PDF Gallery Viewer
PDF Gallery Viewer allows you to easily embed PDF galleries with live previews. It uses PDF.js to render the first page of each PDF directly in the browser, without relying on server-side libraries like Imagick. Each item includes a customizable title and a “View” button that opens the PDF in a modal viewer. The layout is responsive and adapts from a multi-column grid to a single-column stack on smaller screens. Key Features: Live thumbnail of first PDF page (via PDF.js) — lazy-loaded via IntersectionObserver Responsive layouts (Grid, List, or Slider) Modal viewer with zoom, navigation, and download Gutenberg block with layout selector and drag-and-drop file integration Tooltip + truncation for long titles Dynamic shortcode generation by category, tag, or post Sorting UI (Title / Filename / Manual drag & drop) Manual ordering with FIFO/LIFO behavior for newly added items Zero external requests — all assets (PDF.js, Font Awesome, Swiper.js) served locally Assets only load on pages that contain a gallery Settings page (Settings > PDF Gallery Viewer) for site-wide accent color, surface color, text color, corner radius, and default layout Per-gallery accent color override via the accent_color shortcode/block attribute Usage Basic usage: [pdf_gallery url=”https://example.com/doc.pdf” title=”Document Title”] Multiple items in a container: [pdf_gallery_container layout=”grid”] [pdf_gallery url=”…” title=”…”] [pdf_gallery url=”…” title=”…”] [/pdf_gallery_container] Sorting / ordering: [pdf_gallery_container layout=”grid” order_by=”title” order=”asc” ui=”1″] … [/pdf_gallery_container] Manual ordering (UI drag & drop) with FIFO/LIFO for newly added items: [pdf_gallery_container id=”my-gallery” layout=”grid” order_by=”manual” manual_mode=”fifo” ui=”1″] … [/pdf_gallery_container] IMPORTANT: Manual ordering is managed by admins and saved server-side (post meta) so the order is the same for all visitors. For reliable persistence, always set a stable id=”…” on each container (the Gutenberg block does this automatically). Dynamic by category: [pdf_gallery_container category=”brochures” layout=”slider”] Per-gallery accent color (overrides the site-wide default set in Settings > PDF Gallery Viewer): [pdf_gallery_container layout=”grid” accent_color=”#ff6600″] … [/pdf_gallery_container]
Sliding Panel
The Sliding Panel plugin creates a new sidebar for your site that allows you to add widgets. These widgets appear within a responsive sliding panel at the top of your site on the front end. Features It’s a jQuery-powered sliding panel. That’s a feature in-and-of itself, right? Uses widgets, so you can add pretty much anything you can add to any other sidebar. Uses the WordPress-packaged jQuery. Will automatically display with any correctly-coded theme. Supports HTML5 and Schema.org microdata. It’s responsive, so it’ll look good on any device. Professional Support If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access the support forums at Theme Hybrid, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 40,000+ users (and growing). Plugin Development If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s GitHub repository. Donations Yes, I do accept donations. If you want to buy me a beer or whatever, you can do so from my donations page. I appreciate all donations, no matter the size. Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.
