=== PDFDraft – Drag & Drop PDF Builder, PDF Viewer, Embed & Download PDF, Certificate & Invoice Designer ===
Contributors: WPEverest
Tags: pdf, pdf builder, pdf viewer, pdf embed, pdf invoice
Requires at least: 6.4
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 8.1.0
Stable tag: 1.0
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

A PDF builder for WordPress to design, generate, and publish professional documents with no coding required.

== Description ==

Every other WordPress PDF plugin makes you compromise — fixed templates, rigid layouts, output that never quite looks right. PDFDraft gives you a free-form canvas where you place anything, anywhere, and the result looks exactly the way you designed it.

Drop in a smart tag and it stops being a static document entirely. Your PDF auto-fills with real WordPress data — names, emails, post titles, site details — personalized for every single person, automatically.

### ⚡ Quick Links
- [Explore all features:](https://pdfdraft.com/features/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=quicklinks)
- [See what you can build:](https://pdfdraft.com/use-cases/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=quicklinks
)

**Why PDFDraft?**

* **Free-canvas drag & drop builder**: Place text, images, and tables anywhere on the canvas with pixel-perfect precision.
* **Smart Tags and Dynamic Fields**: Auto-fill your PDFs with WordPress data like post title, post meta, author, user details, site name, and site URL.
* **Typography controls**: Customize font, size, weight, line height, and letter spacing for every text element.
* **Template Library**: Start quickly with professionally designed templates for certificates, invitations, invoices and more.
* **Instant PDF Generation**: Generate PDFs immediately when content is ready, with no manual server setup.
* **Multiple Embed Options**: Show PDFs with an inline viewer, download button, shortcode, or block.
* **Brand Customization**: Control fonts, colors, backgrounds, and logo placement.
* **Gutenberg blocks included**: Embed a PDF inline viewer or add a download button anywhere in your content using native WordPress blocks. No shortcode required — though shortcodes are supported too.
* **Print-Ready Output**: Produce clean, crisp PDFs that look professional on screen and on paper.

**What you can build?**

* **Course Creators**: Generate completion certificates with learner and course details
* **Event Organizers**: Create personalized invitation PDFs for each guest using dynamic smart tags
* **Blogs and Content Sites**: Convert posts and pages into branded downloadable PDFs
* **Awards & recognition documents**: One template, unlimited personalized outputs
* **Anything you can design**: The free canvas means no limits on what you build

**Who is PDFDraft for?**

**For personalization** — Course creators, educators, and membership site owners who need every PDF to feel made for that specific person.

**For automation** — Site owners and publishers who want to design once and have PDFs generate automatically for every post, user, or event.

**For power users** — WordPress builders and developers who want to pull any data field into any part of a PDF without writing custom code.


**Quick Setup – Under 2 Minutes**

1. Install and activate PDFDraft from your WordPress dashboard.
2. Choose a template from the library or start from a blank canvas.
3. Design your layout with the visual drag-and-drop builder.
4. Add smart tags to auto-fill data from WordPress.
5. Publish and generate your PDF.

**External Services**

PDFDraft does not connect to external services. PDF generation runs locally on your WordPress site with no data sent to third-party servers.

= Coming soon =

PDFDraft is actively growing. A **WooCommerce addon** for automated invoices, packing slips, and order PDFs is currently in development and coming soon.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Is there a limit on the number of designs? =

No limit on the number of designs you can create.

= Can I use dynamic WordPress data inside PDFs? =

Yes. You can use smart tags to insert dynamic values such as post title, post meta, author data, user details, site name, and site URL.

= How do I add a PDF to my posts or pages? =

You can display PDFs using an inline viewer block, a download button block or by using shortcode

= Does PDFDraft work with the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)? =

Yes. PDFDraft includes native Gutenberg blocks for embedding PDFs and adding download buttons anywhere in your content

= Do I need to know how to code? =

Not at all. PDFDraft is built for everyone. If you can click and drag, you can build a professional-looking PDF with dynamic data — no coding, no setup headaches.

= Will there be WooCommerce support? =

Yes — a WooCommerce addon for automated invoices and packing slips is currently in development and coming soon.

= Does PDFDraft use external APIs or send user data to third parties? =

No. PDFDraft processes PDF generation locally on your WordPress site and does not send data to third-party services.

== Screenshots ==

1. PDFDraft visual editor.
2. PDFDraft Templates.
3. PDFDraft Embed and Download button block.
4. Embedded PDF and Button block in Frontend.
5. Post to PDF download button in Frontend.
6. PDFDraft Post to PDF Settings.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =
* Fix     - Image field duplicate issue.
* Fix     - Replace Text field default placeholder.
* Fix     - Embed PDF and Download PDF wp data field support.
* Enhance - Home Menu for Main Plugin.
* Enhance - Open editor when clicking project directly from the projects list.

= 0.1.0 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 0.1.0 =
Initial release of PDFDraft.
