Title: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::pdf_setup
Published: December 7, 2016
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::pdf_setup(): string|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Sets up Imagick for PDF processing.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Increases rendering DPI and only loads first page.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) 
File to load or [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function pdf_setup() {
    	try {
    		/*
    		 * By default, PDFs are rendered in a very low resolution.
    		 * We want the thumbnail to be readable, so increase the rendering DPI.
    		 */
    		$this->image->setResolution( 128, 128 );

    		// Only load the first page.
    		return $this->file . '[0]';
    	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
    		return new WP_Error( 'pdf_setup_failed', $e->getMessage(), $this->file );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php#L1129)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php#L1129-L1142)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::pdf_load_source()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_load_source/)`wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php` |

Load the image produced by Ghostscript.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor_imagick/pdf_setup/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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