Welcome to TNC FlipBook 3D

Thanks for choosing TNC FlipBook 3D. This plugin turns ordinary PDFs and image collections into realistic, page-turning FlipBooks your visitors can read directly in their browser — no extra apps, no downloads. This guide is a tour of what the plugin can do and where to start.

What TNC FlipBook 3D does

A FlipBook is a digital book that mimics the experience of a real, bound book. Visitors can click and drag the corner of a page to turn it, just like a real magazine or catalog. The plugin renders the book in 3D using your browser's WebGL capabilities, with realistic page-bend physics, lighting, and shadows.

Three ways to feed it content

1. A single PDF — point the plugin at a PDF file and it renders every page as a flipbook page. The most common workflow.
2. Multiple PDFs stitched together — combine several PDFs into one bound book with chapter labels. Great for compiled annual reports, multi-section catalogs, or whole magazine issues.
3. An image gallery — feed it a stack of images instead of a PDF. Perfect for photo books, scanned albums, comics, or anything that lives as separate images.

Display options

• Inline embed — the FlipBook sits in the page like an image or video.
• Popup link — a clickable link or button opens the FlipBook in a centered overlay.
• Image link — a cover thumbnail opens the FlipBook on click.

You can pick the right style per page or per FlipBook.

Features that make it stand out

• Realistic page turn animation with adjustable speed, curl intensity, and flip sound.
• Hardcover and spiral styles to make books feel more like physical objects.
• Hotspots — clickable areas on any page that link out, open a video, show a popup, or jump to another page.
• Page videos — embed video players directly on FlipBook pages.
• Read Aloud — let visitors listen to the FlipBook with browser TTS or studio-quality cloud voices (Google, Amazon Polly, Azure, OpenAI, ElevenLabs).
• Search inside the document — readers can find text across all pages.
• Reading Mode — a focused, distraction-free view.
• Toolbar customization — choose exactly which buttons readers see.
• 194+ languages — viewer translates fully, including right-to-left languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.
• Accessibility — keyboard navigation, screen-reader announcements, reduced-motion support, and focus indicators all included.
• Content protection — domain locking, watermarking, copy/print prevention, and download blocking.
• WooCommerce gating — sell access to a FlipBook by linking it to a WooCommerce product.
• SEO — text-extraction for crawlers, structured data, social previews.
• Migration tools — one-click import from Real3D, DearFlip, Interactive3D, and the older TNC FlipBook Classic.

Built-in extensibility

The plugin ships with a documented developer API: 60+ actions and filters, a JavaScript event system, REST endpoints, post-meta schema, and integration recipes. See the Developer Reference section in the sidebar.

A growing addon ecosystem extends the core in specific directions — Monetize (ads), SEO, Stamper (per-user watermarks), BookShelf (collection display), Analytics, Lead Capture, Chatbot, plus six page-builder addons (Elementor, WPBakery, Avada, Beaver, Bricks, Breakdance).

Who it's for

• Publishers and magazines — replace static PDF viewers with engaging digital reading.
• Product catalogs — browsable, shareable, with embedded video and shop-now hotspots.
• Marketing teams — interactive brochures and ebooks for lead capture.
• Educational institutions — accessible course materials, study guides, photo archives.
• Real estate, travel, hospitality — visual portfolios with click-to-call/inquire hotspots.
• Any WordPress site that wants to upgrade their PDF experience.

Where to start

If this is your first time

1. Installation and Activation — install the plugin and activate your license.
2. Quick Start — publish your first FlipBook in about a minute, no settings to fiddle with.
3. Creating a FlipBook — Overview — a friendly walkthrough of every tab in the FlipBook editor.

If you're migrating from another plugin

If you already use Real3D Flipbook, DearFlip, Interactive3D, or the older TNC FlipBook Classic, the built-in Migrator at FlipBooks → Migration imports your existing FlipBooks in one click — settings, hotspots, and PDFs included. See Migrating from Other Plugins.

If you have an existing PDF workflow

If you have a folder of PDFs already uploaded to your media library, the PDF Import tool at FlipBooks → PDF Import bulk-creates FlipBooks from those PDFs in one click — and can optionally rewrite all the links on your site to open the new FlipBooks instead of the raw PDFs.

How to use this documentation

• The sidebar groups articles by category: Getting Started, Creating FlipBooks, Display and Branding, Features, Embedding, Settings and Defaults, Migration and Maintenance, Developer Reference, and Addons.
• Use the search box at the top of every docs page — the fastest way to find a specific feature or troubleshooting topic.
• Articles cross-link to related articles at the bottom under "Next steps."

Need a hand?

• Search the docs — it covers most questions.
• Submit a ticket from your account dashboard if you have an active license — support tickets are usually answered within one business day.
• Feature ideas — vote or submit at ideas.tncflipbook.com.

We're glad to have you. Open the Quick Start and publish your first FlipBook when you're ready.