DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator

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Share 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.

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Older 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.

1. ★★★★★ TGoedde

   3mo 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.

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2. ★★★★★ Diego Bittencourt

   12mo ago

   Great, but the PDF Button text change doesn’t work. This topic was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Diego Bittencourt.

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3. ★★★★★ hitmonng

   1.7y 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.

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4. ★★★★★ Dave Meyer

   3.6y 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   No longer maintained, not compatible with PHP 8 Like the title says, this plugin is no longer maintained and it is not compatible with PHP 8.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 !!!

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5. ★★★★★ djw0510

   4.5y ago

   Like the title says, this plugin is no longer maintained and it is not compatible with PHP 8.

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6. ★★★★★ darmasir

   4.7y 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

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7. ★★★★★ moein

   5.7y 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

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8. ★★★★★ Shizart

   6.8y 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.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — 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
2. — 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
3. — 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
4. — 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
5. — Version 2.1.0 Enhancement – Add custom fields support. Fix – Display pdf button in wc taxonomies to apply. 2.1.0
6. — Version 2.0.2 Fix – Wrong post content in single templates. 2.0.2

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.0 DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2026-01-15 CVE-2025-14793 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.3.0 Patched in 2.3.1
2. Medium · 6.1 DK PDF <= 1.9.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-09-30 CVE-2024-8727 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.9.6 Patched in 1.9.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-05-20 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 32 days in tier
4. 2026-04-17 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-04-15 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
6. 2026-04-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-04-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 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).

• PDF Generator for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ultimate PDF Generator 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• Post to PDF Exporter 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• D Debullpost2pdf — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• 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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DK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator: 3K+ active installs, 4.5★ (44 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dk-pdf