Author metadata of PDF visible?

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    orbraaten · Member ·

    When uploading PDFs to the Media Library and then linking to those files on a WordPress site, will the file’s original author/creation metadata be visible or in any way accessible to users?

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    timethief · Member ·

    on a WordPress site

    What is the exact URL starting with http:// of the site you refer to please?

    To save you time you can type the actual URL of the site you are referring to into http://whoishostingthis.com to determine who hosts the site so you know where to post for support.

    We provide support only for sites hosted on WordPress.COM servers. You could be posting to the wrong support forum. To be clear we do not provide support for local installs of WordPress.ORG software, or for WordPress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, linked to WordPress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin so they display on the My Sites WordPress.COM account page.

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
    WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
    See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/ for app support.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The WordPress software, be it WordPress.com or the open source version, does nothing to alter the file you upload. If the file you upload contains metadata, the file visitors download from your site will still contain that metadata as it’s exactly the same file.

    If you don’t want the metadata to be visible you need to strip that from the file before you upload it. Please contact Adobe support, or the support of whatever software you’re using to create the PDF, for help with doing that.

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