DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator
by Torsten Chmielewski Bulk · eCommerce
DK PDF allows your site visitors generate PDF files from WordPress posts, pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products using a button.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.6K estimated
Momentum
+38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “pdf” and “woocommerce pdf” for “wordpress pdf” and “generate pdf”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “wordpress pdf” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “woocommerce pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “generate pdf” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
89 health vs 71 average across 9,746 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 109.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,141 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2026-05-14Older reviewers loved how clean and flexible it is, but the newest one says styling gets stripped from the PDF with little room to customize and no support answering.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 40 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 44 reviews, smoothed to 4.29★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
32%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress pdf generator your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| pdf generator your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| wordpress pdf | #5 | #7 | up 1 |
| generate pdf | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| post to pdf your tag | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| pdf catalog | #6 | #4 | 0 |
| woocommerce pdf your tag | #14 | #16 | up 1 |
| pdf your tag | #18 | #15 | down 1 |
| pdf to post | #7 | #7 | up 2 |
| woocommerce pdf catalog | #7 | #6 | down 1 |
| wordpress to pdf | #12 | #11 | 0 |
| page to pdf | #14 | #12 | 0 |
| posts to pdf | #14 | #12 | down 2 |
| pages to pdf | #15 | #13 | down 3 |
| pdf button | #15 | #13 | up 4 |
| add pdf button | #15 | #13 | down 1 |
| pdf wordpress plugin | #16 | #16 | 0 |
| pdf pages | #16 | #11 | down 2 |
| wordpress pdf plugin | #17 | #16 | 0 |
| woocommerce product to pdf | #20 | #20 | up 3 |
71 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 50 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “pdf” and “woocommerce pdf” for “wordpress pdf” and “generate pdf”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “wordpress pdf” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “woocommerce pdf” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “generate pdf” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “woocommerce pdf”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
10mo ago
latest release · v2.3.1 · 15 Jan 2026
24
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Sep 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ TGoedde6mo ago
The converted page looks nothing like the website page. Seems all of the HTML style coding is getting stripped and as you can see the little icons for the meta data is massive with no way to eliminate or style them. This plugin has potential, but very little customization or support. This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by TGoedde. This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by TGoedde.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Diego Bittencourt1.2y ago
Great, but the PDF Button text change doesn’t work. This topic was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Diego Bittencourt.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hitmonng1.9y ago
Contrary to older reviews, the developer has updated the plugin to support PHP8. I’ve tried nearly every PDF generator plugin out there, and most are either overly complicated, have cluttered UIs, bombard you with paid upgrade ads, or are just awful to set up and use—especially for something that should be straightforward with the abundance of PDF libraries available. This plugin is the one—clean, no-nonsense, developer-friendly (if you need to control the styling and output), and most importantly, backed by a super helpful developer. If only more developers created sensible, easy-to-use, and well-designed plugins like this one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dave Meyer3.8y ago
No longer maintained, not compatible with PHP 8 Like the title says, this plugin is no longer maintained and it is not compatible with PHP 8. This is the error it outputs using PHP 8.0: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/dk-pdf/vendor/mpdf/mpdf/src/Mpdf.php on line 2209 Please, pretty please, somebody fix this !!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ djw05104.7y ago
Like the title says, this plugin is no longer maintained and it is not compatible with PHP 8.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darmasir4.9y ago
Update Hello Please update your plugin. Your plugin is the best, but your plugin does not support Persian and Arabic. After receiving the PDF file, a mark from the sites whose articles are in Persian ??????? Is displayed instead of letters in the received PDF. thanks a lot
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ moein5.9y ago
I do not know what to say really I do not know how to thank you This plugin is the best, this plugin is the most excellent Customizable, beautiful, fast, free I wish others knew the value of this plugin If you have problems with the new version of WordPress, run it in the lower versions and use a button or download management plugins to place the download button
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shizart7.0y ago
Awesome Plugin This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Shizart.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.3.1 Fix – Server-Side Request Forgery by sanitizing external URLs from content, and configuring mPDF to restrict external resource fetching. 2.3.1
- — Version 2.3.0 Enhancement – Add custom font manager for uploading and managing custom .ttf fonts in PDF generation. Enhancement – Add core fonts management, recommended for Arabic, Hebrew, Indic and CJK languages support. 2.3.0
- — Version 2.2.1 Enhancement – Display custom fields in WooCommerce product PDF. Fix – Fatal error when generating PDFs for posts with non-publish status. Fix – Respect ‘shortcode only’ position setting on WooCommerce and WordPress archi 2.2.1
- — Version 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. 2.2.0
- — Version 2.1.0 Enhancement – Add custom fields support. Fix – Display pdf button in wc taxonomies to apply. 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.2 Fix – Wrong post content in single templates. 2.0.2
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.3.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2024-09-30 CVE-2024-8727 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9.6 Patched in 1.9.7
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "DK PDF allows your site visitors generate PDF files from WordPress posts, pages, custom post types and WooC..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who need", "use case").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,028 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("pdf generator", "post to pdf", "Woocommerce PDF", "wordpress pdf generator" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-20 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Post to PDF Exporter 50+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B - D Debullpost2pdf — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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PDFSmith – HTML to PDF Converter — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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