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<p>AC Print + Email adds a simple Print link and a lightweight Email dropdown to posts, pages, and archive views.</p>
<p>It is designed for sites that value clarity, accessibility, and user trust over analytics-heavy sharing widgets and third-party services.</p>
<p>The plugin uses:<br />
* The browser’s native print dialog<br />
* The visitor’s own email provider or mail client<br />
* A copy-link fallback for universal compatibility</p>
<p>No emails are sent from your server.<br />
No tracking pixels are injected.<br />
No external APIs are required.</p>
<h3>Philosophy: Human-first sharing</h3>
<p>Most sharing plugins today are built around tracking, engagement metrics, and external networks.</p>
<p>AC Print + Email is built around people.</p>
<p>This plugin follows a few simple principles:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Use tools users already trust</strong><br />
Printing uses the browser’s native print dialog. Email opens in the user’s own mail provider or mail app.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Avoid third-party services</strong><br />
No URL shorteners, redirect chains, or external dashboards.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Respect privacy by default</strong><br />
No analytics, no tracking pixels, no background requests.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Separate user intent</strong><br />
Printing and emailing are distinct actions with different expectations and behaviors.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Stay out of the way</strong><br />
The toolbar is minimal, theme-agnostic, and designed to blend into content.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>This approach mirrors how the early web worked: direct, understandable, and user-controlled.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Print using the browser’s native print dialog</li>
<li>Clean print stylesheet (removes navigation, widgets, and UI chrome)</li>
<li>Email options:
<ul>
<li>Gmail</li>
<li>Yahoo Mail</li>
<li>Outlook / Hotmail</li>
<li>AOL Mail</li>
<li>Default mail client (mailto)</li>
<li>Copy link fallback</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fully accessible:
<ul>
<li>Keyboard navigation</li>
<li>ARIA roles and states</li>
<li>Screen-reader friendly feedback</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Display modes:
<ul>
<li>Icons + labels</li>
<li>Icons only</li>
<li>Labels only</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Per-content controls:
<ul>
<li>Enable on posts</li>
<li>Enable on pages</li>
<li>Enable on category archives</li>
<li>Enable on tag archives</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Placement control:
<ul>
<li>Automatic injection</li>
<li>Shortcode-only mode for manual placement [ac_print_email]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Live admin preview panel</li>
<li>No dependencies</li>
<li>No tracking</li>
<li>No advertisements</li>
</ul>
<h3>Placement & Theme Compatibility</h3>
<p>By default, the toolbar is automatically injected into supported content.</p>
<p>For older or heavily customized themes, you may prefer <strong>Shortcode only</strong> placement, which gives you full control over where the toolbar appears.</p>
<p>Use the shortcode: [ac_print_email]</p>
<p>This mode avoids layout conflicts and is recommended for legacy or custom templates.</p>
<h3>Why this plugin does NOT send email from your server</h3>
<p>Sending email from a WordPress server introduces complexity, privacy concerns, and deliverability issues.</p>
<p>AC Print + Email intentionally avoids server-side email so that:<br />
* Emails are sent by the user, not your site<br />
* SPF and DKIM issues are avoided<br />
* User expectations are respected<br />
* Privacy is preserved</p>
<p>If you need server-side email campaigns, this plugin is not designed to replace that functionality.</p>
<h3>Accessibility</h3>
<p>Accessibility is treated as a first-class feature.</p>
<p>The toolbar supports:<br />
* Full keyboard navigation<br />
* Proper focus management<br />
* ARIA-expanded and ARIA-live announcements<br />
* Screen-reader friendly labels and feedback</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>The toolbar can be automatically injected into content, or placed manually using a shortcode: [ac_print_email]</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.</p>


AC Print + Email

A clean, privacy-first Print and Email toolbar for WordPress. No tracking, no third-party services, no UI bloat.

Lester Chan

<p>Once installed take the following steps to set it up:</p>
<ol>
<li>WP-Print settings page is located in WP-Admin -> Settings -> Print</li>
<li>You Need To Re-Generate The Permalink (WP-Admin -> Settings -> Permalinks -> Save Changes)</li>
<li>Refer To Usage For Further Instructions</li>
</ol>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Open <code>wp-content/themes/<YOUR THEME NAME>/index.php</code>. You should place it in single.php, post.php, page.php, etc also if they exist.</li>
<li>Find: <code><?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?></code></li>
<li>Add Anywhere Below It: <code><?php if(function_exists('wp_print')) { print_link(); } ?></code></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>The first value is the text for printing post.</li>
<li>The second value is the text for printing page.</li>
<li>Default: print_link(”, ”)</li>
<li>Alternatively, you can set the text in ‘WP-Admin -> Settings -> Print’.</li>
<li>If you DO NOT want the print link to appear in every post/page, DO NOT use the code above. Just type in <strong>[print_link]</strong> into the selected post/page content and it will embed the print link into that post/page only.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Build Status</h3>
<p><a href="https://travis-ci.org/lesterchan/wp-print" rel="nofollow ugc"></a></p>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p><a href="https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-print" title="https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-print" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-print</a></p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p><a href="http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-print/i18n/" title="http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-print/i18n/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-print/i18n/</a></p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Plugin icon by <a href="http://www.simpleicon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">SimpleIcon</a> from <a href="http://www.flaticon.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Flaticon</a></li>
<li>Icons courtesy of <a href="http://www.famfamfam.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">FamFamFam</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks as my school allowance, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations.</p>


WP-Print

I know that we can set this manually by using a Custom Print Text Link Style, but the plugin by code should automatically do it, or simply have a checkbox for it in the settings page, as my end users are not that bright to even copy paste the code that I give them!

Other than that, this could be a 5 star plugin, a job almost perfectly done.

Thanks,
Nick

I wish there was an option to open the preview in a new tab.

Displays a printable version of your WordPress blog's post/page.

AC Print + Email vs WP-Print