Title: Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly
Author: Print & PDF by PrintFriendly
Published: May 1, 2009
Last modified: March 12, 2026
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# Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly
By [Print & PDF by PrintFriendly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/printfriendly/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/printfriendly.5.5.8.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/)
## Description
**Features**
PrintFriendly is used by millions of people everyday to help them save paper and
ink when they print and generate PDFs (Good for the environment and peoples wallet!).
* Print, PDF, and email.
* Stylish, highly polished, intuitive UI/UX that end-users love.
* Editable Preview – change text/image size, and delete to save even more paper
and ink.
* PDF – clickable links and custom paper sizes (A4 or Letter).
* Reliable & Fast – Since 2009 we’ve optimized and improved.
* [Compatible](https://support.printfriendly.com/wordpress/social-share-compatibility/)
with **social share plugins** like Social Snap, Social Pug, NovaShare, Shareaholic
**Benefits For Publishers**
* Automatically detects page content so you don’t have to create print.css.
* Professional: highly polished, stable, and supported.
* Works on HTTP, HTTPS, and password protected sites.
* Customization features (see below)
* Full featured free (ad supported) version and optional [Pro Upgrade](https://www.printfriendly.com/button/pro).
**Customization**
* Print, PDF, Email, options can be on or off.
* Custom headers and footers for the print and PDF.
* Button styles to choose, or use your own text and image/button.
* [Include a copyright](https://support.printfriendly.com/wordpress/customize-content-selection/#copyright)
on print and PDF.
* [Use your own CSS](https://support.printfriendly.com/wordpress/custom-css/) for
complete creative control or the print or PDF page.
* Use the JavaScript or non-JavaScript option.
#### Free – Ad Supported
> This highly polished, professional plugin is free to use and fully functional.
> We maintain, improve, and offer support to all users.
> You get all this for free,
> and in return tasteful ads are displayed in a non-interfering way. Ads are only
> shown in the print/pdf/email confirmation window. No other ads are displayed or
> embedded in the content, or snuck in anywhere else.
#### Purchase an Ad-Free Subscription
> Get a quality product for reasonable price. Remove the ads by purchasing an ad-
> free subscription. It’s cheap, easy, and straightforward.
> Purchase now at [PrintFriendly.com](https://www.printfriendly.com/button/pro)
**Localized in 30 Languages**
PrintFriendly & PDF speaks your language! It detects (based on browser setting)
the end-users language and automatically changes language. For example, if your
browser is set to Spanish, then PrintFriendly will use Spanish.
A few of our supported languages:
* Danish
* German
* English
* Spanish
* Estonian
* French
* Hebrew
* Croatian
* Hungarian
* Italian
* Korean
* Lithuanian
* Dutch/Netherlands
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* Serbian
* Swedish
* Thailand
* Turkish
* Chinese Simplified
* Chinese Traditional
PrintFriendly and PDF is the #1 print optimization technology, **as featured in
[Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/5272212/print-friendly-optimizes-web-pages-for-printing),
[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2009/05/18/print-friendly/) & [makeuseof](http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/printfriendly-save-on-paper-and-ink/#comment-95052)**.
**Give PrintFriendly & PDF a test drive at [PrintFriendly.com](https://www.printfriendly.com)**
**GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)**
PrintFriendly Pro is GDPR compliant. [Privacy Policy](https://www.printfriendly.com/privacy).
We are working on making the free version GDPR complaint, but as of today it is
not because stringent cookie consent requirements. If you are an EU publisher, we
recommend purchasing a [PrintFriendly Pro Subscription](https://www.printfriendly.com/button/pro)
for your domain.
**GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)**
PrintFriendly Pro is GDPR compliant. [Privacy Policy](https://www.printfriendly.com/privacy).
We are working on making the free version GDPR complaint, but as of today it is
not because stringent cookie consent requirements. If you are an EU publisher, we
recommend purchasing a [PrintFriendly Pro Subscription](https://www.printfriendly.com/button/pro)
for your domain.
#### Print, PDF, Email Privacy & Data
PDFs are generated on our server; **this plugin “phones home”**. Also if the end-
user shares the page via email, the email is sent by our server.
Our Fundamental Principles:
* **We do not sell data.** Period.
* **We do not share data,** unless compelled by the law.
* **We do not ask for personal information,** unless it’s needed to provide a service.
* **We don’t store personal information,** unless required for the on-going operation
of service.
Specifically, here’s what we do with the data and information:
**Page content is not sent or stored on server,** except to generate the PDF. After
the PDF is generated, we temporarily store the PDF to allow the end-user time to
download. After this time has expired, the PDF is permanently deleted.
If you’re using the non-JavaScript option in the plugin, then the preview is generated
on our server and temporarily stored in cache for a few minutes. After that time
it is permanently deleted.
**Email Address & Content get permanently deleted** In order to send the email,
we need to store the email address and message on our server. After the email has
been sent and found not to be a spammer, the email address is permanently deleted.
**Server log files get created and deleted.** Browsers and Servers pass non-personally-
identifying information, such as the browser type, language, referrer, and the date/
time. We may use this data to analyze how the service is being used. Non-personally-
identifying aggregate data may get published, e.g., by a report on trends in the
usage of the service.
## Screenshots
* [[
* Lightbox design keeps users on your page.
* [[
* More sharing tools, Print, PDF, Email. Plus editing tools!
* [[
* Fully customizable: Choose your print button, text link, or use your own text
or graphic.
* [[
* Print Friendly & PDF speaks your language! Localized in over 30 languages.
## Installation
1. Search for PrintFriendly in your WordPress backend and click install, or download
the printfriendly.zip file and unzip it.
2. If you downloaded the zip, upload the printfriendly folder into wp-content/plugins
folder
3. Activate the plugin in your WordPress Admin area.
4. Select “Settings” to customize button style and placement.
## FAQ
### Print Friendly & PDF Official Support
[How to articles and support](https://support.printfriendly.com) for Print, PDF,
and Email button by PrintFriendly
### Content Not Showing
Use [PrintFriendly & PDF custom class names](https://support.printfriendly.com/wordpress/customize-content-selection/)
to include/exclude content.
### How to add custom header to Print and PDF
Use the option in the Plugin settings. [See how](https://support.printfriendly.com/wordpress/custom-header-footer/#using-plugin-settings)
## Reviews
### [Ne fonctionne pas….](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ne-fonctionne-pas-47/)
[gilcantinelli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gilcantinelli/) May 15, 2025
Ne fonctionne pas sans abonnement !
### [Too many ads, even trial doesn’t remove ads](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/too-many-ads-even-trial-doesnt-remove-ads/)
[teoriweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/teoriweb/) May 24, 2024 3 replies
Easy to implement, has nice CSS options for styling but the final page is messed
up. I just wanted the image printed or pdfed, but it adds menu items to the print
page. Also redirects you to printfriendly website with a lot of Ads spam from all
directions. Started trial to see if it removes the adds and adds new capabilities.
It doesn’t, ads are still there and are very annoying. Not suitable for corporate
websites, even pro version has ads. There are options for print and pdf but they
all go to the same page and you decide what to do once you arrive to that page.
Didn’t like it.
### [Front end not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-not-working-4/)
[infofabio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/infofabio/) March 7, 2024 1 reply
Can’t save options to show front end buttons.
### [Terrible support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highly-recommended-350/)
[mashki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mashki/) February 20, 2024
The plugin itself is very useful and I have been
using the pro version for several years. Unfortunately, the support is dramatically
bad. The plugin has had a very serious bug for at least a week and no one has been
able to deal with it. E-mails are answered after a few days at best, or not at all.
Unfortunately, this approach to customer relations is difficult to accept nowadays.
### [Great! Just need a background image for generated PDF](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-just-need-a-background-image-for-generated-pdf/)
[devopscit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devopscit/) January 30, 2024 1 reply
Excellent plugin, I look forward to any updates in the future, and I appreciate
your team, Meanwhile, I look forward to the integration of the background image
for the generated PDFs.
### [Well designed and good working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/well-designed-and-good-working/)
[Frank Spade](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spade/) August 27, 2023 1 reply
It gives you more then you may expect. Very useful plugin!
[ Read all 237 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Print & PDF by PrintFriendly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/printfriendly/)
* [ Joost de Valk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joostdevalk/)
* [ Juliette Reinders Folmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/)
* [ contactashish13 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rozroz/)
“Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you
to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/printfriendly/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/printfriendly)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/printfriendly/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/printfriendly/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/printfriendly/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/printfriendly/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 5.5.8
* Maintenance release.
#### 5.5.7
* Added GPL license to plugin header and readme.
#### 5.5.6
* Bugfixes
#### 5.5.5
* Tested against 6.6
#### 5.5.2
* Fixed custom button input
#### 5.5.1
* Tested against 6.3
* Updated images
#### 5.5.0
* Fix Undefined array key error
* Internal refactoring for eliminating errors of this kind
#### 5.4.0
* Fix restricting of button to categories when more than one category is selected
#### 5.3.0
* Support custom CSS via inline tag enabling localhost/internal server support
#### 5.2.5
* Use defer instead of async while loading script for reliable parsing of options
#### 5.2.4
* Fix documentation links
#### 5.2.3
* Escape HTML for custom text if users do not have capability
* Tested against 6.0
#### 5.2.2
* Better detection of Google Analytics
#### 5.2.1
* Fix: Allow HTML in button custom text
#### 5.2.0
* Fix PHP Notice
#### 5.1
* In category pages, the default behaviour of button added by shortcode/template
is to link to a printable version of the individual posts. Sometimes, it is desirable
to print the category page itself and not the individual posts. Added new template
function/shortcode to always print the current page to use in this scenario.
* Add support for newer google analytics versions and google tag manager
#### 5.0
* Add support for custom CSS selectors
* Improve the settings UI
#### 4.2
* Fix: jQuery.fn.load() is deprecated
* Fix: Specific categories do not accept more than one entry
* Tested against WP 5.8
#### 4.1
* Bugfixes
* Tested against WP 5.7
#### 4.0.1
* Bugfixes
#### 4.0.0
* An easier and intuitive settings screen
* Use custom CSS directly without the hassle of uploading files
* Pickup email and domain automatically
* Added option to show button only for select categories
* Update translations
* Fix: Two buttons are shown when excerpt is used
* Fix: The custom CSS was included in the page erroneously
#### 3.16.0
* Update deprecated jQuery to prevent deprecation log noitice.
#### 3.15.0
* CSS Bug fix for center align of PrintFriendly Button
#### 3.14.9
* Bug fix for PrintFriendly button alignment.
#### 3.14.8
* Fix error from deprecated contextual help. Change printfriendly button CSS styles
from internal (head) to inline (link). This ensures all styles are removed when
button is not present.
#### 3.14.7
* Remove unnecessary closing style tag. Add outline:none to printfriendly button
link to remove outline on click.
#### 3.14.6
* Improvements to CSS and how we load JS. Moved button CSS from page head to a
separate stylesheet. Load JS using async attribute (now that all major browsers
support async attribute, we need not insert JS dynamically)
#### 3.14.5
* New Feature: Password protected image option. Select this option if your images
are password protected so they can be included in PDFs.
#### 3.14.4
* Make save options work without Pro field(email, domain) validation check.
#### 3.14.3
* Plugin copy and style changes. No functionality changes.
#### 3.14.2
* GDPR Compliant notification for PrintFriendly Pro and links to Privacy Policy.
#### 3.14.1
* Fix client side pro domain validation.
#### 3.14.0
* Integrate instant free Pro Trial, and Pro status.
#### Earlier versions
For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to the separate changelog.txt
file.
## Meta
* Version **5.5.8**
* Last updated **4 weeks ago**
* Active installations **20,000+**
* WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* Languages
* [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/),
[English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/),
[Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/),
[Spanish (Costa Rica)](https://es-cr.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/), and
[Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/printfriendly)
* Tags
* [email](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[pdf](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pdf/)
[print](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/print/)[Woocommerce PDF](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce-pdf/)
[woocommerce print](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce-print/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/advanced/)
## Ratings
3.8 out of 5 stars.
* [ 150 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 14 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 9 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 11 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 53 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/?filter=1)
[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ Print & PDF by PrintFriendly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/printfriendly/)
* [ Joost de Valk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joostdevalk/)
* [ Juliette Reinders Folmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/)
* [ contactashish13 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rozroz/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/printfriendly/)