Simple PDF Exporter

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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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1. ★★★★★ s_b81

   3.1y ago

   A good plugin, everything works after careful tweaking of the template.

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2. ★★★★★ allenfurst

   6.8y ago

   Doesn’t really work. It exported my whole site to a pdf, yes, but some pages were blank, some included multiple pages worth of overprinted material. Basically useless.

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3. ★★★★★ chrisadhome

   8.6y ago

   Feb 2nd, 2018: Working on WordPress 4.92 This is the only free PDF generator in the WordPress ecosystem that I am aware of that actually gives you full control of the HTML & CSS files, meaning you can craft highly customized PDFs. All the other PDF generators are a joke… even some of the paid ones. This plugin uses DOMPDF, so if you were planning on home-rolling a WordPress plugin to implement DOMPDF for your site then this is a great base plugin to start with! Will save you two or three days of setup time. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by chrisadhome. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by chrisadhome.

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4. ★★★★★ the_martines

   9.5y ago

   Promising plugin. I have a few issues with it. 1. Trying to run mysite.com/?export=pdf causes an error: Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '(...)/public_html/wp-content/plugins/simple-pdf-exporter/process/assets/pdf_layout.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php/inst/php-5.3.27/pear/php/') in (...)/public_html/wp-content/plugins/simple-pdf-exporter/process/config.php on line 27 so I’ve moved the /plugins//simple-pdf-exporter/assets/ directory into /plugins/simple-pdf-exporter/process/ and it seens to fixed it. 2. Special characters are not working. E.g. polish characters like źćłóą are problematic. Without it I can’t use the plugin. I hope it can be fixed any time soon. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by the_martines.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-01-29 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-01-28 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-01-25 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-01-24 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
5. 2026-01-20 500+ → 400+ down after 129 days in tier
6. 2025-09-13 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-09-11 500+ → 400+ down after 99 days in tier
8. 2025-06-04 400+ → 500+ up after 2 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).

• WPS Menu Exporter 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• W WP Options Importer 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Export Themes 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Export WordPress Menus 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Export Custom Pages 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
• Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Simple PDF Exporter: 400+ active installs, 3.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-pdf-exporter