Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Download as PDF Using JavaScript in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to allow your WordPress users to download your website content as a PDF document? Look no further than JavaScript! In this guide, we will walk you through the steps of creating a download as PDF button for your WordPress site using JavaScript.

Firstly, create a link/button that will trigger the download function. You can do this in WordPress by adding a button to your site using the built-in buttons block. Give the button a name, such as "Download as PDF" or something else that describes its function.

Once you have your button in place, you can add the necessary JavaScript to make it work. First, you'll need to download a third-party library, such as jspdf. This library is free and open source, and it allows you to easily convert web pages to PDF documents.

Next, add the script to your WordPress website. You can do this by linking to the library from your website's header or by adding the script directly to your WordPress theme's functions file. After you have added the script, you can initialize jspdf by using the following code:

javascript var doc = new jsPDF();

This code sets up a new instance of jspdf that you can use to create your PDF documents.

Now, you can define a function that will be called when the user clicks the "Download as PDF" button. This function should first grab the content you want to include in the PDF document. For example, if you want to download an article, you would use the following code:

javascript var content = document.getElementById("article").innerHTML;

This code uses JavaScript to select the article content by its ID and grab its inner HTML.

After you have the content you want to include in the PDF document, you can use jspdf to create the document:

javascript doc.text(content, 10, 10); doc.save("document.pdf");

This code adds the content to the PDF document and then saves the document as a PDF file named "document.pdf".

Finally, you need to add an event listener to your "Download as PDF" button. This event listener will call the function we just created when the button is clicked:

javascript document.getElementById("download-pdf").addEventListener("click", function(){ var content = document.getElementById("article").innerHTML; doc.text(content, 10, 10); doc.save("document.pdf"); });

That's it! You now have a working download as PDF button for your WordPress website. With just a little bit of JavaScript, you can easily give your users the ability to download your content as a PDF document.