Map web forms to PDF forms then with one simple shortcode - display a link on any post, page, form, or view the merged PDF on a PC or mobile device.
Formidable Form add-on plugin to map Formidable Form fields to PDF form fields. Then – with one simple shortcode – display a download link or button on any post, page, form, or view to the filled-in PDF document on your web user’s PC or mobile device.
Features:
Visit the Formidable PRO2PDF website to compare versions, review documentation, and for support.
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
/wp-content/plugins/
directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)NOTE: The plugin uses PDFTK to fill in PDF files. This means that your server has to have PHP shell commands enabled. If your server does not have pdftk
installed, you can still use the plugin to generate 1 PDF file for 1 Formidable form.
If you purchase the plugin using our website, you do not need to install pdftk
or to enable shell commands on your server. You’ll use our API according to the Terms of Service.
Enter the activation code on the plugin options page.
Formidable Forms plugin, make sure that your server can execute shell commands, and that pdftk
is installed on your server.
You’ll also need to have PHP MB
or iconv
extensions installed. They are usually installed on web servers.
If you purchase the plugin, no additional software installation is need.
PHP version should be at least 5.3.
Not at this time. Currently the plugin populates pre-made PDF form fields with mapped data from Formidable Form and FormidablePro form fields.
Future plans include adding HTML to PDF capabilities.
Yes – standard user support is available through the support forum or purchase a key code for premium level support.
Yes, the plugin works with WordPress Multisite. Site limits still apply.
Layout load edit fix
Multiple mail attachments fix
Minor warnings fix
Timeout increase
2nd dataset fails to render in some cases
PDF source can’t be loaded error fix
Fatal error in some cases
Update process
Security update
Minor warnings and errors fix
Templates export fix
Custom TMP dir path support
PHP8 number format fix
PHP8 compatibility fix
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Some “Checkbox” not checked due incorrect encoding
Optimization
“Field format” not working in some cases
“Field preview” improvement
Minor bug fixes and improvements
“Address field” support for repeatable section
“Credit Card” field support for repeatable section
Additional formatting option for date DD/MM/YY
Additional formatting options for numbers 1000, 1000.00, Intval
“Lowercase” format option
Restrict remote requests on local PDFTK fail option
Checkbox “ampersand” value fails in some cases
Missed value if field connected to “Create Post” action
Signatures missed with “Do not store entries” option
Incorrect warnings in some cases
Duplicate Signatures in some cases
Create and Overwrite Web Form/PDF/Field Map option
Loopback request fix
Minor warning fixes
‘Rotation’ option for images
‘fpro2pdf_signature’ filter
Field key parameter for ‘fpro2pdf_sig_output_options’ filter
Repeatable ‘if’ conditions
‘fpro2pdf_sig_output_options’ filter
‘fpro2pdf-date’ shortcode
‘Attachment’ function compatibility fix
Update fix
Website/Url ‘show the image’ option fix for Formidable 3.x
Duplicate ‘fail’ fix
Signature ‘serialized’ fix
Signature field fix for Formidable 3.x
‘fpropdf_wpfx_extract_fields’ filter added
Correct rendering [id] inside Dynamic field
Repeatable checkboxes fix
Signature PHP warning fix
Minor fixes
‘Notice’ error_reporting frontend fix
‘Notice’ error_reporting fix (Generate/Download)
‘Notice’ error_reporting fix
Empty phone number format fix
Multiple select field fix
Repeatable Multiple select field fix
Dynamic field multiply shortcodes fix
Formidable: Dynamic field added
Dynamic password fix
Dynamic attachment name/password fix when form using IDs
Dynamic password
Option “Do not store entries” – empty data pdf fix
Dynamic email attachment name (by Field ID)
č unicode fix
Uninstall db fix
Update version control
Backup restore entries fix
/tmp folder check
Formidable check fix
Select field text fix
Restore backup fix
PDF file name fix
UTF-8 fix
Bugfix for encoding data
Bugfix for import field map
Bugfix for show active websites
Bugfix for format for same line [line1] [line2]
Bugfix for field names in PDF
Delete ‘Pdf’ attachments after sending mail
Add link in admin under ACTIVATED FORMS tab
‘Unicode’ language support
Show only current site url in admin
‘Upload’ folders permission issue.
‘Carriage return to comma’ and shortcode empty issue
Bugfix for empty short code issue.
Bugfix for slahes issue.
Bugfix for compatipility with some other plugins.
Allow editors to manage fieldsets.
Optimize getting the dataset field options.
Bugfix for signature.
Bugfix for the Image URL field.
Bugfix for temp directory detection.
Bugfix for signature.
Temp directory cleaning optimization.
Bugfix for disabled mbstring.
Multiple checkboxes bugfix.
Add Address and Credit Card fields.
Ampersand bugfix after Formidable Forms update.
Prevent unnecessary error messages in the PHP error log.
Bugfix for version notification.
Bugfix after MySQL functions update.
Bugfix after MySQL functions update.
Compatibility with MariaDB and PHP7.
Removed mysql_* functions.
Check if mysql_connect() function exists, and show an error message if it doesn’t.
Compatibility with WP 4.5
Fixing Failed to load PDF issues.
Multiple checkboxes bugfix for separate repeatable fields.
Field keys in repeatable fields.
Bugfix for automatic field map creation.
Additional option for restricting user downloads by role or user ID.
Improved “role” shortcode parameter.
Improved “role” shortcode parameter.
New shortcode parameters (role, user). Improved formatting options.
Improved repeatable fields.
Bugfix for PDF filename in Firefox.
Image alignment options.
Image alignment options.
Updated Demo. Added automatic mapping for new field maps.
Uninstall hooks to delete all plugin data, when plugin is uninstalled.
Bugfix for checkboxes/radio labels.
Bugfix for checkboxes/radio labels
Additional date formats.
Additional date formats.
Bugfix for offline sites.
Bugfix for Capitalize ALL formatting option.
Bugfix for field names (IP, item key, …).
Replaced field IDs with field keys in field map designer.
Field map designer: save button will automatically select saved field map.
Bugfix for generated PDF hook.
Bugfix for multiple PDF attachments.
Improvements for slow servers; options for offline websites.
Only compatible field maps for forms can be selected.
Licence key won’t be removed automatically when the key expires.
Removed missing repeatble fields shortcodes.
Secure download links.
Plugin hook for saving PDFs.
Images in PDFs.
Date for Formidable updated at / created at fields is now in local time. Image uploads in PDF files.
Additional counters.
Additional Webform Data Field ID.
Additional formatting options that can be changed using a plugin.
Additional formatting option for numbers.
Additional formatting option to capitalize all text.
Additional formatting option for dates.
Additional formatting option for numbers.
Fix multiple checkbox fields for non-premium users.
Fix multiple checkbox fields for non-premium users.
Additional formatting options in repeatable fields.
Date formatting in repeatable fields.
TypeIn signatures support.
Fixed bug with saving field maps. Added automatic backups for your field maps.
Fixed bug with quotes in PDF field names.
Added a new field where you can change PDF file name in e-mails. Fixed issue with special characters in PDF field names.
Added a new field where you can change PDF file name in e-mails. Fixed issue with special characters in PDF field names.
Bugfixes, support for embedded form IDs.
Bugfixes.
New formatting option, bugfixes.
Added HTML fields, and a formatting option that removes empty lines in text field value.
Added warning for old Formidable plugin versions.
Temporary folder bugfix for some servers.
Bugfix for special UTF-8 characters.
New formatting option. Debug info for clients.
PDFaid bugfixes.
Added conversion to DOCX using PDFaid.
Bugfixes.
Added new flatten option to transform text into images. No one will be able to copy-paste text from your PDFs.
Made field map names required field.
Added settings page. Field previews won’t slow down field map designer anymore (unless enabled in settings).
Bugfix for checkboxes.
Compatibility with WP 4.3. Possibility to select which e-mail notifications should have PDF attachments. New shortcode parameter label=0 that outputs only URL of the PDF file.
Bugfix
Compatibility with WordPress 4.3. Added formatting option for free version.
Better support for multiple checkboxes.
Added alert for PHP version, bugfixes.
Added support for dynamic Formidable fields.
Bugfix for CSS conflict with Fusion Builder.
Added new formatting options for dates. Removed extra lines in multiline text fields on some servers.
Add repeatable sections support.
Fix bug when saving layout.
Missing files bugfix.
Corrected encoding issues, added password protection, added button to duplicate layouts.
Removed PHP warnings, sorted WebForm Field IDs, removed unused WebForm Fields.
Updated plugin URL.
Signature plugin.
Bugfixing, email attachments.
Removed default form files, Tested compatibility with WordPress 4.2.2
Tested compatibility with WordPress 4.2.1 and Formidable Forms 2.0.04
Added shortcodes, export into PDF, API interface, Fields Map Designer.