Adding a pdf link to your WordPress page gives a link. But when you hit the link online sometimes a new page opens, usually with a comments box. You then have to press the link again.

Here’s an easy way to avoid that.

1. Upload/Insert “Add Media”
2. Find pdf file and either upload it from your computer or locate the file in your “Media Library”
3. Click “Show”
4. Where it says “Link URL” hit the button that says “File URL”
5. Insert into Post

Hit the "File URL" Button

You will then have a link. Hitting the link will either bring up a dialog box asking to open or download the file or will do either of those depending on your browser’s preferences.