wp-mpdf

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 7.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ teelanovela

   3.5y ago

   Looks like the plugin isn’t under active development for the time being, but I just wanted to express my gratitude for the fact that it exists in its current form. I was just about to program something from scratch when I came upon this. I love the simplicity of this plugin. No unnecessary API calls. No convoluted programming. Just pure and simple HTML > PDF. Easy to build upon and extend. 10/10 would mpdf again! This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by teelanovela. This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by teelanovela.

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2. ★★★★★ Tibow

   3.7y ago

   Thanks for this plugin very functional and flexible with some coding.Best solution found for WordPress.Please update for WP 6.1 even if it works well as it is. You’re plugin deserve it!

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3. ★★★★★ newslicer

   4.5y ago

   This plugin is amazing. It’s lightweight and powerful at the same time. The PDFs can be customized within the templates to any needs. After a long search for a PDF generator i finally found this. Thank you so much for the great work. It’s perfect.

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4. ★★★★★ alainmelsens

   5.9y ago

   Wrong review. Sorry. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by alainmelsens. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by alainmelsens. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by alainmelsens.

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5. ★★★★★ Joko Ruwhof

   6.0y ago

   Thank you for this nice working plugin. I also really like the cache and download history functionality. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by Joko Ruwhof.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   6.8y ago

   Independent of any platform : works perfectly with wordpress 5.3.2! It is extremely useful for a wordpress scientific publication website CSS customization is a bit difficult but the results superb (with footnotes, references, custom post type…)

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7. ★★★★★ saxisme

   7.1y ago

   Great plugin, it just *works*! After some trial and error I made it also to use my own template by pulling data from a BuddyPress user and display it as a contact info sheet. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ Juha Metsäkallas

   7.5y ago

   I wanted to provide a way for my visitors to download posts as PDFs and began to google for solutions. First of all it seems, that “post to PDF” can be understood in a couple of ways. I wanted to have it a simple way: on a post page a button, that opens a new window with the PDF to be saved or shared. I found a couple of plugins, that didn’t work in my environment, server error 500. I found some with annual fees. Well, I don’t mind paying for services per se, but this is a gratis site, and so far donations aren’t flowing in. Then I found one with an output, that ,eh, leaves a lot to desire, until I found this. To tell the truth it took me a while to figure out how to get the button on a post. And I like to my some minor formatting on the PDF, but overall effect is wow! Nice PDF, as if I had myself manually done 🙂

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All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.9.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 wp-mpdf <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-26 CVE-2025-60040 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.9.1 Patched in 3.9.2
2. Patched Medium · 6.1 wp-mpdf <= 3.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-13 CVE-2024-27962 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.7.1 Patched in 3.8
3. Patched Medium · 4.3 wp-mpdf <= 3.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass ↗
   2021-06-21 CVE-2021-4416 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 3.5.1 Patched in 3.5.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2019-08-04 800+ → 1K+ up

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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wp-mpdf: 1K+ active installs, 4.8★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-mpdf