Indexing PDFs is now possible for WordPress. Download the Index PDFs Plugin (
zip, 7.55 kB) here (Sorry, I did not have the time to upload it to WordPress)
The function was a requirement for a project and as i did not find any plugin for it John Blackbourn was so nice to develop it.
It hooks into the media upload and will index the PDFs as they are uploaded. There is also a possibility of indexing already uploaded PDFs, if the plugin is installed later. The PDFs will then be searchable by the site search. There are a few configuration settings available, e.g. link to the pdf or link to the post that has the pdf attached.
Unfortunately this plugin does not yet search pdfs uploaded through the WP Download Monitor Plugin, but we are working on it.
We would love to hear what you think about this plugin, so that we can improve it.
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Is there a way for people to search the PDFs once they are indexed?
Hi Janet,
yes of course it is possible, I forgot to mention in the post, because for me it was so clear … I have now edited the post and changed the title. Thanks for the hint.
Regards,
Chris