DICOM Viewer — Medical Image Viewing for WordPress
DICOM Viewer is a WordPress plugin that lets you display medical images on your site. View DICOM scans with tools to zoom in, adjust brightness/contrast, play through multiple slices automatically, and compare multiple series side-by-side. You can upload individual DICOM files or ZIP archives containing entire studies.
Requirements: WordPress 6.4 or newer
Getting Started
- Installation — System requirements, upload, and activation
- License Activation — Activate your license key
- First Steps — Upload your first DICOM file and add a viewer to a page
Admin Settings
Configure the plugin from DICOM Viewer in the WordPress admin sidebar.
- Settings Overview
- General Settings — Default height, download button, info overlay, protected file serving
- Series Settings — Series navigation style, layout modes, grid columns, reference lines
- Anonymization — DICOM tag redaction levels (basic, standard, strict)
- License — License key management
Gutenberg Block
- Overview — How to insert the DICOM Viewer block
- Block Settings — All configurable block attributes
Shortcode
- Overview — Using
in posts and pages - Shortcode Reference — Complete attribute reference with examples
File Management
- Overview — Supported file types and media library integration
- Uploading Files — How to upload DICOM files and ZIP archives, filename security, PHI warnings
- Access Control — Protected file serving, per-file access levels
Viewer Features
- Overview — The DICOM Viewer interface
- Tools — Pan, zoom, window/level, and reset functions
- Cine Playback — Automatic slice animation through multi-slice series
- Multi-Series — Switching between series in a single study
- Grid Layout — Display multiple series side-by-side with reference lines
- Default Viewport — Pre-set zoom, pan, and window/level on page load
Developer Reference
- Overview
- Hooks & Filters — All available hooks and filters