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PDF Email on Save

Description

Create a PDF for a given post, page, or custom post type when the content is saved. Users can select which post types are included and which email to send the PDF to on the plugin settings page under Settings -> PDF Email on Save.

Filters are available for changing all content in the generated PDF – see FAQ for more details.

Screenshots

  • Plugin settings page

Installation

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Search for ‘pdf-email-on-save’
  3. Click ‘Install Now’
  4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
  3. Select pdf-email-on-save.zip from your computer
  4. Click ‘Install Now’
  5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

  1. Download pdf-email-on-save.zip
  2. Extract the pdf-email-on-save directory to your computer
  3. Upload the pdf-email-on-save directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Search for ‘pdf-email-on-save’
  3. Click ‘Install Now’
  4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
  2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
  3. Select pdf-email-on-save.zip from your computer
  4. Click ‘Install Now’
  5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

  1. Download pdf-email-on-save.zip
  2. Extract the pdf-email-on-save directory to your computer
  3. Upload the pdf-email-on-save directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
How do I customize the PDF or email being sent?

There are a number of filters available to change the content of the PDF or the email being sent. All standard content can be viewed in the plugin folder under public/class-pdf-email-on-save.php. The filters available include:

  • Subject for email being sent: pdf_email_on_save_subject
  • Content of email message being sent: pdf_email_on_save_message
  • Filename of PDF attachement being sent: pdf_email_on_save_filename
  • Header of generated PDF: pdf_email_on_save_header
  • Content of generated PDF: pdf_email_on_save_content
  • Footer of generated PDF: pdf_email_on_save_footer
  • Combined HTML of generated PDF: pdf_email_on_save_html

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Contributors & Developers

“PDF Email on Save” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.1.0

  • update to mpdf 6.1.0
  • update mail function call to work better with attachments

1.0.1

  • remove utf8 encoding when writing html – causes weird character encoding in emails

1.0

  • Initial build