10 Best CatFolders Document Gallery Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
CatFolders Document Gallery has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to CatFolders Document Gallery
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Document Embedder
Closest matchDocument Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading
4.9 (120) 9,000+ active installsEmbed PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint in WordPress. PDF viewer, 3D flipbook and document library with Gutenberg block & Elementor widget.
Shares the document library tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress
4.7 (526) 300,000+ active installsEmbed PDF files in WordPress posts and pages with a responsive PDF viewer block, live Block Editor preview, and no third-party services.
Shares the documents, pdf tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated August 14, 2026.
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4.7 (199) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin is more than just a photo album plugin, it is a complete, highly customizable multimedia cms and display system.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.9 (318) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically generate, email and download PDF documents from Gravity Forms entries
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, no update since July 23, 2025.
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4.4 (53) 20,000+ active installsEmbed a beautiful PDF viewer into pages.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated April 21, 2026.
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DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator
4.5 (44) 3,000+ active installsDK PDF allows your site visitors generate PDF files from WordPress posts, pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products using a button.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated September 21, 2026.
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PDF Poster – Let visitors read PDF's without leaving the page
4.5 (149) 20,000+ active installsEmbed PDF files in WordPress with a responsive PDF viewer, flipbook, shortcode and Gutenberg block, plus print, download and view analytics.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress
4.7 (59) 10,000+ active installsPDF Builder for CF7, Divi, Elementor Forms, Everest, Fluent, Formidable, Forminator, Gravity, JFB, Ninja, WPForms, WooCommerce, Post Meta, ACF, etc.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin
4.8 (115) 8,000+ active installsMake printing your blog easy and impressive. For you & your visitors. One post or thousands.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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4.7 (40) 4,000+ active installsGenerate PDF using Contact Form 7 Plugin makes it simple to create PDFs for downloads, viewing, or sending as attachments after form submissions.
Shares the pdf tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated September 15, 2026.
Switching from CatFolders Document Gallery: common questions
What is the best alternative to CatFolders Document Gallery?
Document Embedder is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which CatFolders Document Gallery alternative has the most users?
PDF Embedder, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which CatFolders Document Gallery alternative is rated highest?
Gravity PDF, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 318 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these CatFolders Document Gallery alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with CatFolders Document Gallery score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against CatFolders Document Gallery on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Document Embedder is the closest match to CatFolders Document Gallery by the data we track, and PDF Embedder has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Document Embedder shipped the most recent release, on October 18, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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