside Elementor’s preview panel
  • Update: Removed unexpected or unnecessary conten & code from the whole plugin.

2.5.0 – 01 Mar, 2026

  • New: Popup Trigger Type Image
  • New : Popup Trigger Alignment
  • New : Popup Trigger Image Size
  • New : Popup Trigger Image PDF Icon
  • Update: Help & Demo Page
  • New: Added an option to move the action buttons (Print, Fullscreen, Download) to the top or bottom.
  • Update: Hide sidebar on mobile devices

2.4.1 – 09 Feb, 2026

  • Fixed: Warning: Attempt to read property “post_type” on null in WC Orders Add/Edit page
  • Fixed: Broken Access Control
  • Removed: Upgrade Section from Gutemberg Block (Premium)
  • Removed: Upgrade Section from Classic Shortcode Generator (Premium)

2.4.0 – 20 Jan, 2026

  • Added: Social Share feature
  • Added: Icons before each PanelBody title in the Gutenberg block
  • Added: Help text for control fields
  • Improved: Gutenberg Block Settings UI
  • Improved: Classic Shortcode Generator UI
  • Improved: Overall UI consistency and clarity
  • Fixed: Missing Google Drive icon
  • Fixed: Google Drive integration issues
  • Fixed: Dropbox integration issues
  • Fixed: PDF Poster selector block not working
  • Updated: PDF Poster menu icon
  • Updated: Removed unexpected or unnecessary content

2.3.1 – 22 Sep, 2025

  • Fixed: Fullscreen issue
  • Fixed: Divi Builder Image Upload issue

2.3.0 – 13 Aug, 2025

  • New Page: Dashboard
  • Fixed: Fixed Preset Preview issue
  • Fixed: Adobe Embedder issue
  • Improved: Code

2.2.4 – 14 July, 2025

  • Fixed: ACF Pro – wysiwig editor – “Add PDF” button does not work
  • Fixed: quick embed options does not work

2.2.3 – 11 May, 2025

  • Fixed: file upload issue

2.2.2 – 12 Feb, 2025

  • Update: Visible scrollbar when selected ‘show only PDF/Raw PDF’
  • Fixed: _load_textdomain_just_in_time() was called incorrectly.

2.2.1 – 28 Jan, 2025

  • Fixed: your site doesn’t include support for the “pdfp/pdfposter” block.
  • Update: WordPress SDK

2.2.0 – 06 Oct, 2024

  • Fixed: Overlapping content

2.2.0 – 06 Oct, 2024

  • Fixed: Overlapping content

2.1.25 – 24 July, 2024

  • Fixed: 404 Not Found – PDFProHelperPipe::checkPipe()

2.1.24 – 29 June, 2024

  • Fixed: iPad/iPhone issue

2.1.23 – 27 June, 2024

  • Fixed: directive error

2.1.22 – 24 June, 2024

  • Fixed: Vulnerability

2.1.21 – 25 March, 2024

  • Fixed: Avada Builder style broken

2.1.20 – 19 Feb, 2024

  • Fixed: Deprecated issue

2.1.19 – 9 Jan, 2024

  • Feature: Show Download button

2.1.18 – 24 Dec, 2023

  • Security: Improved

2.1.17 – 4 Dec, 2023

  • Removed Ads

2.1.16 – 28 Nov, 2023

  • Fixed: Can’t Edit Newsletter

2.1.15 – 24 Nov, 2023

  • Fixed: Removed admin ber add

2.1.14 – 24 Nov, 2023

  • Fixed: Sidebar open all time

2.1.12 – 17 Sep, 2023

  • Fixed SSL issue

2.0.10 – 4/5/2022

  • solved – “Oops! You forgot to select a pdf file.”

2.0.9 – 4/4/2022

  • Fixed SSL issue

2.0.8 – 1/26/2022

  • Fixed Responsive issue

2.0.7

  • Forbidden issue fixed

2.0.6

  • Disable Gutenberg as default shortcode generator

2.0.3

  • Option to enable/disable Gutenberg Shortcode Generator

2.0.0

  • Added Advanced Shortcode Generator
  • Improved Security Performance
  • Fixed Height issue on mobile device

1.6

  • Fix isuue and make compatible with WordPress 5.5 Version

1.5

  • Fix Gutenberg block issue
  • Fix toggle menu in viewer

1.4

  • Add support for Gutenberg Block

1.3

  • Fix an issue

1.2

  • removed an ad.
  • fix issue which causes centralize the content.
  • Improved performance.

1.1

  • fix an issue with pdf positions

1.0

  • Initial Release

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Author
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Version:
2.5.1
Last Updated
April 26, 2026
Active Installs
20000
Requires
WordPress 5.0
Tested Up To
WordPress 6.9.4
Requires PHP
7.1

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