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Ninja Forms PDF Form Submission changelog

Release notes for every version we have on record, newest first.

Latest 3.2.10 · 28 Sep 2026 34 versions Since Jun 2014

2026 6 versions

3.2.10 Latest 28 Sep 2026 1 fixed1 security2 changed
Fixed
  • Fix Date and Time fields displaying as raw comma-separated values in PDFs, standalone and within a Repeatable Fieldset
Security
  • *Security Enhancements:*
Changed
  • Require appropriate user permissions and a valid nonce to export submission PDFs
  • Restrict images embedded via the :pdf_embed modifier to the site's uploads directory
3.2.9 26 Aug 2026 1 improved6 fixed
Improved
  • Render actual signature image or font in default PDF table
Fixed
  • Fix HTML tags displaying in PDF for Paragraph fields with Rich Text Editor
  • Fix Repeater field merge tag showing "Array" in Custom Document Body PDFs
  • Fix Checkbox and Multi-Select fields only showing one value in PDF table
  • Fix double paragraph spacing with RTE fields in Custom Document Body
  • Fix File Upload merge tag blank in PDFs built outside original submission
  • Fix calc merge tag modifier for PDF output
3.2.8 13 Jul 2026 7 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix file upload images not embedding with :pdf_embed modifier in manual PDF exports
  • Fix PHP 8.1+ strlen(null) deprecation warning when generating PDF without saved submission
  • Fix typed signature font not rendering correctly when using individual field merge tag in Custom Document Body
  • Fix ampersand characters displaying as & due to double HTML entity encoding
  • Fix HTML fields not populating in Custom Document Body when manually exporting PDF
  • Fix single checkbox fields not included in Custom Document Body
  • Fix single checkbox fields displaying as 0 or 1 instead of checked/unchecked labels
3.2.7 22 Apr 2026 1 new2 fixed
New
  • Add PDF document metadata (title, author, subject) for improved accessibility
Fixed
  • Fix text content being lost at page breaks in large submissions
  • Handle invalid UTF-8 characters gracefully to prevent PDF generation errors
3.2.6 17 Feb 2026 3 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix calculation merge tags not processing in manual PDF exports from admin
  • Fix PHP 8 fatal error when array field values used with Custom Document Body merge tags
  • Fix PHP 8 fatal error with repeater field arrays in PDF export
3.2.5 2 Feb 2026 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix merge tags not processing in PDF document settings (title, header fields, custom body)
  • Fix repeater field values not rendering correctly in PDF output

2024 2 versions

3.2.4 13 Jun 2024 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Release Tag
3.2.3 20 May 2024 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Prevent deprecated notice for dynamic property
  • Ensure null field data does not throw PHP 8+ error

2023 2 versions

3.2.2 1 Aug 2023 1 removed
Removed
  • Remove errantly included font libraries
3.2.1 8 Feb 2023 1 new1 fixed1 removed
New
  • Add testing reproduction and code coverage
Fixed
  • Ensure false value in repeater doesn't throw error
Removed
  • Remove warning by adding required return types

2022 2 versions

3.2.0 7 Mar 2022 1 new
New
  • Add filter to customize basic mPDF configuration
3.1.7 3 Jan 2022 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Correct output of fieldset fields, was showing 'Array Array Array'

2021 3 versions

3.1.6 15 Nov 2021 3 fixed1 removed
Fixed
  • Enable missing merge tags for output on document
  • Enable filename customizations (requires Ninja Forms v3.6.6 )
  • Ensure custom filename is a valid filename to prevent submission error
Removed
  • Remove obsolete legacy banner
3.1.5 18 Oct 2021 1 new2 fixed
New
  • Add link to create PDF on new submissions page
Fixed
  • Fix custom output does not trigger on Windows servers
  • Fix custom body not present if submission is not stored
3.1.4 25 Jan 2021 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Resolved an issue that was causing the contents of paragraph fields to get cut off if they contained line breaks.
  • Corrected an oversight that sometimes resulted in PDF files being corrupted upon export.

2020 3 versions

3.1.3 9 Sep 2020 2 new
New
  • Added support for custom PDF body.
  • Added support for custom PDF filename.
3.1.2 12 Feb 2020 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Corrected an issue that sometimes caused PDF files to be truncated under certain conditions.
3.1.1 6 Jan 2020 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Corrected an issue that sometimes caused blank pages to be inserted into PDF exports.

2019 1 version

3.1.0 25 Nov 2019 1 new1 improved
New
  • Added PDF customization settings, which can be found under the Advanced tab in the form builder.
Improved
  • We've updated our PDF library to use MPDF.

2018 1 version

3.0.5 9 Mar 2018 1 new1 fixed
New
  • Added checks for some null fields
Fixed
  • Fixed 'No Block-level Parent Found' issue in DOM PDF. Note: if you customized your PDF template file you'll have to use the new template file and redo your changes.

2017 5 versions

3.0.4 13 Sep 2017 2 new
New
  • Add a check for Ninja Forms to be active before running the PHP version check.
  • Added support for Field Keys when customizing the PDF.
3.0.3 3 May 2017 1 new1 improved1 fixed
New
  • Added a notice for websites that run PHP 5.5 and lower. We'll drop support for < PHP 5.6 in coming version.
Improved
  • Allow modification of fields that are used in document via filter: nf_sub_document_fields
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug that prevented admin labels from being displayed in PDF document.
3.0.2 17 Mar 2017 3 fixed
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug that prevented correct pdf.css stylesheet overriding.
  • Fixed a bug that caused fields to be in incorrect order.
  • Fixed a bug that incorrectly attached PDF to emails.
3.0.1 24 Oct 2017 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug with attaching the PDF to the Email.
3.0.0 15 Jan 2017 1 improved1 removed
Improved
  • Updated with Ninja Forms v3.x compatibility
Removed
  • Deprecated Ninja Forms v2.9.x compatible code

2015 3 versions

1.3.5 7 Oct 2015 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fixed compatibility issues with Ninja Forms: Table Editor
1.3.4 16 Sep 2015 1 improved1 fixed
Improved
  • Add support for multiple uploaded files in PDF.
Fixed
  • Fixed a fatal that was caused by accessing an array of an object pre PHP 5.4.
1.3.3 4 Jun 2015 3 improved1 fixed
Improved
  • Adding a form submission ID which can be added to the PDF. See the ninja_forms_submission_pdf_fetch_sequential_number filter.
  • Adding paragraph tags to the field values with wpautop(). Necessary for multi-paragraph values.
  • The ninja_forms_submission_pdf_name filter now works for email attachments and for PDFs downloaded via the admin
Fixed
  • Adding support for Fields Uploads extension. Will display the url to the file.

2014 5 versions

1.3.2 1 Dec 2014 1 improved
Improved
  • Removing fields from the PDF which are conditionally not shown to the user
1.3.1 29 Oct 2014 1 improved
Improved
  • Adding support for table editor
1.3 15 Sep 2014 1 improved
Improved
  • Using new notifications settings in Ninja Forms 2.8
1.2 28 Jul 2014 1 new2 improved
New
  • Adding ninja_forms_submission_pdf_fetch_date filter to add the submission date to the form
Improved
  • Using new admin_label in pdf if available
  • Passing form fields & form ID into template
1.1 24 Jun 2014 1 new
New
  • Attach PDFs to user email

Undated 1 version

1.0 1 changed
Changed
  • Initial release! PDF all the things!