Extension:SimpleEmbed

MediaWiki extensions manual

SimpleEmbed Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Media
Description	Allows for embedding files on a page
Author(s)	Kim Eik Leonardo Martinho
Latest version	0.2 (2023-01-18)
MediaWiki	>= 1.35
Database changes	No
License	Public domain
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Tags <embed>

The SimpleEmbed extension adds the <embed> tag for embedding files. It supports remote and local (uploaded to MediaWiki) files.

This extension is based on the EmbedAll extension.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called SimpleEmbed in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/SimpleEmbed/SimpleEmbed.php";
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

• <embed>http://some.site.com/with/a/document.pdf</embed>
• <embed width="250">Your_uploaded_document.pdf</embed>

Options

• width
• height

You can embed all types of "embeddable" files, not just PDF's.