ausbushman

Sorry mate I don’t know much about this stuff, can’t help ya any further there.

Might be worth asking about it on the Google forums?

Update: the “/preview” bit at the end of the file id is only viewable if you’re logged into Google, it seems. Whereas, “/view?usp=sharing” allows any user on the web to view the PDF.

Yep, 2MB seems to be the breaking limit, which is also the limit of uploading docs to Drive, whether or not that’s coincidental: https://www.case.edu/its/training/materials/googleapps/GA_DOC_GoogleDriveUsagePolicy.pdf

This change by Google is a huge kick in the balls for me as it’s just ruined the purpose of our businesses website! I knew such a simple and effective way of displaying PDF’s was too good to be true.

And I can’t seem to find any news or help about this change by Google at all!

An alternative plug-in is PDF Light Viewer Plug-in, but it requires you to get your web host to install ImageMagick the server OS, and Imagick for PHP, which is also a pain in the ass.

Cheers for your help though guys.