WPIntell

Market

embed pdf

Embed Pdf matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around collecting, protecting, and delivering files reliably, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: File uploads, downloads, and document workflows fail in ways that create support load, privacy risk, and broken handoffs. The entry wedge is to monitor upload/download paths, permission rules, and failed file handoffs with fix-ready diagnostics.

Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

58 / 75 rows with source links

77.3% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

17 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build a file and document delivery operations plugin for site owners, agencies, educators, and document-heavy businesses: File uploads, downloads, and document workflows fail in ways that create support load, privacy risk, and broken handoffs. The first wedge is to monitor upload/download paths, permission rules, and failed file handoffs with fix-ready diagnostics.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: File uploads, downloads, and document workflows fail in ways that create support load, privacy risk, and broken handoffs. Current stage: commercial watchlist.

Competitors

15 shown
PDF Embedder 300.0K installs · 4.7
praise owner
1029.4%momentum 32.2weakness 1/37pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for quality, reliable.

source 1 source 2
Pdf Embed 10.0K installs · 5.0
rising challenger
210.5%momentum 40.9weakness 4/9pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for value, easy.

source 1 source 2
BSK PDF Manager 7.0K installs · 4.5
praise owner
-79.9%momentum 50.6weakness 10/24pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, bugs despite praise for support, quality.

source 1 source 2
FlippingBook 2.0K installs · 4.0
praise owner
-18.2%momentum 47.3weakness 9/3pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, missing feature despite praise for reliable, value.

source 1 source 2
Publuu Flipbook 0 installs · 0.0
rising challenger
113.7%momentum 11.2weakness 0/0pain/praise

Rising challenger: downloads moved 113.7% versus the previous 30 days.

Embed PDF with Smallpdf 0 installs · 0.0
rising challenger
45.3%momentum 30.3weakness 0/0pain/praise

Rising challenger: downloads moved 45.3% versus the previous 30 days.

Embedding PDF 30 installs · 0.0
rising challenger
29.5%momentum 32.1weakness 0/0pain/praise

Rising challenger: downloads moved 29.5% versus the previous 30 days.

Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint Be careful and don’t trust fake positive reviews!!!

Be careful and don’t trust fake positive reviews!!!: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files · The document-emberdder.2.0.0.zip plugin archive contains /document-emberdder/freemius – Freemius!!! mixed Spamming site dashboard…

Spamming site dashboard…: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · Spamming site dashboard… Shoving your advertisements into my site Dashboard is NOT, repeat NOT OK…!! complaint Unneeded advertisements

Unneeded advertisements: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · Money grab plugin there are free alternatives that do not plaster their logo or nag you for purchase. complaint PHP warnings since last update?

PHP warnings since last update?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · PHP warnings since last update? mixed 4.5.0 breaks our website

4.5.0 breaks our website: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · This is the fatal error we got: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "Elementor\Widget_Base" not found at …/wp-content/plugins/embedpress/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf_Gallery.php:12 Stack trace: #0 require_once() ← …/EmbedPress/AutoLoader.php:168 #1 EmbedPress\AutoLoader->loadMappedFile() ← …/EmbedPress/AutoLoader.php:134 #2 EmbedPress\AutoLoade mixed Security check, please refresh page and try again!

Security check, please refresh page and try again!: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Security check, please refresh page and try again! mixed 0.5.9 causes critical error in WP installation

0.5.9 causes critical error in WP installation: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Pdf Embed · 0.5.9 causes critical error in WP installation After updating to the latest version of the plugin the site displays error 500. mixed How to make the iframe height 100%?

How to make the iframe height 100%?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom iFrame – Embed PDFs, Videos, and External Content in WordPress (Elementor & Gutenberg) · Thanks The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi There I find that when I turn on Auto height, it’s not working, and when i type 100% on iframe height, it’s not working too. mixed Version 3 and Avada Theme

Version 3 and Avada Theme: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Version 3 and Avada Theme Emailed developers twice, no response 🙁 Two local parish council sites have both gone down since version 3.0 came out. mixed New Update and Database errors

New Update and Database errors: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · New Update and Database errors On upgrade to 4.4.0 of the plugin it crashed my entire site with the following database errors. mixed URL to the PDF file must be on exactly the same domain

URL to the PDF file must be on exactly the same domain: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Embedder · URL to the PDF file must be on exactly the same domain We use offsite storage for our PDF files, etc (DigitalOcean) – are there any plans to make it possible to link to an external storage location (i.e., “ https://jch-prod.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/… ;) We use offsite storage for our PDF files, etc (DigitalOcean) – are there any plans to make it possible mixed Error: Setting up fake worker failed: “undefined is not an object

Error: Setting up fake worker failed: “undefined is not an object: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Embedder · Error: Setting up fake worker failed: “undefined is not an object System: WP Version 6.8.1 twentytwentyfour theme Host WordPress.com To reproduce: Install plugin Go to post Insert PDF embed block Select PDF file See error Setting up fake worker failed: "undefined is not an object (evaluating /window.pdfjsWorker. mixed Application domain not authorised, crashes page

Application domain not authorised, crashes page: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Pdf Embed · Application domain not authorised, crashes page My site is a subdomain and something seems to be setting off the ‘application domain not authorised’ error. mixed Audio embed with custom player invisible/contains invalid content

Audio embed with custom player invisible/contains invalid content: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · Reason: login credentials removed The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, suddenly a lot of my audio embeds that use the custom player are invisible and/or say “Block contains unexpected or invalid content”. mixed WP Dashboard inaccessible

WP Dashboard inaccessible: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · WP Dashboard inaccessible With Embedpress 4.4.4, the WordPress dashboard returns a fatal error. mixed PDF Poster: an error occurred while processing the directive

PDF Poster: an error occurred while processing the directive: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer · PDF Poster: an error occurred while processing the directive PDF Poster — 2.1.22 On the page where the PDF Poster is located, I see a message: an error occurred while processing the directive Probably, an error appeared after upgrading to 2.1.22. mixed Fatal Error with Elementor, Event Tickets and WooCommerce

Fatal Error with Elementor, Event Tickets and WooCommerce: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · Fatal Error with Elementor, Event Tickets and WooCommerce After updating we’re experiencing a fatal error in the cart flow, on page /attendee-registration/?tickets_provider=tribe_wooticket Critical Uncaught Error: Call to a member function is_built_with_elementor() on false in x/wp-content/plugins/embedpress/Core/AssetManager.php:747 This topic was modified mixed Embedpress bootstrap security issue

Embedpress bootstrap security issue: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · Embedpress bootstrap security issue Hello, I hope I’m posting this in the right section of the forum. mixed specific category and specific tags

specific category and specific tags: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · specific category and specific tags Hello, I would like to show pdfs that are included in a specific category (id = 26) and that have a specific tags (17,18). complaint Edge Security Risk Error (Red Screen) (Update)

Edge Security Risk Error (Red Screen) (Update): users show security, bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer · Edge Security Risk Error (Red Screen) (Update) An hour after the installation the PDF containers turned red with a security phishing warning. mixed Can’t delete free version after installing pro

Can’t delete free version after installing pro: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Can’t delete free version after installing pro We can’t delete free version after installing the pro version, it says “critical error on this website.” But the Site Health checker says everything’s fine. mixed Newer version than 2.8 prevents role editor from uploading PDF

Newer version than 2.8 prevents role editor from uploading PDF: users show security, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Hi, From version 2.9.2 I did some security improving and now it only allow administrator roles upload / edit documents in free version. mixed Erro Line 10

Erro Line 10: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files · Erro Line 10 Hi friend, this plugin erro an error appeared in the index line 10. mixed Was About To Review Found an Issue with Links in PDF

Was About To Review Found an Issue with Links in PDF: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Embedder · Was About To Review Found an Issue with Links in PDF We have the free plugin version. complaint PDF Viewer works as intended (not anymore)

PDF Viewer works as intended (not anymore): users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder Addons for Elementor – Embed Documents in Elementor Websites · PDF Viewer works as intended (not anymore) I am viewing my PDF in a popup window and this plugin is the only widget I have so far tested that shows the document without scaling issues. question Crashing the WP site after update to version 1.8.4

Crashing the WP site after update to version 1.8.4: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files · Crashing the WP site after update to version 1.8.4 The update to version Version 1.8.4 is crashing the WP site, WP version 6.1. mixed Fatals with 1.1.6 update

Fatals with 1.1.6 update: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder Addons for Elementor – Embed Documents in Elementor Websites · Fatals with 1.1.6 update Seeing the following fatal with 1.1.6 update. mixed PPT File Not Found

PPT File Not Found: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · PPT File Not Found For all of my embedded PPT files, I’m not getting a File Not Found error. complaint broken

broken: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Google Docs Viewer · broken Doesen’t work “Sorry, we are unable to generate a view of the document at this time. mixed My Renewal date

My Renewal date: users show pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer · My Renewal date Can I find out when my maintenance payment for pdf poster pro is due? praise Excellent plugin & outstanding support

Excellent plugin & outstanding support: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Excellent plugin & outstanding support The plugin does everything you’d want to with pdfs and recent upgrades mean it will also organise and display a host of other file formats. neutral Security Scan complains about js version

Security Scan complains about js version: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Embedder · Security Scan complains about js version Hello, When we ran vulnerability scan on our website, we received the following error complaining about the js version being Vulnerable id”: “668d212f95d9ec8621dd5079”, “status”: “OPEN”, “Name”: “Vulnerable JS Library”, “Description”: “<p>The identified library appears to be vulnerable.</p>”, “Solution”: “<p>Upgrade t neutral Error line 24

Error line 24: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files · Error line 24 I downloaded this plug in but it’s now locked me out of being able to log in to remove the plug-in. praise Best Plugin for Embedding Document

Best Plugin for Embedding Document: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files · Best Plugin for Embedding Document I have been looking for a good plugin for embedding documents to wordpress. neutral Security issue reported

Security issue reported: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · Security issue reported BSK PDF Manager plugin <= 3.6 – Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Will this be addressed soon? neutral vulnerabilities PDF.js < 4.2.67

vulnerabilities PDF.js < 4.2.67: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer · But today I got a mail from Wordfence with a vulnerability message about the plugin. neutral Vulnerable

Vulnerable: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

PDF Poster – Display PDF Files with Custom Viewer · Vulnerable Wordfence has found a vulnerability with this plugin! complaint Not Working with Classic editor !

Not Working with Classic editor !: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · I’ve tried it on more than 5 WP platforms that have Classic Editor Installed ! complaint PDFs not showing on frontend after update – invalid exitPDFViewerType

PDFs not showing on frontend after update – invalid exitPDFViewerType: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Pdf Embed · In the browser console I get this error: Uncaught Error: Only “RETURN” or “CLOSE” input is supported for config exitPDFViewerType The error seems to come from Adobe’s PDF Embed API. complaint BSK pdf manager pro won’t render shortcode

BSK pdf manager pro won’t render shortcode: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

BSK PDF Manager · BSK pdf manager pro won’t render shortcode Hello, I’ve posted this request to the contact form on bannersky.com with no reply.