Make Your PDFs Searchable in WordPress
If your website relies on PDFs — policies, reports, brochures, manuals, documentation — you’ve probably faced this problem:
Your visitors can’t search inside them.
They download the file, scroll manually, and hope they find what they need.
That’s inefficient.
And unnecessary.
With WebEquipe PDF Search, you can index text-based PDFs directly inside WordPress and make them searchable — without external APIs, without sending data elsewhere, and without bloating your site.
Why PDF Search Matters
PDFs are everywhere:
- Schools publish handbooks
- Businesses upload price lists
- Libraries archive documents
- Organizations share policies and reports
But WordPress search doesn’t look inside PDF content by default. It only sees the file name.
That means:
- Visitors miss relevant documents
- Search feels incomplete
- Important information stays hidden
Full-text PDF search solves that.
What WebEquipe PDF Search Does
WebEquipe PDF Search indexes the actual text inside your PDFs and integrates results directly into WordPress search.
You can:
- 🔍 Search inside PDF content
- 📄 Show excerpts with matching keywords
- ⚙️ Index or unindex specific PDFs
- 🚫 Exclude private files from search
- 🧩 Add a dedicated PDF search form via shortcode
- ⚡ Process large files using background indexing
Everything runs inside your WordPress site.
No third-party dependency.
No external data sharing.
Full control.
Built for Real-World WordPress Sites
This plugin is designed for sites that deal with real documents — not just demos.
You get:
Automatic Indexing
New PDFs can be indexed automatically when uploaded.
Bulk Actions
Index, unindex, include, or exclude multiple PDFs at once.
Search Display Controls
Choose what to show in search results:
- File size
- Page count
- Last updated date
- Custom excerpt length
Media Library Integration
Control PDF search visibility directly from the WordPress Media Library.
What It Does Not Do (By Design)
We believe clarity builds trust.
WebEquipe PDF Search works with:
✔ Text-based PDFs
✖ Scanned image-only PDFs (OCR required first)
✖ Password-protected PDFs
If a PDF contains selectable text, it can be indexed.
Privacy First
Many “search” tools rely on external indexing services.
We don’t.
WebEquipe PDF Search:
- Stores extracted text in your database
- Does not send visitor data externally
- Does not depend on third-party APIs
Your documents stay on your server.
Performance-First Approach
Indexing large PDFs can be resource-heavy.
That’s why we include:
- Background processing
- Adjustable file size limits
- Debug options
- Stable batch handling
We design for reliability, not just features.
Who Is It For?
WebEquipe PDF Search works especially well for:
- 📚 Schools & Universities
- 🏢 Businesses with documentation
- 📖 Libraries & archives
- 🏛 Organizations publishing reports
- 📑 WordPress sites with large PDF collections
If your visitors search for information inside documents, this plugin makes that possible.
How to Get Started
- Install the plugin from WordPress.org
- Go to Settings → PDF Search
- Click Re-index All PDFs
- Add the shortcode to a page:
That’s it.
Your PDFs become searchable.
Why We Built It
At WebEquipe, we focus on small, focused software that solves clear problems.
PDF search is one of those quiet frustrations most sites live with.
We built this plugin to solve it cleanly, simply, and privately.
No hype.
Just useful functionality.