How to display the list of PDF files attached to your website

If you want to display ALL the PDF files that are attached to your website then you need to use the post_parent= parameter to de-restrict the selection criteria.

Notes

• By default the shortcode automatically attaches a post_parent value of the current post ID to the query performed. e.g. post_parent=13962 for this post.
• If you use post_parent=0, then the shortcode will list PDF files which are NOT attached to any specific post.
• Using post_parent=. causes the query to NOT USE the post_parent parameter, thereby allowing you to list attachments ( post_type=attachment ) regardless of whether or not it’s attached to a parent post.
• Any non-numeric value for post_parent= will work.
• When you use the bw_pdf shortcode the styling will display the Acrobat Reader image for a PDF file. If you don’t want this you can specify the class=noicon parameter.
• The shortcode will also default to displaying the post title again, immediately following the PDF download link. Either use titles=n to prevent this or style the output using custom CSS.