Title: Embed PDF using do_shortcode()
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Embed PDF using do_shortcode()

 *  Resolved [adopted3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adopted3/)
 * (@adopted3)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-pdf-using-do_shortcode/)
 * Hello: I have “Embed PDF” version 1.04.
 * the `[embed]...[/embed]` shortcode works fine on a page. But when I use `do_shortcode`
   within PHP code on a template page, the plugin doesn’t bring up the PDF viewer.
   Here’s how I’m using it:
 * `
    <?php echo do_shortcode('[embed]'.'http://example.com/example.pdf'.'[/embed]');?
   >
 * Thanks!
    Paul
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dirtysuds-embed-pdf/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dirtysuds-embed-pdf/)

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 *  Thread Starter [adopted3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adopted3/)
 * (@adopted3)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-pdf-using-do_shortcode/#post-2943823)
 * fyi… i found that this code works:
 * `
    <?php global $wp_embed; $post_embed = $wp_embed->run_shortcode('[embed]http://
   example.com/example.pdf[/embed]'); echo $post_embed; ?>
 * not sure why `do_shortcode` didn’t work.
 *  Plugin Author [Pat Hawks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathawks/)
 * (@pathawks)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-pdf-using-do_shortcode/#post-2943956)
 * I agree, it’s odd that `do_shortcode` wasn’t working for you.
    Glad you found
   something that _did_ work, though.
 *  [Preeminent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/preeminent/)
 * (@preeminent)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-pdf-using-do_shortcode/#post-2943967)
 * Yeah, do_shortcode won’t work for me either.

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## Tags

 * [embed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/embed/)
 * [pdf](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pdf/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [viewer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/viewer/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Preeminent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/preeminent/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-pdf-using-do_shortcode/#post-2943967)
 * Status: resolved