Description

Toombler turns a PDF you already store in Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive into a smooth, interactive page-flip viewer that looks great on any device. A shared Google Doc or Google Slides deck works too, without exporting it to PDF first. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is copied: Toombler reads the file from the share link you already have, so the document stays where you put it. Embed a flipbook on any post or page in seconds.

Features:

Gutenberg block with live preview in the editor
Classic shortcode for page builders and themes
Responsive — scales to any container width
Full control over every viewer setting (matches the Toombler dashboard)
Two selectable page-flip sounds, hard cover, spine shadow, auto-play, and more
Optional navigation arrows, page counter, download button, and fullscreen mode
Optional accessible text version below the flipbook (improves screen-reader access and SEO)
No cookies set, no user data collected by the plugin itself

Shortcode usage:

[toombler id="YOUR_FILE_ID"]

Get your File ID from your Toombler dashboard (⚙ Configure & Embed copy the id= value from the embed URL).

All shortcode parameters:

id (required) — file ID from your Toombler dashboard (same value whichever cloud the PDF lives in)
width — embed width in px (default: 760)
height — embed height in px (default: 540)
nav — navigation arrows: 1/0 (default: 1)
counter — page counter: 1/0 (default: 1)
sound — page-flip sound: 1/0 (default: 0)
flipsound — which flip sound: 1 / 2 (default: 1)
autoplay — auto-play: 1/0 (default: 0)
autospeed — auto-play seconds per page: 1–60 (default: 3)
dl — download button: 1/0 (default: 1)
fs — fullscreen button: 1/0 (default: 0)
bg — background colour: dark / light / transparent (default: dark)
start — start page (default: 1)
bookmark — remember page per visitor: 1/0 (default: 1)
zoom — allow zoom: 1/0 (default: 1)
drag — allow corner drag: 1/0 (default: 1)
thumbs — thumbnail strip: 1/0 (default: 0)
duration — flip animation in ms: 100–3000 (default: 650)
spine — spine shadow (centre glow): 1/0 (default: 0)
borderless — no rounded corners: 1/0 (default: 0)
adreplace — replace page 2 with the short « Made with Toombler » page instead of inserting it: 1/0 (default: 0)
closed — start with a closed book (cover only): 1/0 (default: 1)
hardcover — rigid front & back cover: 1/0 (default: 1)
corners — show hover corner curl: 1/0 (default: 1)
mscroll — mobile scroll (swipe to scroll, not flip): 1/0 (default: 0)
speak — read-aloud button (uses the reader’s own browser voice): 1/0 (default: 0)
slang — language of the read-aloud voice as a language code, e.g. slang="nl" or slang="pt-BR" (default: empty = recognised automatically from the document’s text)
bbtext — text of a button on the back cover, max. 60 characters, e.g. bbtext="Book a table" (default: empty = no button)
bburl — where that button goes; must start with https://, mailto: or tel: (default: empty = no button)
text — show an accessible, collapsible text version below the flipbook (good for SEO): 1/0 (default: 0)

External service:

This plugin embeds content from toombler.com. The flipbook viewer is loaded in an <iframe> from https://toombler.com/embed. When you enable the optional text version (text="1" or the « Show accessible text version » block toggle), the plugin also requests the document’s plain text from https://toombler.com/api/text and caches it locally; only your flipbook’s File ID is sent, and the response contains your document’s own text. By using this plugin you agree to the Toombler Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A free Toombler account is required to create flipbooks.

Captures d’écrans

A Toombler flipbook in action — real page-flip animation generated straight from your PDF.

Blocs

Cette extension fournit 1 bloc.

Toombler Flipbook

Installation

In WordPress admin, go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin and upload the toombler.zip file, or search for « Toombler » in the plugin directory.
Click Activate.
Add the Toombler Flipbook block from the block inserter, or use the shortcode [toombler id="YOUR_FILE_ID"] in any post or page.
Your File ID can be found in your Toombler dashboard under ⚙ Configure & Embed.

FAQ

Where do I get my File ID?: Log in at toombler.com/app, open the settings panel for your flipbook (⚙ icon), click « Configure & Embed », and copy the value after id= in the embed URL.
Do I need a Toombler account?: Yes. You need a free Toombler account to link a PDF from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive and get a File ID. Create one at toombler.com. You are not uploading the PDF — Toombler only stores the share link.
Is the flipbook stored on my server?: No. Toombler hosts the flipbook viewer. This plugin simply embeds it via an iframe. Your PDF is served through Toombler’s infrastructure.
Does this plugin collect any data?: The plugin itself sets no cookies and collects no data. The embedded Toombler viewer may record anonymous page-view counts. See the Toombler Privacy Policy for details.
Does it work with page builders?: Yes. Use the shortcode [toombler id="…"] in any page builder that supports shortcodes (Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, etc.).

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Journal des modifications

1.4.1

Restyled to the new Toombler brand: new logo and colours.

1.4.0

New: a read-aloud button for the reader (speak="1", or the toggle in the block). It uses the voices already on the reader’s device; no text leaves the browser.
New: your own button on the flipbook’s back page, such as « Book a table » with your link (bbtext and bburl, or the « Back page button » panel in the block). Only https, mailto and tel links are accepted.
Google Docs and Google Slides now work as a source on the Toombler side; the plugin needs nothing for that, but the readme says so.
The block editor no longer calls the inside-cover page an advertisement.

1.3.2

Fixed: the plugin said « Google Drive » in four places while Toombler has supported Dropbox and OneDrive for months. The block editor labelled the field « Google Drive File ID », so anyone using another cloud had every reason to think this plugin was not for them. Nothing about how it works has changed — only what it says about itself.

1.3.1

Fixed: the brand and rtl attributes were generated by the Toombler dashboard but not accepted by the plugin, so WordPress silently dropped them. A right-to-left book (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian) turned pages the wrong way, and a disabled « Powered by Toombler » badge reappeared. Both now work, and both are available as toggles in the block editor.

1.3.0

New: optional search box inside the flipbook. Enable it with the search="1" shortcode attribute or the « Search box » toggle in the block, and readers get a search field that finds text anywhere in the document and jumps to the page, with the match highlighted.
Flipbook pages now carry an invisible text layer, so the text can be selected, copied and read by screen readers instead of being just an image.
Both features run entirely in the reader’s browser — no text is uploaded or stored.
Scanned documents without a text layer are unaffected: the search box will simply find nothing.

1.2.1

Tested and confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.1.
Readme and documentation housekeeping. No functional changes.

1.2.0

New: optional accessible text version. Enable it with the text="1" shortcode attribute or the « Show accessible text version » toggle in the block, and the plugin renders your flipbook’s text as a collapsible block below the viewer — improving screen-reader access and search-engine indexing of your content on your own site.
The text is fetched once from the Toombler API and cached locally (transient) for performance.

1.1.1

Removed the « Powered by Toombler » badge toggle from the plugin to comply with the WordPress.org plugin guidelines (no attribution links in plugin output).

1.1.0

Tested and confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.0.
Flipbooks now load faster and show an instant cover preview while the document loads (delivered automatically through the Toombler viewer).
Housekeeping and readme updates.

1.0.3

Full settings parity with the Toombler embed: every viewer option is now available via shortcode and the Gutenberg block.
New: choose between two page-flip sounds (flipsound), and toggle the hard cover (hardcover).
Added shortcode parameters: counter, flipsound, autoplay, autospeed, start, bookmark, zoom, drag, thumbs, duration, spine, borderless, adreplace, closed, hardcover, corners, mscroll.
Block editor sidebar now exposes all viewer settings.

1.0.2

Updated block icon to the Toombler page-stack mark.

1.0.1

New Toombler brand icon (open book with fanned pages) for the Gutenberg block.
Refreshed editor placeholder styling to match Toombler’s branding.

1.0.0

Initial release — shortcode and Gutenberg block.