how can I embed a pdf in a wordpress.com post? why do ,<embed>, <object> not work / disappear from post</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2021-10-31T16:41:52.383" class="fromnow">Oct 31 '21 at 16:41</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2021-11-01T19:56:48.480" datetime="2021-11-01T19:56:48.480">Nov 01 '21 at 19:56</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 294 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 294 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="69788590" data-ownerid="1028133" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="69788590"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I'm trying to embed a pdf document in a wordpress post using</p> <pre><code><iframe src="https://path.to/my.pdf" height="900" width="1200"></iframe> </code></pre> <p>The embedded document shows up in the preview while editing when using the visual editor, but it doesn't show up when I publish the post.</p> <p>Also, when I open the post for re-editing, the <code><iframe></code> block is missing.</p> <p>Following <a href="../../questions/291813/recommended-way-to-embed-pdf-in-html">the answers here</a> I also tried using <code><embed></code> and <code><object></code>, the result is the same.</p> <p>Am I doing something wrong?</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/wordpress" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'wordpress'" rel="tag">wordpress</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 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class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">1</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment123367232_69788590"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Keep in mind, not all browsers can even open PDFs. You shouldn't use an iframe for this... an object embed would be more appropriate, but also has its compatibility troubles.</span> – <a href="../../users/362536/brad" title="159,648 reputation" class="comment-user ">Brad</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/69788590/how-can-i-embed-a-pdf-in-a-wordpress-com-post-why-do-iframe-embed-object-not-w#comment123367232_69788590"><span title="2021-11-01T05:31:24.640 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Nov 01 '21 at 05:31</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-123367743" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="123367743" data-comment-owner-id="1028133" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment123367743_69788590"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">object embed doesn't work either, it turns out there's a list of banned html tags</span> – <a href="../../users/1028133/the-real-gruycho" title="608 reputation" class="comment-user owner">the.real.gruycho</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/69788590/how-can-i-embed-a-pdf-in-a-wordpress-com-post-why-do-iframe-embed-object-not-w#comment123367743_69788590"><span title="2021-11-01T06:23:36.993 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Nov 01 '21 at 06:23</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">2 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">2</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="69800328"></a> <div id="answer-69800328" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="69800328" data-ownerid="15015675" data-score="2" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="69800328"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>According to this official wordpress.com documentation there is a oembed feature enabled for any plan.<br/> <a class="external-link" href="https://wordpress.com/support/embedding-a-pdf-file/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Embedding a PDF File</a></p> <p>So embedding is done by simply pasting your file url to your content.<br/> (similar to the auto embed feature for youtube urls).</p> <p>As Brad noted</p> <blockquote> <p>Keep in mind, not all browsers can even open PDFs.</p> </blockquote> <p>(Even though integrated pdf support is really decent – pretty much any chromium, webkit or Firefox) You should also provide a simple file link opening/downloading your pdf in a new tab. This way, you will also get a better reading experience as your pdf viewport isn't reduced by any layout margins.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong><br/> I can confirm, this embedding method is working as described – also on a free wordpress.com plan.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2021-11-01T19:56:48.480" class="relativetime">Nov 01 '21 at 19:56</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">herrstrietzel</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Nov 01 '21 at 17:10">answered Nov 01 '21 at 17:10</time> <a href="../../users/15015675/herrstrietzel" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/15015675.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="herrstrietzel" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/15015675/herrstrietzel" class="s-user-card--link">herrstrietzel</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">11,541</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="2 gold badges">2</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="12 silver badges">12</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="34 bronze badges">34</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-69800328" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="69800328" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-123388438" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="123388438" data-comment-owner-id="1028133" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment123388438_69800328"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Fantastic! I have no idea why the link you posted doesn't show up higher in search engine results.</span> – <a href="../../users/1028133/the-real-gruycho" title="608 reputation" class="comment-user owner">the.real.gruycho</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/69788590/how-can-i-embed-a-pdf-in-a-wordpress-com-post-why-do-iframe-embed-object-not-w#comment123388438_69800328"><span title="2021-11-02T00:50:33.930 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Nov 02 '21 at 00:50</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="69788591"></a> <div id="answer-69788591" class="answer " data-answerid="69788591" data-ownerid="1028133" data-score="0" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="69788591"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Your code would normally work, but there are <a class="external-link" href="https://wordpress.com/support/code/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">code restrictions</a> on wordpress.com for security reasons:</p> <blockquote> <p>The following tags are not allowed on sites on our Premium Plan and below for security reasons:</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>embed, frame, iframe, form, input, object, textarea, style, link</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>These tags may be used with sites on our Business Plan with plugins installed.</p> </blockquote> <p>There are plugins that you can use to embed (see e.g. <a class="external-link" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-embedder/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pdf embedder</a>), but you need the Business plan to be able to install plugins.</p> <p>I'm not sure there are free workarounds.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2021-11-01T05:22:58.553" class="relativetime">Nov 01 '21 at 05:22</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">the.real.gruycho</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Oct 31 '21 at 16:41">answered Oct 31 '21 at 16:41</time> <a href="../../users/1028133/the-real-gruycho" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/1028133.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="the.real.gruycho" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/1028133/the-real-gruycho" class="s-user-card--link">the.real.gruycho</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">608</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="3 silver badges">3</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="17 bronze badges">17</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-69788591" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="69788591" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-123360849" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="123360849" data-comment-owner-id="15015675" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment123360849_69788591"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Please add a note it's wordpress.com you're working with. The aforementioned restrictions are specific to wordpress.com. On a self hosted wordpress yout could e.g easily create a shortcode.</span> – <a href="../../users/15015675/herrstrietzel" title="11,541 reputation" class="comment-user ">herrstrietzel</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/69788590/how-can-i-embed-a-pdf-in-a-wordpress-com-post-why-do-iframe-embed-object-not-w#comment123360849_69788591"><span title="2021-10-31T18:33:24.240 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 31 '21 at 18:33</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>