Title: PDF Email on Save
Author: Matt Banks
Published: <strong>May 1, 2014</strong>
Last modified: June 15, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# PDF Email on Save

 By [Matt Banks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mjbanks/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pdf-email-on-save.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-email-on-save/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-email-on-save/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-email-on-save/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-email-on-save/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/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⌉⌊Plugin settings page⌉[

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`

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Matt Banks ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mjbanks/)
 *   [ Jon Christopher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jchristopher/)

[Translate “PDF Email on Save” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pdf-email-on-save)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-email-on-save/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pdf-email-on-save/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pdf-email-on-save/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pdf-email-on-save/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## 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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.28**
 * Tags
 * [custom post types](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-types/)[email](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)
   [pdf](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pdf/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-email-on-save/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Matt Banks ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mjbanks/)
 *   [ Jon Christopher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jchristopher/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pdf-email-on-save/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://mattbanks.me/donate/)