PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin

About PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin

This plugin allows you to easily create PDF files and print pages on your WordPress website. You can add PDF and print buttons to pages, posts, and widgets, and customize the styles and data included in the documents. The Pro version includes additional features such as adding watermarks, customizing header and footer templates, and compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields.

Screenshots

PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What does the PDF & Print by BestWebSoft plugin do?

This plugin allows you to create PDF files and print WordPress pages and posts. It adds PDF and print buttons to your website content and widgets.

What free features are included with the plugin?

Free features include automatically adding buttons to pages, posts, search results, archives, and custom post types. You can also customize button positions, types, and actions, and display buttons for specific user roles.

Can I customize the appearance of the generated PDF documents?

Yes, you can set custom margins, document size, and styles for your PDF documents. You can also include the title and featured image in the document.

What advanced features are available in the Pro version?

The Pro version includes all free features plus the ability to add text or image watermarks, prevent content copying, and customize header and footer templates with various dynamic data. It also offers compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields and the ability to add and manage custom fields/data.

Is the plugin compatible with the latest WordPress version?

Yes, the plugin is compatible with the latest WordPress version. It also offers incredibly simple settings for fast setup and detailed documentation.

Changelog

V2.4.1 – 24.02.2025

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.6.
NEW : New Print button behaviour feature has been added.
Update : BWS Panel section update.

V2.4.0 – 07.11.2024

Bugfix : Check settings notice has been fixed.
Bugfix : Elementor widget warning has been fixed.
Bugfix : Button display on iOS has been fixed.
NEW : New languages has been added.

V2.3.9 – 20.09.2024

Update : BWS Panel section update.
Update : Check settings notice has been added.

V2.3.8 – 25.07.2024

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.6.
Bugfix : Broken image for buttons fixed.

V2.3.7 – 10.05.2024

Update : BWS Panel section update.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.
NEW : Additional Elements Category to single post type has been added.
Pro : Send to mail feature for PDF document has been added.

V2.3.6 – 28.12.2023

Bugfix : Syntax errors fixed.

V2.3.5 – 26.12.2023

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V2.3.4 – 01.12.2023

Update : BWS Panel section update.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.3.1.
Update : PDF library updated to the latest version.
NEW : Additional Elements to single post type has been added.
NEW : Dinamic URI for pdf document has been added.

V2.3.2 – 25.04.2023

Update : BWS Panel section update.
Bugfix : Added buttons for Twenty Twenty-Three theme.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.2.
Bugfix : Fixes Custom PDF File Name.

V2.3.1 – 27.04.2022

Update : BWS Panel section update.
Bugfix : Remove “Written by” from Author has been fixed.
Pro : PHP 8 Multisite issue has been fixed.
Pro : Some issues with Advanced Custom Fields has been fixed.
Bugfix : Sup tags styles for PDF fix.
Bugfix : Default PDF File Name option fix.
Bugfix : Fixes for Twenty Twenty-Two theme.
Bugfix : Issue with updating MPDF library has been fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.9.

V2.3.0 – 24.12.2021

Pro : Ability to exclude specific users and roles
Bugfix : The issue with excerpt display has been fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.2.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

V2.2.9 – 23.08.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.
Bugfix: The bug with mPDF library loading has been fixed.
Pro : Ability to add shortcodes to the PDF file name.
Pro : Ability to remove “written by” in the author output.
Pro : Added drag and drop function to change the order of the additional elements.

V2.2.8 – 06.07.2021

Bugfix : The issue with generate templates has been fixed.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : Video Guide has been added.

V2.2.7 – 11.06.2021

Pro : The bug with field type Group with Advanced Custom Fields has been fixed.
Pro : The bug with a large number of pages in the site tree was fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with mPDF library update to version 8.0.8. has been fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2.

V2.2.6 – 14.05.2021

Bugfix : The compatibility with Divi builder was improved.
Update : The mPDF library has been updated to version 8.0.8.
Pro : The bug with Print button has been fixed.

V2.2.5 – 13.04.2021

Bugfix : JS errors were fixed.
Update : Functionality of plugin’s scripts adding has been changed so that they will be added only on pages where the PDF & Print buttons will be displayed.

V2.2.4 – 31.03.2021

Bugfix : The bug with incorrect definition of post types on the search page has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with generating pdf file in Gutenberg editor has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with generating pdf file with the Default CSS option enabled has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with PDF button for widget has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with pdf file generation when the “Full Page PDF” option is enabled has been fixed.
NEW : Ability to add PDF & Print buttons to the home page is enabled.
NEW : An ability to show/hide author and date for post in the pdf/print document was added.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.
Pro : The bug with Compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields has been fixed.
Pro : Ability to add headers and footers to the contents of a PDF & Print document when the “Full Page PDF” option is enabled.

V2.2.3 – 30.09.2020

NEW : Shortcode to force a page break.
NEW : Ability to generate a PDF without links (ability to remove links from document).
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.5.1.

V2.2.2 – 17.08.2020

NEW : Ability to change PDF & Print document’s content when “Full Page PDF” option is enabled.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.5.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : The bug with hiding PDF & Print buttons for all users has been fixed.
Pro : Ability to add the title of a post to Headers & Footers.
Pro : Ability to place Custom Fields Data before page/post title.

V2.2.1 – 27.02.2020

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.3.2.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V2.2.0 – 15.10.2019

Bugfix : The bug with mPDF library update to version 7.1.5 has been fixed.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V2.1.9 – 04.09.2019

Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V2.1.8 – 02.07.2019

Bugfix : Bug related with “Search Engine Visibility” option has been fixed.
Bugfix : Bug with displaying buttons on archive page has been fixed.

V2.1.7 – 23.05.2019

NEW : Ability to create PDF document that mirrors what is shown on screen has been added.

V2.1.6 – 03.04.2019

Bugfix : Warnings and errors in the debug mode has been fixed.

V2.1.5 – 26.02.2019

Pro : Compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields has been added.

V2.1.4 – 08.01.2019

Update : The mPDF library has been updated to version 7.1.5.

V2.0.4 – 24.12.2018

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.2.

V2.0.3 – 13.09.2018

Pro : Ability to disable content from coping has been added.
Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.

V2.0.2 – 07.05.2018

Bugfix: The bug with fonts loading has been fixed.
Update : All functionality has been updated for WordPress 4.9.5.

V2.0.1 – 20.03.2018

Pro : Ability to set custom fields for single posts has been added.

V2.0.0 – 16.02.2018

Bugfix : The bug with pdf file generation has been fixed.

V1.9.9 – 09.02.2018

NEW : Ability to select whether to open or download PDF file has been added.
NEW : Ability to select the user role PDF & Print buttons will be displayed for has been added.
Update : All functionality has been updated for WordPress 4.9.4.

V1.9.8 – 05.12.2017

NEW : An ability to set custom PDF document size has been added.
NEW : An ability to set custom featured image size has been added.
NEW : An ability to set custom watermark opacity has been added.
Update : All functionality has been updated for WordPress 4.9.1.

V1.9.7 – 16.11.2017

Update : All functionality has been updated for WordPress 4.8.3.

V1.9.6 – 14.09.2017

Update : MPDF library has been updated to version 6.1.4.
Bugfix : The bug with pdf file generation has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with pdf file title has been fixed.

V1.9.5 – 27.06.2017

Bugfix : The bug with displaying PDF & Print pages via the shortcode has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with removing Visual Composer shortcodes has been fixed.
Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.

V1.9.4 – 14.04.2017

Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.

V1.9.3 – 15.12.2016

Update : Visual Composer shortcodes have been removed for PDF&Print pages.

V1.9.2 – 06.10.2016

NEW : Widget PDF&Print Buttons has been added.
NEW : Titles were added to the buttons.
NEW : An ability to add PDF&Print buttons via shortcode has been added.
NEW : An ability to hide button images has been added.
NEW : An ability to set margins for PDF document has been added.

V1.9.1 – 12.08.2016

Update : All functionality for WordPress 4.6 was updated.

V1.9.0 – 29.07.2016

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.5.3.
Update : ‘pdfprntpr_options_array’ option was renamed into ‘pdfprnt_options’.
Pro : The ability to add watermark has been added.
Pro : ‘pdfprntpr_options’ option was renamed into ‘pdfprnt_options’.
Pro : Template running titles overlay was fixed.
Pro : We fixed the bug with pdf and print buttons positions for archive and search pages.
Pro : We fixed the bug with pdf and print buttons output for custom post types.

V1.8.9 – 13.07.2016

Bugfix : Custom styles saving is updated.
Update : BWS Panel section is updated.

V1.8.8 – 26.04.2016

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with instalation of the additional fonts.

V1.8.7 – 21.03.2016

Update : Styles for correct displaying of PDF and Print buttons with theme 2016 have been added.
Bugfix : The bug with displaying of PDF and Print buttons in site RSS has been fixed.

V1.8.6 – 30.11.2015

Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with the function which is outputted using ‘the_content’ was fixed.

V1.8.5 – 18.11.2015

NEW : An ability to add custom styles was added.
NEW : An ability to show/hide title and featured image in the pdf/print document was added.
Update : “Bwsplgns_get_pdf_print_content”-hook`s call was changed.
Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.4-beta3 was updated.

V1.8.4 – 01.09.2015

NEW : Added hooks for the possibility of changing the content of the pdf/print document.
Update : We updated functionality for displaying pdf/print buttons via functions.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.

V1.8.3 – 15.07.2015

NEW : We added Top & Bottom Position of buttons in the content.

V1.8.2 – 19.06.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with instalation of the additional fonts.

V1.8.1 – 17.06.2015

Attention : We changed plugin settings structure. If you are experiencing problems with the plugin work, please contact us via https://support.bestwebsoft.com.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with displaying images in pdf-document.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with creation of rtl-oriented documents.
NEW : Added ability to load additional fonts.
Update : We updated styles for generate pdf/print page version with default stylesheet.
Update : We updated functionality for displaying pdf/print buttons in any place of your site.
Update : We updated MPDF library to version 6.0.

V1.8.0 – 18.05.2015

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.

V1.7.9 – 24.04.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with placing buttons on custom post pages, search pages and archives.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.

V1.7.8 – 11.02.2015

Update : We updated mPDF to 5.7.4 version.

V1.7.7 – 09.01.2015

Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.

V1.7.6 – 16.10.2014

Bugfix : We fixed js errors.

V1.7.5 – 07.09.2014

Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.

V1.7.4 – 06.08.2014

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta2.
Bugfix : Bug with Warning output in Dashboard was fixed.

V1.7.3 – 28.05.2014

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
Update : The Ukrainian language is updated in the plugin.
Bugfix : Bug with dispalying error while searching in admin area was fixed.

V1.7.2 – 14.04.2014

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.2.

V1.7.1 – 05.03.2014

Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.
Update : Plugin tabs is added.

V1.7 – 21.02.2014

NEW : We added posibility to turn on showing of Printer choosing window.
Update : Screenshots are updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.1.

V1.6 – 16.01.2014

Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.
Bugfix : Problem with PDF and Print buttons on static homepage is fixed.
Bugfix : Problem with Chinese, Japanese and rtl languages is fixed.

V1.5 – 01.11.2013

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.7.1.
Update : Activation of radio button or checkbox by clicking on its label.
NEW : Add checking installed wordpress version.

V1.4 – 11.10.2013

NEW: Added ability to switch on/off execution of shortcodes in pdf and printing output.
NEW: Added new screenshots.
Update : Updated code, changed some styles.
Bugfix : Content on PDF preview now is shown.
Bugfix : Fixed problems with styles of choosed template in admin bar.

V1.3 – 15.03.2012

NEW : Added functionality for use with custom post type.

V1.2 – 12.03.2012

NEW : Added functionality for use with Portfolio plugin for portfolio.

V1.1 – 10.03.2012

NEW : Added functionality for use with Portfolio plugin for single portfolio.

V1.0 – 05.03.2012

NEW : Added the ability to output PDF and Print buttons on the type of page.