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Best WordPress Plugins for Documents

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Documents

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for documents comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. PDF Embedder Best overall 90/100
  2. 2. Advanced File Manager 89/100
  3. 3. Document Embedder 86/100
  4. 4. Embed Any Document 84/100
  5. 5. Mammoth .docx converter 83/100
  6. 6. Document Gallery 83/100
  7. 7. BSK PDF Manager 83/100
  8. 8. FileBird Document Library 83/100
  9. 9. PDF Embed Block 82/100
  10. 10. Document Viewer 82/100
  11. 11. Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin 82/100
  12. 12. miniOrange Embed Files for SharePoint/OneDrive 82/100
  13. 13. Document Embedder Addons for Elementor 81/100
  14. 14. Document Library Lite 81/100
  15. 15. CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library 81/100
1 PDF Embedder
Best overall Free by Syed Balkhi

PDF Embedder

Embed PDF files in WordPress posts and pages with a responsive PDF viewer block, live Block Editor preview, and no third-party services.

4.7★
from 518 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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2 Advanced File Manager
Free by Saad Iqbal

Advanced File Manager

Use Advanced File Manager to manage WordPress files, create archives, and build document libraries—all directly from your WordPress dashboard!

4.8★
from 438 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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3 Document Embedder
Free by bPlugins

Document Embedder

Embed PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and 16+ file types in WordPress with a responsive viewer, FlipBook mode, download button and document library.

4.9★
from 119 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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4 Embed Any Document
Free by awsm.in

Embed Any Document

Embed PDF, DOC, PPT and XLS documents easily on your WordPress website with the help of Google Docs Viewer or Microsoft Office Online.

4.2★
from 92 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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5 Mammoth .docx converter
Free by Michael Williamson

Mammoth .docx converter

Mammoth converts semantically marked up .docx documents to simple and clean HTML, allowing pasting from Word and Google Docs without the usual mess.

4.8★
from 62 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
83

WPScore

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6 Document Gallery
Free by Dan Rossiter

Document Gallery

This plugin generates thumbnails for documents and displays them in a gallery-like format for easy sharing.

4.8★
from 112 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
83

WPScore

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7 BSK PDF Manager
Free by bannersky

BSK PDF Manager

Manage your PDFs / documents by category, can be display in list, columns and dropdown. Easy to embed a PDF contnet into post / page.

4.5★
from 46 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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9 PDF Embed Block
Free by bPlugins

PDF Embed Block

Easily embed PDF files in your WordPress posts and pages with the PDF Embed Block plugin.

5★
from 2 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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10 Document Viewer
Free by bPlugins

Document Viewer

With the Document Viewer for Office plugin, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more files in WordPress using shortcode

4.7★
from 52 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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