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MediaWiki extensions manual
PDFEmbed
Release status: stable
Implementation Tag , Media
Description Allows to embed PDF files into a page
Author(s) Alexia E. Smith, Wolfgang Fahl, Mark A. Hershberger, Chris Koerner and Spas Z.Spasov (Alexia E. Smithtalk)
Latest version 3.0.1 (2023-01-24)
MediaWiki >= 1.42.0
PHP 7.3+
Database changes No
Parameters
$wgPdfEmbed (width, height)
Tags
pdf
Added rights
embed_pdf
Hooks used
  • ParserFirstCallInit
Licence GNU Lesser General Public License 3.0
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The PDFEmbed extension allows PDF files (uploaded to your wiki) to be embedded into a wiki page using ‎<pdf>‎</pdf> tags. The PDF file extension is automatically added and necessarily default permissions are configured.

Installation

  • Download and place the file(s) in a directory called PDFEmbed in your extensions/ folder.
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'PDFEmbed' );
    
  • Configure at your convenience
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

If the default configuration needs to be altered add these settings to the "LocalSettings.php" file below the require:

// Default width for the PDF object container.
$wgPdfEmbed['width'] = 800;

// Default height for the PDF object container.
$wgPdfEmbed['height'] = 1090;

// Allow user the usage of the pdf tag
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['embed_pdf'] = true;

Usage Example

The PDF to be embedded must first be uploaded to the wiki through "Special:Upload".

<pdf>File:Example.pdf</pdf>

With optional width and height.

<pdf width="500" height="300">File:Example.pdf</pdf>

Scroll to page 10 after document is rendered.

<pdf page="10">File:Example.pdf</pdf>

See also

  • Extension:PdfHandler
  • Extension:Widgets (PDF widget)
This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages:
  • Fandom
  • Miraheze
  • MyWikis
  • Telepedia
  • wiki.gg
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