Title: using
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# using

 *  [markhatter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhatter/)
 * (@markhatter)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/)
 * Hi
 * I have lots of posts that use <embed src=”xxx.pdf”> to embed a pdf into a post
   but it has stopped working.
 * I now see a message (on all browsers) saying a plugin is needed to view this 
   content.
 * Example here – [http://www.mktfitness.co.uk/gifts-test](http://www.mktfitness.co.uk/gifts-test)
 * It’s possible I’ve deleted something I shouldn’t have but does anyone have any
   idea what I’ve done?
 * Thanks
    Mark

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100805)
 * The message refers to a browser plugin. PDFs don’t display in browsers like images.
   It requires a plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [markhatter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhatter/)
 * (@markhatter)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100892)
 * hi
 * I realise it’s a browser message but it was working before.
    I think I must have
   had something installed in WordPress that allowed the pdf’s to display but I 
   don’t know what.
 * I can’t find ay plugin that allows you to use the <embed src=”xxx”/> syntax
 * Thanks
    Mark
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100904)
 * You don’t need a plugin to put `<embed src="xxx"/>` in a post. You can type it
   in, or you can [use this trick](http://www.lancelhoff.com/embed-pdf-in-wordpress/)(
   not tested but it makes sense). You do need a browser plugin to view it. If it
   used to work and you now have a _**browser plugin message**_, what has changed
   something on your computer, maybe you deleted Acrobat Reader or something. There
   is nothing that WordPress can do to force a PDF to show up if the appropriate
   reader is not available. Browsers do not handle PDFs natively like they do images.
   Said reader is available on my computer and _**I can see your PDF**_.
 * If you don’t mind being dependent upon a third party, you can use [Google Docs to do it](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dirtysuds-embed-pdf/).
 *  Thread Starter [markhatter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhatter/)
 * (@markhatter)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100905)
 * Hiya
 * thanks for your reply.
 * I’m still confused as I can no longer see it in FireFox or Chrome but I can in
   Safari.
 * This same is true on another computer.
 * Can you see it in Firefox?
 * It’s really odd as it was definitely working before but I take your point about
   it being a browser plugin that is used to display the pdf.
 * Thanks
    Mark
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100906)
 * > Can you see it in Firefox?
 * Yes– Windows 7.
 * Don’t trust what Safari does. It is a minor browser, it does oddball stuff (like
   display TIFFs), and it isn’t representative of anything.
 * There are really two ’embedding’ tags that you need to worry about– `<embed>`
   and ‘<object>` ( [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2254027/which-browsers-support-the-embed-and-object-tags](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2254027/which-browsers-support-the-embed-and-object-tags)).
   You may be seeing an issue with that.
 *  Thread Starter [markhatter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhatter/)
 * (@markhatter)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100915)
 * Thank you!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [markhatter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhatter/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-1/#post-3100915)
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