PDFs are ubiquitous worldwide and customers love to receive them by email as reassurance of their previous actions. This applies especially to digital order receipts, registration forms, or job applications.
So, if you are looking for a plugin to auto-convert your form submissions to pdf and send this pdf automatically to the email given in the submission, you’ve landed in the right place.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to include submissions as PDF attachments in WordPress email with a simple click of a button. Stick with us and see for yourself!
Convert form entries to PDF format
If you want to convert your WordPress form submissions to PDF and send a copy of the submission to anyone who needs it, all you need is the PDF Form Submission add-on and the free Ninja Forms core plugin (download here).
Once you install the add-on, head over to the Emails & Actions tab and create an email notification action by clicking a blue plus icon. Open the Advanced dropdown settings and toggle on Attach PDF button. This Ninja Forms setting will automatically convert your submission to PDF format and attach it to the email.
Please note this will attach the PDF submission as is with all the form fields and without customization—no need to worry. You can also customize your PDF if you like. This includes the company logo customization, header, footer, and body of your PDF using our supported merge tags.
Don’t look for PDF customization settings under the Email notification action. Head over to your Advanced tab instead, and select PDF Submissions to access the settings. This will be your playground!
Did you know you can also send yourself a copy of each PDF form submission? It is super easy. You only need to duplicate the same email action and change the email address to yours.
This way you will be always notified of new submissions and you don’t need to log in to WordPress to view or export these submissions. Want to learn more about using email actions in Ninja Forms? Take a look at our Definitive Guide to Form Actions.
You’ve just learned how to attach submissions as PDFs in WordPress email.
Great job! Here is your virtual high five for sticking with us till the end of the article and learning something new today. If you thought including your submissions as PDF attachments in WordPress email was complicated, we hope you think otherwise now.
Our PDF Form Submissions add-on lets you convert form data to PDF but it doesn’t stop here. You can also customize PDFs to meet your design standards and export these submissions as PDF files from your Submission dashboard in WordPress.
If you would like to learn more about the PDF Form Submissions add-on, check our article Create a Simple Order Form Email Receipt in WordPress, and our in-depth blog post Need to Convert WordPress Form Submissions to PDF? Here, you’ll learn how to do the following:
- Convert form submission to PDF format.
- Export submission entries from your WordPress forms.
- Customize generated PDF from form submission.
- Use of powerful merge tags with PDF Form Submissions.
- Accept a digital signature on your PDF.
Are you eager to try this add-on from Ninja Forms? Even though we don’t offer a demo or trial version, all our products come with a 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. This gives you plenty of time to learn about PDF Form Submissions and test it for your next exciting form project.
The great news is unlike our competitors; you can purchase PDF Form Submissions add-on individually for a single, 5, or up to 20 licenses. So what do you say? Will you give it a go and explore what this simple yet powerful add-on can do for your forms?
