---
title: Create your first FlipBook
description: "Turn a PDF into a page-turning book and put it on any page in about two minutes."
url: "https://axisthemes.com/documentations/create-your-first-flipbook/"
updated: "2026-11-02"
category: FlipKraft / Getting started
---

# Create your first FlipBook

Turn a PDF into a page-turning book and put it on any page in about two minutes.

## 1. Open the FlipBooks menu

In your WordPress admin, hover **FlipBooks** in the left menu and choose **Add New FlipBook**.

- **FlipBooks** lists every book you have made.
- **Add New FlipBook** starts a new one.

## 2. Name it and choose the PDF

Give the book a title, pick the source, and select your file from the media library (or upload a new one).

- **Title** is shown on the book's own page and in the library.
- **Source**: *PDF file* keeps text, links, search and the contents panel. *Images* uses one image per page.
- **Choose PDF** opens the media library. You can also paste a PDF URL or media ID below it.
- **Publish / Update** saves the book and makes it live.
- **Shortcode**: copy this to place the book in any page or post.

**Tip:** Set a featured image to use as the cover thumbnail in the lightbox modes. Without one, the first page is used.

## 3. See it on your site

Open the book's permalink (shown under the title), or paste the shortcode (for example ``) into a page or the FlipKraft block. Visitors turn pages by dragging a corner, using the arrows or the keyboard.

- **Previous page** and **Next page** buttons.
- **Page number**: type a number and press Enter to jump.

Every option you did not customise in the book inherits **FlipBooks → Settings**, so you can restyle all books at once.

Next: [Site-wide settings](/documentations/site-wide-settings/)