Title: Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin
Author: Michael Nelson
Published: نومبر 1, 2018
Last modified: اکتوبر 13, 2026
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# Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin
By [Michael Nelson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mnelson4/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/print-my-blog.3.27.18.zip)
* [Details](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#description)
* [Reviews](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#installation)
* [Development](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/print-my-blog/)
## Description
**Offline publishing for you, site visitors, and the world outside WordPress.**
Print My Blog makes WordPress content useful outside of your website, like in print,
PDFs, and other formats. It has 3 main features:
1. Quick Print: print thousands of posts in a few clicks
2. Print Buttons: let site visitors print individual posts
3. Pro Print: make professional-quality books and documents
Each of which takes your WordPress content and optimizes it for print, PDF, and
eBook by:
* removing ink guzzlers like site logo, sidebars, and footer
* avoiding page breaks inside images, between images and captions, and even right
after headers
* allowing you to use other plugins in your printed output
Read more about each…
#### Quick Print
Quick Print lets you easily print your entire blog to paper, PDF, or eBook.
* **Print your blog** to read offline.
* **Create a paper backup** (book or printout) to read when your blog is taken
offline.
* **Create a PDF, ePub, or MOBI file** as a human-readable, portable backup. Send
it to friends, store it in the cloud or a hard drive, or even archive it with
a historical organization.
* **Copy your entire Blog** for quick pasting into another program like Microsoft
Word or Google Docs
**Quick Print Features**
* Loads all your blog’s posts into a single web page so you can print them from
your web browser (to paper, PDF, ePub, or anything your web browser supports)
or copy-and-paste them into another program (although the other program likely
won’t format it as nicely)
* supports printing thousands of blog posts in one click (the record is over 3000
posts)
* prints posts and pages
* uses your theme’s and plugins’ styles (so Gutenberg and page builders are supported)
* print your entire blog, or filter by author, date, status (e.g. draft, pending,
private, password-protected, trashed, etc.), category, and tags
* optionally prints comments
* optionally places each post on a new page
* resizes text
* resizes images or removes them altogether
* replaces embedded videos with a link, full video title, screenshot and QRCode
* optionally removes hyperlinks
* optionally includes post excerpts
* orders posts by date, and pages by the “order” attribute
* place the “Print My Blog” Gutenberg block on a page and allow site visitors to
print your blog too
* no watermark in print-out, and attribution optional,
* [GDPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) compliant(
no data is collected about you or your visitors)
* free, open-source software, so you can use it for whatever you like without fear
of changing terms of use,
customize it to fit your needs (although we’d be curious
to hear what you’ve done with it), and even redistribute it. There is no lengthy
legal document describing how you’re giving up your rights by using this software!
#### Print Buttons
You can also automatically add print buttons to help your visitors print your blog.
* **Share** your content with friends offline
* **Save** it for reading later
* **Improve long reads** by converting a portion of your blog to eBook or PDF
**Print Button Features**
* prints individual posts and/or pages just like Quick Print (e.g. omits the theme’s
header, sidebars, footer, etc.)
* displays on all posts and/or pages, or specific ones using the shortcode `[pmb_print_buttons]`
* enable buttons for print, PDF, and/or eBook
* customize print output settings for each (using the same print settings from
Quick Print)
* place buttons above or below content, or somewhere in-between using the shortcode`[
pmb_print_buttons]`
* customize print button text (e.g. “Print”, “Imprimir”, or just a print emoji
like 🖨)
* buttons use theme’s design
* make more seamless integration with your design or content using the shortcode`[
pmb_print_page_url]` to just get the URL of the print page ([see this FAQ for more details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#how%20do%20i%20show%20the%20print%20buttons%20on%20posts%20or%20pages%3F))
#### Pro Print
Replace Google Docs and Microsoft Word with WordPress! Turn existing posts, pages,
and custom post types—or write all new print materials—into professional-looking
documents that are ready to share with customers and the world.
Use your browser
to **print Pro Print projects for free**, and access premium features (e.g. automatic
page references, footnotes, and full control of page margins) with a [Pro PDF Service subscription](https://printmy.blog/pricing/).
Example uses:
* **white paper**. Share an in-depth analysis of a topic on your website and in
print.
* **printed version of entire website or blog**. Print it all, except ink guzzlers
like site heading, sidebars, footers and pop-ups. Use your own printer or send
to a printing service such as lulu.com.
* **book from select content**. Add a title page, introduction, table of contents,
and pick existing content from your site to make a book. Sell it on Amazon KDP.
Just like that, you’re an author!
* **new book from scratch**. Write new print-only materials that never appear on
your website. Leverage WordPress’ great editors and other plugins.
* **lead magnets**. Compile content on a subject into a PDF and grant access after
users signup for your email list.
* **members-only content**. Combine with Restrict Content Pro or other plugins
to only allow access to select downloadable PDFs of your content.
* **printed course materials**. Create a course using an LMS (learning management
system) plugin, and use Print My Blog for learners to print.
* **event brochure**. Let event attendees print a useful copy of your event’s details
to take with them.
* **printed user manual**. And digital user manual on the website.
* **product brochure**. Use WooCommerce or other WordPress e-commerce plugins to
make content accessible to those who would rather not browse online.
* **monthly magazine or newspaper**. Reuse the same design and blog post content
to create a digital or print magazine to send to your email subscribers.
* **research paper**. Put your research on your website and print it with a consistent
design.
* **restaurant menu**. Optimized for display on your website, and to look great
in print.
**Pro Print Features**
* saveable projects
* create digital PDFs, print-ready PDFs, ePub eBooks (paid only), and Microsoft
Word documents (paid only)
* select posts, pages, print materials (posts intended only for use in Pro Print)
and most custom post types (e.g. products from WooCommerce)
* search and filter for posts based on post type, status, categories, tags, custom
taxonomies, author, and publish date
* drag-and-drop reordering of content (and add new print materials on-the-fly)
* organize posts into parts
* add front and back matter (usually numbered with roman numerals with Pro PDF
Service)
* select from a variety of pre-built designs (similar to WordPress Themes, but
for Pro Print)
* customize designs (each has different settings and can have custom CSS) and can
be saved for future projects
* Theme Designers will feel at home creating a custom design using HTML, CSS, and
even Javascript
* better integration with plugins than Quick Print (especially those using Javascript)
* save project metadata (e.g. title, extra cover page content, categories etc.)
* automatic table of contents (with page references using Pro PDF Service)
* automatically replace hyperlinks to included content with page references (Pro
PDF Service only)
* automatically replace hyperlinks to external content with footnotes (Pro PDF
Service only)
* automatically move or automatically resize images to reduce whitespace and fit
better on the page (Pro PDF Service only)
* choose image quality and maximum image size to reduce filesize or save ink
* choose article templates (e.g. “Content Only” or “Centered Content”)
* choose fonts, font sizes, page sizes and lots more
* optionally apply your active theme’s CSS. Note: Themes are usually not designed
for print, so we offer a [paid service](https://printmy.blog/pricing/) to those
who need help customizing a design to match their brand.
Some designs have features like:
* roman numerals for front matter
* page numbers always in bottom-right corner
* page numbers appearing in outside corners
* running titles (an article’s title appears in the top margin on subsequent pages)
* background colors, even with gradients and choosable logos
* two-column layout
Read more about Pro Print in our [extensive user guide](https://printmy.blog/user-guide/).
Wanna See it in Action? [Try Print My Blog on a Free Test Site Now](https://tastewp.com/plugins/print-my-blog)
**Translations**
Print My Blog includes translation files in the following languages:
* German
* French
* Spanish
* Italian
* Japanese
To improve the translations, please [get in touch](https://printmy.blog/contact).
**Give your story life outside your blog!**
Want more? [Tell us what matters to you on GitHub](https://github.com/mnelson4/printmyblog/issues).
Thanks to a revenue stream through optional payments, this is actively supported
and improved.
#### Plugin Compatibility Highlights
PMB strives to be compatible with all plugins. But here are some that are especially
noteworthy:
* [BasePress](https://printmy.blog/2021/06/14/making-a-user-manual-for-web-pdf-print-with-wordpress/)
for creating a user manual on both the web and print
* [WP Quick LaTeX](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-quicklatex/) for mathematical
formulas
* [Translate WordPress with GTranslate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gtranslate/)
for quick and automatic translating of projects
* [WPML](https://wpml.org) for more advanced translating of projects, and adding
print buttons in different languages. [Read Translating Projects with WPML Plugin](https://printmy.blog/user-guide/design-layout/translating-projects-with-wpml-plugin/)
* [TablePress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) makes tables look good
in print too, even when they span multiple pages
> ⚠️Incompability: Some users have reported incompability issues with the Divi theme.
> If you are using this theme, please use Print My Blog with caution and always
> back up your database before use.
If you are delighted how PMB worked with another plugin, or had trouble, please
let us know!
#### Our Mission
1. Preserve your blog for decades to come in a low-tech format.
2. Make WordPress an alternative to Microsoft Word and Google Docs for publishing
documents.
#### Alternatives to Print My Blog
If this doesn’t meet your needs, there are good paid and free alternatives.
**Alternatives to Quick Print**
[printmy.blog](https://printmy.blog/now) we run
a hosted version of this same plugin, so you can print your blog without even installing
this. Especially useful for WordPress**.com** users, or those who can’t install
the plugin on their site. (Its free like Quick Print, but won’t use your blog’s
styles.) [Anthologize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anthologize/) is another great
plugin for customizing your blog’s content before exporting to an e-book format.
Also free. [Blog To HTML](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog-to-html/) is actually
very similar to Print My Blog. It allows you to export your blog to HTML for eBook
creation. [blogbooker](https://blogbooker.com/) prints a book, or creates a PDF,
from your blog using their pre-made styles. (Paid service.) [blog2print](https://www.blog2print.com/)
ditto, but temporarily requests your username and password. (Paid service.)
**Alternatives for adding print buttons**
[Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly](https://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/)
lets visitors easily print to paper, PDF, or email themselves a copy. Easy setup
and very customizable. Doesn’t use theme’s styles. The free version is not GDPR-
compliant and inserts advertisements. [WP Print Friendly](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-print-friendly/)
automatically adds a link to print the current post, page, or custom post type.
Can convert links to endnotes. Doesn’t use theme’s styles. [WP-Print](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-print/)
printouts quite customizable. Requires editing theme files. Does not use theme’s
styles. [Print-o-Matic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/print-o-matic/) add print
buttons with a shortcode. Customizable and can work with theme’s and plugin’s styles.
[PDF Generator for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-generator-for-wp/)
Create & Customize PDF for Post, Pages and WooCommerce Products
**Alternatives to Pro Print**
[MPL – Publisher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mpl-publisher/)
is another free eBook creator / PDF converter plugin you can use to self-publish
a book. To be honest probably the best alternative right now. There’s both free
and paid versions. [PressBooks](https://pressbooks.com/) is a good paid, hosted
alternative. Begin creating or import content for free, and can pay to export to
PDF and other formats. [Designrr](https://designrr.io/) is great for creating short
documents, but is a fully paid option.
Best Wishes Publishing for Print with WordPress!
## Screenshots
[⌊Print My Blog removes junk that doesn’t belong in a printout—like ink-guzzling
logos, menus, search-bars, sidebars, footer widgets, etc.⌉⌊Print My Blog removes
junk that doesn’t belong in a printout—like ink-guzzling logos, menus, search-bars,
sidebars, footer widgets, etc.⌉[
Print My Blog removes junk that doesn’t belong in a printout—like ink-guzzling logos,
menus, search-bars, sidebars, footer widgets, etc.
[⌊Quick Print Setup page. Start printing right away, or customize which posts to
print and how to print them.⌉⌊Quick Print Setup page. Start printing right away,
or customize which posts to print and how to print them.⌉[
Quick Print Setup page. Start printing right away, or customize which posts to print
and how to print them.
[⌊Print Button settings page. Select whether to show on posts or pages and save.
Or customize the appearance of the buttons and printout.⌉⌊Print Button settings
page. Select whether to show on posts or pages and save. Or customize the appearance
of the buttons and printout.⌉[
Print Button settings page. Select whether to show on posts or pages and save. Or
customize the appearance of the buttons and printout.
[⌊Print Buttons on a post. Notice how much clutter is removed from the printout!⌉⌊
Print Buttons on a post. Notice how much clutter is removed from the printout!⌉[
Print Buttons on a post. Notice how much clutter is removed from the printout!
[⌊Pro Print project organizer. Search for content, drag-and-drop it into your project,
organize it into front matter, back matter, and parts.⌉⌊Pro Print project organizer.
Search for content, drag-and-drop it into your project, organize it into front matter,
back matter, and parts.⌉[
Pro Print project organizer. Search for content, drag-and-drop it into your project,
organize it into front matter, back matter, and parts.
[⌊Pro Print print-ready PDF table of contents. Notice the page references and how
the content is grouped into 3 parts.⌉⌊Pro Print print-ready PDF table of contents.
Notice the page references and how the content is grouped into 3 parts.⌉[
Pro Print print-ready PDF table of contents. Notice the page references and how
the content is grouped into 3 parts.
[⌊Pro Print print-ready PDF page spread. Notice the running head of the article
title (yellow), the graphs generated via a plugin using Javascript (green), the
external hyperlinks converted to footnotes (blue), and the page numbers are on the
outside of each page (pink).⌉⌊Pro Print print-ready PDF page spread. Notice the
running head of the article title (yellow), the graphs generated via a plugin using
Javascript (green), the external hyperlinks converted to footnotes (blue), and the
page numbers are on the outside of each page (pink).⌉[
Pro Print print-ready PDF page spread. Notice the running head of the article title(
yellow), the graphs generated via a plugin using Javascript (green), the external
hyperlinks converted to footnotes (blue), and the page numbers are on the outside
of each page (pink).
[⌊Pro Print digital PDF using Buurma Whitepaper design. The design adds a background
color with a gradient, and a custom logo behind the page number. Designers can use
the full power of HTML and CSS in their PDF designs!⌉⌊Pro Print digital PDF using
Buurma Whitepaper design. The design adds a background color with a gradient, and
a custom logo behind the page number. Designers can use the full power of HTML and
CSS in their PDF designs!⌉[
Pro Print digital PDF using Buurma Whitepaper design. The design adds a background
color with a gradient, and a custom logo behind the page number. Designers can use
the full power of HTML and CSS in their PDF designs!
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Print My Blog
## Installation
> ⚠️IMPORTANT: Please make sure that you back up your database before running Print
> My Blog just in case there is an unexpected issue.
1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/print-my-blog` directory, or
install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
**To Print Your Blog using Quick Print**
1. Under the “Print My Blog” menu item, click “Quick Print.”
2. Select the format you want, and click “Prepare Print Page.”
3. When you see the “Print” button appear, click it. Your blog will be printed from
your browser.
**To Add Print Buttons to Posts and/or Pages**
1. Under the “Print My Blog” menu item, click “Settings.”
2. Beside “Show print buttons on:”, check “Posts” and/or “Pages”.
3. Click “Save Settings”.
Also [see this FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/#how%20do%20i%20show%20the%20print%20buttons%20on%20posts%20or%20pages%3F)
for more options to show the print buttons using shortcodes and postmeta.
**To Print with Pro Print**
1. Under “Print My Blog”, click “Pro Print”.
2. Follow the instructions presented, or refer to our [user guide](https://printmy.blog/user-guide/).
**To Add a Print Form for Visitors**
1. Add a page using the block editor (added in WordPress 5.0), maybe call it something
like “Print My Blog”.
2. Add the “Print My Blog” block anywhere you like.
3. Publish the post or page.
4. You may want to add a link to the page in a menu, widget, or footer.
## FAQ
### Can I use Pro Print for Free?
Yes, you can use PMB’s Pro Print for free (it’s included in this plugin) to create
projects, and can print or make PDFs with them using your web browser. Your web
browser will not, however, support all the features that Pro Print is capable of(
e.g. adding page references, footnotes, and fully controlling page margins).
ePub eBooks with Pro Print require payment.
So, creating PDFs and printing with PMB Pro Print is free, but it’s best when used
with our [Pro PDF Service](https://printmy.blog/pricing/) which is paid.
### I have a question about Pro Print
You’re in luck, we have an [entire user guide](https://printmy.blog/user-guide/)
that walks you through the first project, then onto customizations, and even through
making your own custom designs in HTML, CSS, and Javascript (with a bit of PHP).
These FAQs are mostly about Quick Print and Print Buttons.
### How do I create a PDF using Quick Print?
Quick Print just puts the content onto a single web page so your browser can print
it or create a PDF from it. Because your browser is what creates the PDF, it depends
on the browser. Check out the instructions that apply to you:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Note: Images may be missing from very large PDFs. See the FAQ “My PDFs are missing
images” below for help.
If you use Pro Print, you can download the PDF using our [Pro Print Service](https://printmy.blog/pricing/).
### How do I remove the headers and footers from printouts?
_One option is to upgrade for the [Pro Print Service](https://printmy.blog/pricing/),
which adds more professional-looking content to the margins (e.g. page numbers,
running headers, and logos)._
You probably don’t want the site’s title, date, and URL appearing in printouts.
Here is how to remove it for various browsers:
Google Chrome (for paper and PDF)
Mozilla Firefox (paper)
Mozilla Firefox (PDF)
### How do I create an eBook using Print My Blog?
Creating ePub eBooks requires payment, or you can create ePub eBooks using Quick
Print and [dotEPUB browser extension](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/dotepub.com?output_format=md)
Note: if your printout has many images, dotEpub warns you it will replace them with
links.
Once the eBook has been generated, you can read it from your computer (here’s instructions
on how to [read ePubs](https://www.wikihow.com/Open-EPUB-Files) and [MOBI files](https://www.howtogeek.com/360419/what-is-a-mobi-file/)),
or a phone or tablet.
### Some images aren’t appearing
Print My Blog can work too fast for some webservers, meaning the webservers refuse
to load all the content, most noticeably some images.
In order to fix this, you
need to tell Print My Blog to slow down. On the configuration page, show options,
then scroll down to show Troubleshooting options, and increase “Post Rendering Wait-
Time” (e.g. to 2000 milliseconds, or whatever value you need to in order to get
all the images to load).
### My PDFs are missing images
_This is usually a problem with browsers, which our [Pro PDF Service](https://printmy.blog/pricing/)
hasn’t experienced. So you may want to try Pro Print with the Pro PDF Service._
If your print-page has hundreds of images, browsers may generate PDFs that are missing
images at the end.
To fix this, just retry “Generate the PDF”. Each time the browser
will fetch more images. Continue re-generating the PDF until the images at the end
are included.
### The Print Page says “There seems to be an error initializing…”, or is stuck on “Loading Content”, or I can’t filter by categories or terms from the print setup page
_This isn’t a problem for Pro Print (even when printing using your browser for free.)
If you’d rather use Quick Print, keep reading…_
A plugin has probably disabled the WP REST API, which Print My Blog uses for loading
data.
This is often done by a security plugin.
* Don’t use “Disable REST API” plugins
* “All in One WP Security” has a setting called “Disallow Unuahtorized REST API
requests”. Disable it.
* Wordfence has a setting on their “All Options” page, under “Brute Force Proection”,
called “Prevent discovery of usernames through ‘/?author=N’ scans, the oEmbed
API, and the WordPress REST API”. [Disable it.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3-2BjNSWQBUi1uPxq_l2gCj4xXZ44MD/view)
* iThemes security has a setting under “WordPress Tweaks” called “REST API”. [Switch it to “Default Access”](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jvujNmQuMMUDWls1LNndHM8pmpP53Ktt/view)
if you want to let site visitors print your blog.
If none of the above help identify the issue, please use Print My Blog plugin’s
Help page or the [WordPress.org support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/print-my-blog/)
to report the problem.
Along with that, it can also be helpful to follow the steps
in the following video in order to provide more information about the error. https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNK39YuuhMM
### How do I remove post content from the printout?
There may be text, images, and other stuff that looks great when viewed from a screen,
but doesn’t make sense to have in the printout. E.g. related posts, share buttons,
etc.
To remove them from printouts, [add the CSS class](https://technicalsupport.blog/2019/01/04/how-to-add-a-custom-css-class-to-gutenberg-blocks/)“
pmb-screen-only”. Alternatively, you can use the shortcodes `[pmb_web_only_text]...
text, text, text...[/pmb_web_only_text]` and `[pmb_web_only_blocks]...paragraphs,
images, other blocks...[/pmb_web_only_blocks]`.
If you’re handy at writing CSS, add some additional CSS to your theme that uses
the “pmb-print-page” class which is added to the `body` tag of the print page.
For example, if you want to hide all divs with CSS class “my-video” in printouts,
but not on the regular website, add the following CSS to your theme:
```
.pmb-print-page div.my-video{
display:none;
}
```
Also, if it’s content automatically added by a plugin or theme, please let us know
in the support forum, and we can hide that content in the next release of Print
My Blog.
### How do I make post content only appear in the printout?
Use the shortcodes `[pmb_print_only_text]...text, text, text...[/pmb_print_only_text]`
and `[pmb_print_only_blocks]...paragraphs, images, other blocks...[/pmb_print_only_blocks]`.
[Alternatively, add the CSS class](https://technicalsupport.blog/2019/01/04/how-to-add-a-custom-css-class-to-gutenberg-blocks/)“
pmb-print-only”. See the above question for more details.
### How do I show or hide background colors in the printout?
* In Pro Print, the background colors are dictated by your project’s design, which
might be easily customizable. Go to your project’s “Customize Design” step and
see what settings are available. You can also switch to a different design on
the “Choose Design” step, or add some custom CSS to your design (`body{background-
color:black;}`).*
If you’re using Quick Print, the background colors are controlled by your WordPress
theme and the browser.
Your theme may use different styles when printed, including setting the background
to white in order to conserve ink.
But if not, your browser can also remove background colors.
* For Google Chrome: when printing, [click on “More Options”, then uncheck “Background graphics”](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V5c9XJbBGhSeRlmGxqZBRv5n4CTWZyag/view?usp=sharing)
* For Firefox: when viewing the print preview, [click “Page Setup” then uncheck “Print Background (colors & images)”.](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VoVCC6ehqd8vZyO89PQq5hZbQ4u94vBK)
* For Firefox Extension “Print to PDF”: [click on “Add-ons”, then click “Print to PDF”, then “Options”, and uncheck “Whether the background colors should be shown”](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WjCS84LLOL6v0ccjASjJ3c_vaUmgIfTO)
### How do I force a page break before something? (So it’s always at the top of a page)
[Add the CSS class](https://technicalsupport.blog/2019/01/04/how-to-add-a-custom-css-class-to-gutenberg-blocks/)“
pmb-page-break” onto the the element/block you want to be at the top of the page.
### How do I avoid a pagebreak inside something?
[Add the CSS class](https://technicalsupport.blog/2019/01/04/how-to-add-a-custom-css-class-to-gutenberg-blocks/)“
pmb-no-break” onto the element/block. The browser will avoid a pagebreak in that
element if possible.
If browsers ignore that, you force the pagebreak to happen
just before an element by adding the CSS class “pmb-page-break”.
### How do I print a draft?
The easiest way to print a draft post is to enable the front-end print buttons,
then view the preview of the post, and click the print button you want.
### How do I show the print buttons on posts or pages?
**Using Print My Blog Settings and Custom Fields**
You can add print buttons to
all posts and/or pages from the WordPress admin dashboard, under “Print My Blog”,
click “Settings”, then, next to “Show print buttons on:” select the posts and/or
pages. If you don’t want to show them on certain posts or pages, add the custom
field named “pmb_buttons” to them with the value “hide”. Alternatively, if you only
want to show the button on specific posts or pages, add the custom field “pmb_buttons”
to those posts or pages with the value “show”.
**Using a Shortcode in the Post Body**
You can add print buttons directly into
your posts and pages by using the shortcode `[pmb_print_buttons]`. You can also
supply it with the ID of a different post or page like so: `[pmb_print_buttons ID
=123]`. You can alternatively use the shortcode `[pmb_print_page_url]` to just get
the URL of the print page for more advanced integrations. You can supply it with
the ID of a different post, and the `format` (defaults to “print”, but also accepts“
pdf” or “ebook”), and whether to `add_protocol` (i.e. by default, the URL begins
with “http://” or “https://”, but setting this to `0` will prevent that, in case
it was already added), like so: `[pmb_print_page_url format=pdf add_protocol=0]`
will produce the URL of the print page for a PDF but not add the “https://” onto
the start of the URL.
**In a Widget (e.g. sidebar or footer) using a Shortcode**
Alternatively, you can
add the print buttons to a widget. In the WordPress admin dashboard, under the “
Appearance” menu item, click “Widgets”. Add a shortcode widget and add `[pmb_print_buttons]`
like mentioned previously. The print buttons will only appear on single posts (eg
not on an archive page).
**Editing Your Theme’s Template Files**
If you’d like to add the print buttons
somewhere in your theme’s template files, add the following PHP code anywhere inside
the loop:
```
```
or
```
View Print-Ready Version of Page
```
### How do I change the color of the print buttons?
The print button’s color is determined by your theme. But if you can’t change the
button colors using your theme’s settings, you can change it with some custom CSS.
E.g. this here’s how to change the button’s text color to black and background color
to white:
**For Block-Based Themes**
1. Go to wp-admin on your website 2. On the left, under“
Appreance”, click “Editor” 3. On the left, click “Styles” 4. Click the pencil icon
that appears (“Edit Styles”) 5. On the top-right, beside “Styles”, click the three
dots 6. Select “Additional CSS” 7. Add the following code:
**For Legacy Themes:**
1. Go to wp-admin on your website 2. On the left, under “
Appearance”, click “Customize” 3. On the left, under Additional CSS” add the the
following code:
```
div.pmb-print-this-page a{
color:black;
background-color:white;
}
```
### How do I customize the printouts made with the Print Buttons?
From the Print My Blog Settings page, click “Customize Buttons”. From here you can
customize:
* whether print buttons appear by default above or below the post content*
which print buttons appear (print, PDF, and eBook) * the text used on each button(
translate them, use an emoji, etc.)
Under each format, you can also click “Show Options”. These options affect the printout
produced by the button. These
options are the same as when printing out multiple
posts simultaneously: you can remove the printout metadata, the post’s featured
image, etc.
### How can I help translate Print My Blog?
Here’s a video showing how to use Poedit to submit a translation of Print My Blog
### How can I report security bugs?
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program.
The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities.
[Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/print-my-blog)
## Reviews
### [Love this plugin! – Formats nicely](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/love-this-plugin-formats-nicely/)
[christinahills](https://profiles.wordpress.org/christinahills/) جُون 28, 2026
1 reply
Thank you so much for creating this plugin! I was using another, but then they got
spammy and now have a ton of Google ads on the page when you go to print. So I searched
for another and found yours. This plugin just works! and it's easy to setup. AND…
the pages print really nicely! Feature request: from the plugins page, include a
link the the "Print my Blog" section in the admin. making it easier to find. Thanks!-
Christina
### [Solid printing plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solid-printing-plugin/)
[Nigel Parry](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nigelparrydotnet/) جُون 9, 2026 1
reply
Solid printing plugin, very clean PDFs and print pages. Haven't tried the ebook
option. I am guessing the Premium version will allow for customization to remove
the last few irritating parts.
### [Great plugin with fantastic support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-fantastic-support-34/)
[willsuiter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willsuiter/) مئی 10, 2026 1 reply
This plugin works very well and has a lot of customization/integration ability.
The support was fantastic and very helpful with ironing out a few compatibility
issues with other plugins active on our site, provided very thorough answers to
questions and did so quickly. Thank you!
### [Great developer support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-developer-support-4/)
[nwestling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nwestling/) اپریل 22, 2026 1 reply
I have a couple of blogs that contain a lot of images and initially had a few issues
getting it all looking good, but I had one of the developers (Ryan) looking into
my issues and even releasing bug fixes to the plugin to fix the issues. Fantastic
to have that level of support! Thanks team.
### [Here’s a review from J.A Martin, shared on his behalf:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heres-a-review-from-j-a-martin-shared-on-his-behalf/)
[Sohaib Ur Rehman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shabbyshabby/) اپریل 9, 2026
The Missing Link: Web-First, Print-Second (Finally Done Right) Print My Blog enables
my revolutionary workflow: I publish breaking news daily to the web, then once a
week convert that living content into a professionally formatted print newspaper
instantly. No InDesign, no copying content, no layout headaches. This reverses the
industry’s fatal mistake of treating web as print’s afterthought. Instead, my print
edition becomes a premium weekly digest derived directly from web content—without
doubling my workload. Without this plugin, Siskiyou News literally wouldn’t exist.
The technical support exceeds even "top notch"; they understand that for a one-person
rural newsroom, downtime means dead air. They’ve saved my deadlines repeatedly.
If you run web-first journalism but believe in print’s tangible power, this is the
essential bridge between eras. J.A.Martin
### [A complete publish solution](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complete-publish-solution/)
[jharries](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jharries/) مارچ 13, 2026
The more I dig into PMB, the more cool stuff I find. These guys have done an amazing
job. It’s now getting very close to a full on publishing system and maybe they should
think about re-branding the pro versions that way. “Print My Blog” just sounds like
something for occasional bloggers, and the plugin is so much more than that. With
PMB Pro we can build a complete publication as WP posts and then output it ready
for publication as a PDF for a POD printer, a PDF for screen viewing, or a ePub
for publication at Apple Books, Google Play or Amazon.
[ Read all 114 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/print-my-blog/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin” is open source
software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Michael Nelson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mnelson4/)
* [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanvdk/)
* [ Viktor Szépe ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/szepeviktor/)
* [ Print My Blog ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/printmybl0g/)
* [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)
“Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin” has been translated
into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/print-my-blog/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/print-my-blog)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/print-my-blog/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/print-my-blog/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/print-my-blog/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/print-my-blog/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 3.27.18 October 12, 2026
* Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version.
#### 3.27.17 April 13, 2026
* Test with WordPress 7.0.
* Enhancement: Have render_toc_with_thumbnails fallback to first article image
if no featured image is present.
#### 3.27.16 April 7, 2026
* Bugfix: Add CSS rules to help prevent images from breaking across pages in the
Classic ePud Design.
#### 3.27.15 April 4, 2026
* Bugfix: Improved CSS rules for rendering images in the ePub design.
* Enhancement: Added a Design Development helper function for adding featured image
thumbnails to TOC.
#### 3.27.14 March 19, 2026
* Enhancement: Updated Freemius to version 2.13.0.
#### 3.27.13 February 23, 2026
* Bugfix: Fixed an Uncaught TypeError that might occur in pmb_set_image_dimension_attributes
for some users.
#### 3.27.12 February 9, 2026
* Bugfix: Several minor bug fixes and code improvements.
#### 3.27.11 August 4, 2025
* Documentation: Added DB backup warning message to Installation Instructions.
* Documentation: Added compatibility note related to Divi Theme.
* Enhancement: Changed Print Option help text wording.
#### 3.27.10 August 4, 2025
* Enhancement: Updated Freemius to version 2.12.1.
* Bugfix: [Hide Haller Tabloid double header from page preview](https://github.com/mnelson4/printmyblog/issues/395)
* Bugfix: [Added a refresh button on Print Page to prevent rendering issue caused by selecting Print with Browser and Download PDF consecutively.](https://github.com/mnelson4/printmyblog/issues/408)
#### 3.27.9 June 18, 2025
* Feature: for Print Buttons, optionally open print page in new tab
#### 3.27.8 May 30 2025
* Enhancement: for Pro Print, added a filter for the project’s print page
#### 3.27.7 April 24, 2025
* Compatibility: hide related posts from Related Post by PickPlugins
#### 3.27.6 Jan 27, 2024
* Bugfix: for all datepickers, allow choosing dates older than 10 years
* Enhancement: update Freeimus SDK to 2.11.0
* Bugfix: for Pro Print, fix error where DesignRegistry::updateDesign not usable
by add-ons
#### 3.27.5 December 18, 2024
* Feature: for Pro Print, introduce “pmb-wide” CSS class, which is just like “mayer-
wide” but applies to other designs too.
* Enhancement: for Pro Print, set a larger maximum size for images before resizing
them
* Bugfix: for Pro Print, avoid error on Edit Content step by checking for negative
index
* Compatibility: avoid overwriting jQuery UI styles
#### 3.27.4 October 19, 2024
* Compatibility: for Pro Print, fix Javascript error sometimes occuring with Hustle
plugin
#### 3.27.3 July 31, 2024
* Bugfix, for Pro Print, also use PMB_DEBUG on “pmb_ajax” requests (which are what’s
actually used currently to create print pages)
#### 3.27.2 July 19, 2024
* Compatibility: for Pro Print with WPML, fix bug that prevented generating in
a secondary language
* Enhancement: for Pro Print, introduce constant PMB_DEBUG to control whether to
display warnings when generating a project. Changed default to _not_ show warnings.
#### 3.27.1 June 21, 2024
* Bugfix: for Pro Print, fix warning when a project contains a deleted post
* Bugfix: for Quick Print, escape all post content before rendering to page
#### 3.27.0 May 16, 2024
* Feature: significant German translations contributed by Torben Bertram of https://
archiv-wintermoor.de/
* Feature: for Pro Print Haller Design, allow using a featured image for the header
* Feature: for Pro Print Haller and Mayer Designs, add section template “Full Column
Content” which omits article header info but leave the content in columns
* Bugfix: for Quick print, fix an error that prevented the “print” button from
being enabled when there was an error processing certain videos.
* Bugfix: for Pro Print Haller Design when printing from the browser, remove duplicate
header; all elements with class “pmb-pro-only” get removed when printing using
the browser
* Bugfix: for Pro Print, allow changing a design setting to blank (eg the Haller
Design’s subtitle)
* Enhancement: to facilitate styling articles and hiding certain elements, add
CSS classes “pmb-post-id”, “pmb-post-author”, “pmb-post-author”, “pmb-post-date”,“
pmb-post-categories”, “pmb-post-url-wrapper”.
#### 3.26.3 January 29, 2024
* Enhancement: update select2 Javascript library to 4.0.13 to improve compatibility
with other plugins that also use it
* Enhancement: add Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program to readme to encourage
responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities
#### 3.26.2 January 11, 2024
* Enhancement: updated logo
* Bugfix: in Quick Print, fix rendering local videos with the source as a sub-element
* Bugfix: fix regression where some of 3.26.0 changes were lost in 3.26.1 (only
released on Freemius)
#### 3.26.1 December 20, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, fix QR codes being added onto videos
* Enhancement: mention that Pro Print’s Word Documents don’t work with Apple Pages
#### 3.26.0 November 21, 2023
* Enhancement: remove Print My Blog dashboard news as I was just told this is in
violation of WordPress.org plugin guidelines.
* Bugfix: fix admin print buttons not including some HTML which could affect the
design’s layout
* Bugfix: fix image quality adjusting so the CSS class `pmb-dont-change-image-quality`
works as intended
* Developer: simplify adding custom fonts to designs (introduces PrintMyBlog\domain\
DefaultDesignTemplates::getPdfFontSettings() and adds custom font CSS if those
settings are used)
* Enhancement: avoid pagebreaks between images and their captions
* Feature: in Pro Print, introduce CSS class “pmb-snap” to snap a block or image
to nearest page edge
#### 3.25.5 August 31, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, fix missing dates when posts were on the same date
* Bugfix: fix missing PMB icon on WP plugins update page
#### 3.25.4 August 31, 2023
* Bugfix: on the designs page, fixed bug that only showed first 10 designs
* Feature: added GTranslate plugin compatibility (see https://wordpress.org/plugins/
gtranslate/)
* Enhancement: removed unnecessary jQuery UI Javascript file
#### 3.25.3 July 17, 2023
* Feature: in Pro Print PDFs, use [DocRaptor’s Pipeline 10.1](https://docraptor.com/documentation/article/7898168-2022-07-27-pipeline-10-and-10-1-with-prince-15-and-15-1)
which adds support for WebP and AVIF images and other features
#### 3.25.2 July 5, 2023
* Enhancement: improve stability of Freemius license/subscription features by updating
Freemius SDK to 2.5.10
#### 3.25.1 June 23, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print for Word, make nested items in the Word TOC appear indented
by adjusting their heading levels
* Translation: props to @ryanvdk for improving the Japanese translations
* Miscellaneous: added @szepeviktor as a contributor (contributed to 2.1.4, so
this is old)
#### 3.25.0 June 16, 2023
* Feature: in Pro Print Word Documents, add setting to specify maximum image height
* Enhancement: make post row actions to generate PMB files smaller (eg instead
of “Generate Word Document” it just says “Word Document”) to save space
#### 3.24.4 June 6, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print for Word, avoid warning in header and footers when using
default settings
* Documentation: point users of the Haller Tabloid to the CSS class “pmb-dont-snap”
to avoid image snapping
* Compatibility: in Pro Print, prevent [AdvancedExcerpt](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-excerpt/)
from filtering content on the print page
#### 3.24.3 May 29, 2023
* Bugfix: in Admin Print Buttons, respect the design’s “Apply Website Theme” setting
* Bugfix: in Admin Print Buttons, add a unique code onto print page URLs
#### 3.24.2 May 29, 2023
* Feature: show Admin Print Buttons to Free users too (again, they can be removed
from Print My Blog > Settings)
#### 3.24.1 May 29, 2023
* Feature: display Admin Print Buttons by default (although they can still be removed
from Print My Blog > Settings)
#### 3.24.0 May 27 2023
* Feature: add Admin Print Buttons, to quickly create PDF, eBooks and Word documents
from individual posts, pages, and other post types. Go to Print My Blog > Settings
to enable.
* Feature: add Designs page, where you can set the default design for each project
and customize any design (even ones not in use on any projects currently.)
#### 3.23.5 May 16, 2023
* Bugfix: fix creating database tables when the database has no charset specified
* Feature: in Pro Print Mayer Magazine, add “Post Contents” option so you can include
post ID, author, date, categories and tags, URL, excerpt, and custom fields;
allow removing title, featured image and content
#### 3.23.4 May 11, 2023
* Compatibility: in Pro Print with Elementor, fix extra columns appearing in projects
when using nested columns
#### 3.23.3 May 9, 2023
* Enhancement: in Pro Print, note that Mayer Magazine’s pagebreaks work best with
Pro PDF Service; not so great with browsers
* Bugfix: in Pro Print’s Mayer Magazine avoid warning when Cover Preamble is blank
#### 3.23.2 April 5, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, avoid losing styles if there are warnings on the print
page
* Bugfix: in Pro Print with Pro PDF Service, prevent “Filesystem access not allowed”
error because of relative URLs
* Bugfix: in Pro Print content editing step, prevent exceeding maximum nesting
level by dragging
#### 3.23.1 March 10, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, avoid post being reset by setting up WP_Query properly
#### 3.23.0 March 9, 2023
* Feature: in Pro Print Word Documents, add support for headers and footers to
documents
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, prevent 403 error for some webservers because we used spaces
and colons in the URL
#### 3.22.0 February 20, 2023
* Feature: in Pro Print PDFs and ePubs, add design options to set custom fonts
* Feature: allow uploading font files to website
* Feature: add Chinese translations
* Feature: in Pro Print Classic Digital PDF and Classic Print-Ready PDF designs,
add a “Show a Dividing Line Between Posts” setting
* Bugfix: in Pro Print PDFs, apply the chosen font to content in margins (not just
the main body)
* Bugfix: in Pro Print Classic Digital PDF and Classic Print-Ready PDF designs,
respect the “Each Post Begins on a New Page” setting
* Bugfix: in Pro Print Word, enqueue PMB’s common print page CSS
#### 3.21.5 February 13, 2023
* Enhancement: in Pro Print’s Edit Content step, give a warning if project is empty
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, when printing from browser, bring back the TOC (it disappeared
in 3.21.0 when printing from the browser)
#### 3.21.4 February 8, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, add support for relative hyperlinks, hyperlinks with wrong
protocol, hyperlinks with an extra “www”, and support for anchor links
* Bugfix: in Pro Print ePubs, make anchor links work for Kindle Previewer too
* Bufix: in Pro Print Word docs, fix regression where file wouldn’t download
#### 3.21.3 February 3, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, remove warning for designs that don’t use Page Reference
Text (e.g., Mayer Magazine)
#### 3.21.2 January 30, 2023
* Compatibility: hide WP Socializer sharing bar
* Compatibility: hide Post Like Dislike button
#### 3.21.1 January 27, 2023
* Compatibility: in Pro Print with Elementor, handle lazy-loaded YouTube and Vimeo
videos
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, fix downloading ePubs even when there is an error downloading
an image
#### 3.21.0 January 26, 2023
* Compatibility: in Pro Print, improve integration with many other plugins by doing
most print-page processing when the download button is pressed (which gives other
plugins more time to do all their processing)
#### 3.20.6 January 17, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print ePubs, tidy up galleries
* Compatibility: show Elementor items even if they’re animated
* Bugfix: in Pro Print ePubs, support CSS classes to prevent pagebreaks
#### 3.20.5 January 10, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print ePubs, keep video text with video screenshot
* Compatibility: in Pro Print with Elementor, handle lazy-loaded local videos
* Compatibility: in Pro Print with Elementor, centre images by default
* Compatibility: in Pro Print with Elementor, fix galleries in Calibre eReader
#### 3.20.4 January 5, 2023
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, fix protocols in URLs in inline styles added after pageload(
again from Advances Ads plugin)
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, when creating Word docs, handle errors when images dont
exist
* Bugfix: in Pro Print, prevent some Javascript from running out of order
* Compatibility: hide One Click Accessibility Toolbar on Print Page
#### 3.17.0 September 28, 2022
* Feature: build Print Page on front end requests insead of admin AJAX requests
so more plugins’ JS and CSS load
* Compatibility: make Supsystic tables render in projects
* Compatibility: with WPML, prevent projects from hiding when selecting a different
language
#### 3.16.5 September 5, 2022
* Bugfix: show all projects when there are more than 10
#### 3.16.4 August 19, 2022
* Compatibility: don’t cut off Elementor/WooCommerce items at the bottom of the
page of PDFs
* Compatibility: avoid leading empty page of PDFs when using WooCommerce
#### 3.16.3 August 16, 2022
* Bugfix: prevent warning from JetPack infinite scroll during generation by using
$wp_the_query instead of $wp_query
#### 3.16.2 August 3, 2022
* Bugfix: avoid lazy loading featured images in Pro Print
## Meta
* Version **3.27.18**
* Last updated **5 days ago**
* Active installations **9,000+**
* WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0.7**
* PHP version ** 5.4 or higher **
* Languages
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/),
[Spanish (Costa Rica)](https://es-cr.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/), and
[Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/print-my-blog/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/print-my-blog)
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## Ratings
4.8 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ Michael Nelson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mnelson4/)
* [ Ryan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanvdk/)
* [ Viktor Szépe ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/szepeviktor/)
* [ Print My Blog ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/printmybl0g/)
* [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)
## Support
Issues resolved in last two months:
0 out of 1
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