Moved attachment tool, the field mapper tool and the image embedding tool from tag generator to a separate settings panel
Added automatically download filled PDF feature
Other fixes and improvements
2.1.10
Release date: March 5, 2024
Ensured support for CF7 v5.9
2.1.9
Release date: January 15, 2024
Fixed possible issues with API communication caused by non-alphanumeric characters in request boundary
Other minor fixes and improvements
2.1.8
Release date: November 8, 2023
Fixed a bug with a default file name when there are multiple PDF attachments
2.1.7
Release date: November 3, 2023
Auto-resize mail-tags textarea
Fixed a possible JS error related to UTF-8 base64 decoding
Fixed icon file
Improved remote attachment support
Fixed issues in page snapshot code
Other minor improvements
2.1.6
Release date: August 15, 2023
Ensured support for WP v6.3
Ensured support for CF7 v5.8
Added a few minor fixes
2.1.5
Release date: July 10, 2023
Added a workaround support for Conditional Fields plugin’s groups
Minor corrections
2.1.4
Release date: May 17, 2023
Added a workaround for GLOB_BRACE flag not being available on some non GNU systems
2.1.3
Release date: May 5, 2023
Minor fixes and improvements
2.1.2
Release date: December 14, 2022
Ensured support for CF7 v5.7
2.1.1
Release date: November 29, 2022
Fixed bugs with frontend CF7 response
2.1.0
Release date: November 23, 2022
Some fixes were applied that affect the filling process logic. Please check your forms after the update to make sure everything is working as expected if you think they might be affected!
Fixed an issue with PDF fields not being cleared with empty CF7 field values (affects prefilled fields in the original PDF file)
Fixed an issue: value mappings get applied recursively (affects field value mappings that have matching CF7/PDF values)
Bug fix: value mapping fail to work with null values
Improved labeling of empty value mapping options
Improved PDF attachment affecting action detection
Fixed German translation
Updated Spanish translation
Updated Italian translation
Updated other language files
Other minor improvements
2.0.9
Release date: October 27, 2022
Fixed issues on CF7 Integration page
2.0.8
Release date: September 20, 2022
Add duplicate CF7 value mappings to multiple unique PDF values support to multiselect feature
Improved value mappings processing code
Fixed German translation
Added code to remove no longer relevant embeds
Improved temporary file management
Other improvements
2.0.7
Release date: July 25, 2022
Assuming support for all CF7 v5.6.* revisions
Minor cleanup and improvements
2.0.6
Release date: July 3, 2022
Added automatic value mapping
Removed pipes in form tag hints
Added support for data URIs in the image embedding feature
Other bug fixes and improvements
2.0.5
Release date: May 24, 2022
Ensured support for WP v6.0
Ensured support for CF7 v5.6
Changed value mapping feature to be case-insensitive when matching values
Switched to an i18n friendly version of basename() to fix possible issues with non-latin characters in file names
Other minor improvements
2.0.4
Release date: February 23, 2022
Ensured support for CF7 v5.5.6
Fixed an issue with backend image embed tool scroll code
Hid unhelpful PHP warnings
2.0.3
Release date: February 18, 2022
Fixed value mapping feature’s handling of ‘free_text’ checkbox and radio option
Fixed value mapping feature’s handling of CF7 fields’ piped options
Fixed CF7 field multiselectability detection
Other minor changes
2.0.2
Release date: February 14, 2022
Ensured support for CF7 v5.5.5
Added a workaround for a corrupted cookie
Other minor improvements
2.0.1
Release date: February 2, 2022
Fixed a bug with value mapping feature
2.0.0
Release date: February 1, 2022
Added multi-select field support
Switched to select2 dropdowns
Added value mapping feature
Fixed the scroll effect when adding an image embed
Switched to using WPCF7_Submission::add_extra_attachments() for CF7 v5.4.1+
Other bug fixes and improvements
1.3.23
Release date: January 25, 2022
Ensured support for CF7 v5.5.4
Ensured support for WordPress v5.9
Switched to using a less problematic PDF field name sanitization when generating form-tags
1.3.22
Release date: December 5, 2021
Ensured support up to CF7 v5.5.3
Added remote media support, refactored Pdf.Ninja API integration code, improved error handling
Hid wp-admin notices from users that don’t have capabilities to act on them
Other minor improvements and fixes
1.3.21
Release date: October 29, 2021
Ensured support up to CF7 v5.5.2
Fixed issues with tag generator code when unavailable tag names are used
Other minor improvements
1.3.20
Release date: October 14, 2021
Ensured support up to CF7 v5.5.1
Added dismissible notices
Minor refactor of API communication code
Added a confirmation box when attaching a PDF file with no fields
Other minor improvements
1.3.19
Release date: September 21, 2021
Crash fix
1.3.18
Release date: September 18, 2021
Added a user-provided email address field for requesting a new key from the API
Fixed a minor error reporting bug when requesting a new key from the API fails
Fixed an issue caused by direct modification of fileId post meta in the database
Fixed a bug introduced recently that was causing the (deprecated) tag generator to not work
Fixed typo
1.3.17
Release date: August 11, 2021
Fixed a bug that caused cron schedules issues with other plugins
Bumped tested up to WP version
1.3.16
Release date: August 2, 2021
Switched the Pdf.Ninja API version setting default from v1 to v2
1.3.15
Release date: July 14, 2021
Renamed plugin
Added CF7 v5.4.2 support
Improved API response decoding error checks
Small improvement in tag generator for radio/select/checkbox fields
1.3.14
Release date: July 3, 2021
Added the default tag option to radio/select/checkbox tag generator
Fixed an issue with radio/select/checkbox tag generation with v2
Improved tag generator to better escape tag names and values
Fixed an issue with CF7 fields lists in tag generator thickbox not getting refreshed when necessary
Fixed padding issue in tag generator thickbox
Added confirmation box for the delete all mappings button
Fixed an issue with localization not working properly
Improved Enterprise Extension support messages
1.3.13
Release date: June 1, 2021
Added API version configuration option
Improved plugin activation and deactivation hooks
Improved and enabled the database migration scripts
Added 1.3.13 database migration script
Other bug fixes and improvements
1.3.12
Release date: May 5, 2021
Certified CF7 v5.4.1 as a supported version
Improved admin notices
Improved frontend JS
Improved Enterprise Extension support checking code
1.3.11
Release date: April 12, 2021
Fixed and improved cron code
Changed the default download links timeout from 1 day to 1 hour
Fixed a crash
Improved frontend JS slightly
Added minimum kernel version check to enterprise extension support checking code
1.3.10
Release date: April 4, 2021
Fixed a bug that broke CF7 JS response
Minor filter correction
Fixed PHP warning
1.3.9
Release date: April 2, 2021
Fixed an issue with the download link feature and the latest version of CF7
1.3.8
Release date: April 2, 2021
Fixed and improved download link feature support in CF7 v5.4
Fixed old version support
Hid CF7 insert box to prevent it from getting in the way of the tag generator UI
Fixed other minor issues
1.3.7
Release date: March 10, 2021
Fixed old PHP version support
Decreased order of execution for wpcf7_before_send_mail action to allow other plugins to finish first
Added crash prevention check to CF7’s add_uploaded_file call
Updated readme
Other minor fixes
1.3.3
Release date: December 9, 2020
Bug fix: Removed unnecessary front-end Font Awesome CSS left in by mistake
Added WebP image format support
Improved Enterprise Extension support checking code
Other minor fixes
1.3.2
Release date: September 4, 2020
Bug fix: Skip when empty feature no longer works
1.3.1
Release date: August 20, 2020
Fixed image embed MIME type checking issue that occurs when PHP fileinfo functions are not working
1.3.0
Release date: August 8, 2020
WARNING: this update introduces some changes in plugin operation, these changes should not break anything for existing users, however, testing after an update is encouraged
Added mail-tags feature
Improved general error handling during PDF filling
WARNING: should any errors occur with the PDF filling process, they will now be displayed to users when they submit forms on the front-end (instead of being attached along with user input in a .txt file)
Added file MIME type validation for image embeds
WARNING: image embedding is now limited to the following MIME types: image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/tiff, image/bmp, image/x-ms-bmp, image/svg+xml
Switched to using mail-tags replacement function wpcf7_mail_replace_tags() for filling CF7 fields input (to improve third party plugin support)
Hidden tag generator tool by default
Other minor bug fixes and improvements
1.2.4
Release date: May 15, 2020
Bug fixes
Code optimizations and improvements
Added CF7 form duplication support
1.2.3
Release date: March 4, 2020
Fixed an issue that causes the removal of attachments from other posts when attaching them to CF7 forms
Fixed a bug that caused HTML code to show up in response messages for filled PDF download links in some cases
Fixed a bug with filled PDF saving/downloading when handling errors
Refactored file save/download handling code
1.2.2
Release date: January 8, 2020
Bug fixes
Readme updates
1.2.1
Release date: October 27, 2019
Fixed an issue with ajax form submission not always receiving HTML download response message
Fixed an issue which caused the plugin to deactivate when updating from pre-1.2 versions to 1.2.0 and later versions due to main plugin php file rename
1.2.0
Release date: September 27, 2019
Added a number of optimizations, bug fixes and improvements
Updated the lists of conflicting plugins and sponsors
Added an option for saving the filled PDF on the server
Added an option for allowing users to download the filled PDFs
Added integration with WP media library
Added code to add pipe to CF7 tags to prevent user confusion with singular options
Fixed CF7 tag generation code’s field value escape issue
Renamed text domain and plugin filename/slug to the published plugin slug (plugin needs to be reactivated after update due to a change in plugin filename)
1.0.2
Release date: February 12, 2019
Added filename option with mail-tags feature
Minor fixes and improvements
1.0.1
Release date: January 15, 2019
Bug fixes and improvements
1.0.0
Release date: April 6, 2018
Major plugin refactoring
Added image embedding tool
Added help boxes
A large number of bug fixes, optimizations and UX improvements
been using this plugin to complete a very complex PDF form filling on a website we developed. After a couple of years we found an issue with an infinite spinning wheel when a user submitted the form. Their support team came in and got it fixed right away and was incredibly supportive. Best support I've ever received from a plugin developer. Highly Recommend!
Thanks for the great plugin, it works perfectly, just a small bug I found about the success notification after submitting the form, besides that it's all good
This plugin is ideal for automatically filling pdfs based on data entered by users. It is a good complement for CF7. You can even add a handwritten signature to your pdf form thanks to its compatibility with the "Contact Form 7 Signature Addon" plugin.
So yes you will probably need the PRO version to remove the watermark but it is a good investment. And then the FREE version allows you to test all the features of this plugin.
I just have a suggestion for a better compatibility with the "CF7 Conditional Fields PRO" plugin by Jules Colle. For this I will open a support topic.
If you need to use contact form 7 with PDF this is the best plugin out there. After numerous tries with all kinds of free and premium plugins, this is the far the best of them. The integration is perfect with API and contact form 7.
Thanks for the plugin!
Easy to set up, but lacking some important features
After extensive comparison I ended up selecting this plugin (PRO version without watermark at 49 USD/year) in order to get a PDF file from a Contact Form 7 form.
The good points of this plugin are:
- you are allowed to make all the testing you want before deciding if buying the PRO version without watermark (the free version is for unlimited testing only)
- the linking between Contact Form 7's fields and the fields in the PDF is easy
- you can upload different PDF files and have them filled at once (one field's data can go to several places in the same PDF or, should be, in different PDFs)
- I could create the PDF file and its fillable fields from the free LibreOffice Writer (it's similar to Microsoft Word)
- You can decide if the created PDF is still fillable or not ("flattened") - I can add that you can have only certain fields still fillable if you make some of them "read only" while creating the PDF (in LibreOffice Writer) and set the whole PDF created by this plugin "not flattened")
Some important missing features are:
- It is not possible to "trigger" a specific PDF file based on a specific answer in the form (the only option is not to have a PDF at all if all the fields are empty) - that would be a very important feature in order to get only the PDFs you actually need based on your selection
- While a Contact Form 7 field data can go to different places in a PDF, the opposite is not possible (it means that a PDF field can receive a data only from one specific Contact Form 7 field)
- multiple selections do not work - you have to create several "multiple" selection (one on top of the other) where you really have only one selection for each one
Nothings worse than finding a great plugin, having a small issue and not getting any support. The support for this plugin was great with a response the next day. I had a minor issue which they helped me resolve quickly, and followed up after I had a second question just as quickly.
Plugin and support both are great and was hard to find a plugin that does something similar, glad I got this working. :)
This is a good and, if you need to fill in PDFs from the front end, useful plugin. The video tutorial needs a lot of work. It sounds like a text-to-voice implementation and runs so fast it is hard to keep up. But it hits the high points. When I figured out for my simple requirement I did not need all the "tools" it was a lot easier to set up.
I created a CF7 form based on a PDF template I use. I was careful to give the CF7 form field names that matched exactly, the PDF form field names to make mapping easier. And it was a snap. Insert and Use all button worked perfectly. When I tested the CF7 form it worked perfectly and nano seconds later I received an email with the PDF form - filled in with data submitted on the CF7 form.
The ONLY problem - for me - is that it watermarks the PDFs unless you lease the pro version. Lease as it pay yearly. Since I prefer not to use subscription software, this was not the solution I needed. If your preferences are different and you need to be able to fill in a PDF from the front end, this worked perfectly and without a lot of difficulty.
Great and works great!
Thank you very much for creating such a plugin, which is essential for our association.
It's very professional
We are French, and create very complex type CERFA form with a beautiful design :
https://resatest.fr/formulaires-cerfa
The plugin fits perfectly, it's great.
I will finish test and buy, if all goes well in the week.
(---SUGGESTION :
It would be nice to modulate the type: collonnes, fields, side by side etc ...)
instead of putting the fields one below the other.)
