Add a .pdf file to wordpress

Pdf files or Portable Document Format is an open source document format which has made it the default standard for representing documents on the web. PDFs ensure the document can be read independent of the users software, hardware, and operating system. The only thing that is needed is to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program, in order to view the document. Download it here.

To add a .pdf file to your wordpress site follow these following steps.

1. First upload your pdf file.

On the left hand menu click “media” when the media library loads click “add new”.

In the upload media screen click “select files” navigate to the place on your computer where the .pdf file is then click on it and then click open.

Once the file is uploaded copy the “file url”

2. Insert link into your page.

On the left hand menu click “pages” select the page you want to add the pdf link in.

Type the word you want the link to come from eg. “See the pdf here”

Highlight the words eg. See the pdf here and then click the “Insert /edit link” button in the visual editing tool bar.

In the popup window paste the link in the “link URL”  box and select “Open link in new window” in the target drop down.

Click insert and then update the page and your pdf is linked from your page.