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Displaying an embedded pdf in a view

By: JK Tor | Asked: 07/13/2024
Forums › Category: General questions › Displaying an embedded pdf in a view
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JK Tor asked 4 months ago

Hello: In our use case, we collect a pdf as an upload (only pdf are permitted) on a form. We use the information in the form in a view, and would like to have the embedded pdf displayed. Is there a way to do this natively in Formadible or with another plugin? The embedded pdf viewers I have tried cannot display a pdf associated with a record, only a direct link. Any help on this would be much appreciated!

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Rob LeVineRob LeVine answered 4 months ago
I installed PDF Embbeder and it works as expected in a view. I just passed the shortcode of the field id to the PDF Embedder shortcode.
JK Tor replied 4 months ago

Hi Rob,

Thanks so much for the response. I tried the following shortcodes in my views without success:

[pdf-embedder id=[id]]
[pdf-embedder id=id]

I also tried including the id in the hyperlink to the page (i.e., .../detail-page/?id=36087) and using the short code in directly in the page block using

[pdf-embedder id=id]

This didn't work either. I'm new to WordPress and really appreciate your help!!

Rob LeVineRob LeVine replied 4 months ago

https://wp-pdf.com/free-instructions/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin

[pdf-embedder url="[your formidable forms field id that contains the url of the PDF"]]

e.g., [pdf-embedder url="[434]"]

JK Tor replied 4 months ago

Amazing! I got it working 🙂 Thanks again so much for your help Rob, especially on a weekend. You really helped me out.

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