Plugin info

Total downloads: 99,447
Active installs: 3,000
Total reviews: 43
Average rating: 4.6
Support threads opened: 6
Support threads resolved: 4 (67%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 3
Last updated: 11/9/2025 (52 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/10/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.9
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 8.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 52 days ago • Support resolved 67% • 43 reviews

68/100

Is DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 52 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.9
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 8.0

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Description

Transform your WordPress content into professional PDF documents

Generate stunning, brand-consistent PDF files from your WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and WooCommerce products with just one click. Perfect for content creators, businesses, and developers who need reliable PDF generation.

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Powerful features that deliver results

  • Multi-Content Generation: Create PDFs from posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, WooCommerce products, shop and categories
  • Selective Content Display: Choose exactly what appears in your PDFs – featured images, post dates, authors, categories, and more
  • Custom Fields Support: see documentation
  • Button Visibility by User Role: Control which WordPress user roles can see and generate PDFs, see documentation
  • WooCommerce Integration: Include product details like prices, SKUs, categories, and more
  • Header & Footer Control: Add logo, custom text, and branding elements to headers and footers
  • Custom CSS Support: Apply your own styling to match your brand perfectly
  • Smart Content Control: Use powerful shortcodes to hide sections, create column layouts, and add page breaks exactly where you need them
  • Template Overrides: Create custom templates in your theme for complete design and content control
  • WordPress Hooks: Extensive filter and action hooks for advanced customization

Perfect for every use case

  • Content Creators & Bloggers: Transform your best blog posts into downloadable PDFs for lead magnets or offline reading.
  • E-commerce Sites: Create product catalogs and detailed product sheets from your WooCommerce products.
  • Developers: Build custom PDF solutions for clients using template overrides and WordPress hooks.
  • Educational Sites: Convert course materials, lessons, and resources into portable PDF formats.

DK PDF Custom Services

Need custom functionality for the DK PDF Plugin? I provide professional customization services to extend and enhance your PDF generation capabilities.

Installation

Installing “DK PDF” can be done either by searching for “DK PDF” via the “Plugins > Add New” screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps:

  1. Download the plugin via WordPress.org
  2. Upload the ZIP file through the ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload’ screen in your WordPress dashboard
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

alexdoc1985
6/21/2018

Great plugin

Fulfilled all requirements, very convenient template for building PDP, suitable for ACF
magicoders
3/5/2019

Works great

I have used this plugin in at least 3 projects so far and it works great. Very flexible and you can create the PDF just like you want them. Thank you Emili!

Screenshots

  1. Front-end PDF Button

    Front-end PDF Button

  2. PDF Button settings

    PDF Button settings

  3. PDF Setup settings

    PDF Setup settings

  4. PDF Header & Footer settings

    PDF Header & Footer settings

  5. PDF Custom CSS

    PDF Custom CSS

  6. PDF Templates

    PDF Templates

  7. Single post PDF

    Single post PDF

  8. Category PDF

    Category PDF

  9. WooCommerce Product PDF

    WooCommerce Product PDF

  10. WooCommerce Shop PDF

    WooCommerce Shop PDF

  11. Disable PDF Button Metabox

    Disable PDF Button Metabox

Changelog

2.2.0

  • Enhancement – Add button visibility by role.
  • Enhancement – Add max. number of items to display in the PDF.
  • Fix – Fatal error with composer package versions.
  • Fix – Wrong header and footer title for categories and shop.

2.1.0

  • Enhancement – Add custom fields support.
  • Fix – Display pdf button in wc taxonomies to apply.

2.0.2

  • Fix – Wrong post content in single templates.

2.0.1

  • Fix – Broken shortcodes after 2.0.0 upgrade.

2.0.0

  • Enhancement – New template system and content display including archive and single templates.
  • Enhancement – Support for WooCommerce products including single, shop and archive pages.

1.9.10

  • Enhancement – Add new template sets system.
  • Enhancement – Add new dkpdf_content_template filter to select template conditionally.
  • Enhancement – Add output PDF html for debugging purposes.
  • Enhancement – Increase init settings action priority to allow more custom post types to apply.

1.9.9

  • Fix – Plugin templates not displaying CSS correctly.

1.9.8

  • Fix – Add custom namespace to avoid issues with third party composer packages.
  • Fix – Disable deprecated dynamic property message.

1.9.7

  • Enhancement – Update plugin requirements and mpdf library to PHP 8+
  • Fix – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting security issue

1.9.6

  • Update mPDF library to latest version.
  • New filters dkpdf_mpdf_font_dir, dkpdf_mpdf_font_data, dkpdf_mpdf_temp_dir. Thanks to joostvanbockel.

1.9.3

  • Reverting to 1.9.1, something went wrong in 1.9.2

1.9.2

1.9.1

  • Added PDF Protection in PDF Setup Settings
  • New Columns Shortcodes: [dkpdf-columns] and [dkpdf-columnbreak]
  • New Filter: dkpdf_pdf_filename
  • Fixed Admin scripts enqueued on all pages (thanks to Aristeides Stathopoulos @aristath)

1.9

  • Added shortcode tag attribute to dkpdf-remove shortcode
  • FontAwesome icons support
  • Added post title as PDF filename when downloaded from browser

1.8

  • New filter dkpdf_pdf_format
  • New filter dkpdf_header_title
  • Option for remove default PDF button when adding PDF button manually (thanks to Renato Alves)

1.7

  • New filters (see documentation filters)
  • Fixed github issues #21 #23 #24

1.6

  • 4.4.2 Tested
  • Added DK PDF Generator compatibility (css + shortcodes)

1.5

  • Added PDF Custom CSS setting
  • Sanitized settings fields

1.4

  • Added [dkpdf-pagebreak] shortcode for adding page breaks
  • Added filters dkpdf_header_pagination and dkpdf_footer_pagination
  • Added addons page to admin menu

1.3

  • New DK PDF admin menu for better usability
  • Added a PDF Setup tab for adjusting page orientation, font size and margins of the PDF
  • Added [dkpdf-remove] shortcode for removing pieces of content in the generated PDF

1.2

  • Settings link in plugins list page
  • Adjusts header template for better logo display

1.1

  • Removes dkpdf-button shortcode in the generated PDF

1.0

  • Initial release