PDF Creator Lite makes on-the-fly PDF documents of selected parts of your site. It has 2 main uses:
Use it on pages and posts so your readers can download PDFs:
Basic Use:
Just put the [pdf-lite] shortcode into your page or post and visitors can simply click a button to get a PDF document of that page.
More Control:
Use the shortcode parameters to choose specific pages, categories, or the entire site. Here’s a few examples:
Makes a PDF of all posts:
[pdf-lite allposts=”true”]
Makes a PDF of all pages:
[pdf-lite allpages=”true”]
Makes a PDF of selected pages/posts (use post ids or slugs):
[pdf-lite page=”3, 28, my-post-slug”]
Makes a PDF of posts in the categories ‘music’ and ‘food’:
[pdf-lite cat=”music, food”]
Changes the download icon:
[pdf-lite icon=”3″]
See the full list of parameters on the settings page ( Dashboard->Tools->PDF Creator ).
Use it as an admin tool to create customised PDFs of selected or all site pages (not posts):
- Customise the colours and fonts
- Simple and easy to use
Go to the settings page ( Dashboard->Tools->PDF Creator ) to make your PDF.
This plugin is supported by the University of Southampton
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.