Save as Image Plugin by PDFCrowd

Changelog

4.5.6

• Fixed CVE-2026-0862 by avoiding the use of an empty key for encryption.

4.5.5

• Enhanced descriptions of plugin options.

4.5.4

• Fixed: Prevent undefined AJAX URL by reliably exposing admin-ajax.php, avoiding clashes with third-party plugins.

4.5.3

• Fixed stored XSS vulnerability in shortcode by sanitizing custom HTML attributes with wp_kses_post().

4.5.2

• Renamed Pdfcrowd to PDFCrowd and other minor documentation changes.

4.5.1

• Fix CloudFlare issue by changing the default converter user agend.
• Unused error description removed.

4.5.0

• Error messages update.

4.4.1

• Drop support for PHP native data serialization.

4.4.0

• Fix PHP object injection vulnerability when processing custom data.

4.3.1

• Rename the “auto” value to “chrome-desktop” in the “Converter User Agent” option.
• New a “chrome-mobile” value for the “Converter User Agent” option.

4.3.0

• New “Converter User Agent” option.
• Minor improvement when a Conversion Mode other than URL is used.

4.2.2

• Fix XSS in the plugin settings.

4.2.1

• Fix Content Viewport Width and Content Viewport Height accepts a numeric value followed by the “px” unit to specify pixels.

4.2.0

• The “Conversion Config” JSON supports odd, even, and last for page definition.
• The “Print Page Range” option supports odd, even, and last for page selection.

4.1.0

• New “Conversion Config” option to define a custom page properties for each page by JSON.
• New “Conversion Config File” option to define a filepath for a conversion config JSON.

4.0.1

• Fix XSS in the plugin settings.

4.0.0

• New converter 24.04 is used by default for new installations. For existing installations, the selected converter is preserved. The upgrade can be performed using the “Auto-upgrade” button in the plugin settings or by manually setting the “Converter Version” option to “24.04.”
• New “Content Viewport Width” option as a replacement for the “Rendering Mode” and “Viewport Width” options for converter 24.04.
• New “Content Viewport Height” option as a replacement for the “Viewport Height” option for converter 24.04.
• New “Content Fit Mode” option as a replacement for the “Smart Scaling Mode” option for converter 24.04.
• New value “all” for the “Remove Blank Pages” option.

3.4.0

• New value “24.04” for the “Converter Version” option allows you to try a beta version of the new converter.

3.3.1

• Minor: Added a link to instructions for resolving an issue with the PDFCrowd license in the plugin settings.

3.3.0

• New: Show the PDFCrowd license error on the plugins dashboard and in the plugin details if this error occurs.
• Fix an issue with entering invalid HTML into the button style options.

3.2.3

• Fix an issue when the error in a plugin option is displayed.
• Updated the readme file.

3.2.2

• Fix an issue with entering invalid HTML into the textarea plugin options.

3.2.1

• Fix XSS in the button preview in the plugin settings.

3.2.0

• Fix XSS in the Custom HTML options of the plugin settings.
• Fix warning in the debug log in case of error.

3.1.0

• New “Max Loading Time” expert option to set the load time for the page and its assets.

3.0.1

• Minor update in the plugin documentation.

3.0.0

• Revamped the plugin settings page, now featuring Basic and Expert modes.
• Added controls to filter options and display only the changed ones.
• Added notification of unsaved changes.

2.17.0

• New “Error Page” option to define custom error page.

2.16.1

• Fix XSS on the Appearance section of the plugin settings.

2.16.0

• New “Custom CSS” option to apply custom CSS to the input HTML document.

2.15.1

• Fix the image callback function can access email_to field.
• Fix deprecation warnings for PHP 8.2.7.

2.15.0

• New “Remove Blank Pages” option to choose which empty pages should be removed from the output PDF.

2.14.1

• Retry conversion on error 503.
• Deprecated string interpolation in PHP code was replaced.

2.14.0

• Removed deprecated options “Auto Use Cookies” and “Use HTTP”.

2.13.0

• New “The whole HTML contents fits the print area of a single page with respect to the page height/width ratio.” mode for “Smart Scaling Mode” option.

2.12.0

• New “readability-v4” mode for “Readability Enhancements” option.
• Minor text update in plugin settings.

2.11.0

• Update: Images can be used as a watermark and a background in Save as PDF plugin.
• New: added “email_to” record to $data[‘options’] argument of Image Created Callback
• Minor Update: text in plugin settings.

2.10.0

• New “readability-v2” and “readability-v3” modes for “Readability Enhancements” option.
• Minor text update in plugin settings.

2.9.4

• Minor update of documentation links.

2.9.3

• Minor update of the text of the error message.

2.9.2

• Minor text update in plugin settings.

2.9.1

• Fix: Auto Use Cookies option is applied to Conversion Mode Content.
• Fix: Use Mobile User Agent option is applied to Conversion Mode Upload.

2.9.0

• New “Enable PDF Forms” option to convert HTML forms to fillable PDF forms.
• Minor update in error messages.

2.8.1

• Improved: Automatic conversion retry on HTTP status codes 429 and 430.

2.8.0

• New “Auto Detect Element To Convert” option to detect the main contents automatically.
• New “Readability Enhancements” option to emphasize the main contents.
• New “pdfcrowd-source-title” CSS class available for header and footer HTML.
• Minor documentation updates.

2.7.1

• Minor update – error messages added for status code 432 and 483.

2.7.0

• New “Use Mobile User Agent” option to use a mobile user agent for the conversion.

2.6.2

• Minor fix – the hyperlinks to the PDFCrowd API documentation have been updated.

2.6.1

• Minor update in links to the documentation.

2.6.0

• New “URL Lookup” option. It allows to choose how to retrieve URLs for the Conversion Mode-URL.
• New “Diagnostics” option. It allows a developer to print some useful data.
• Minor fix and text updates in plugin settings.

2.5.1

• Fix of the plugin options saving.

2.5.0

• New “Indicator Timeout” option to set the maximum time the conversion indicator is displayed.
• Minor fix in the indicator code.

2.4.1

• “HTTP Auth User Name”, “HTTP Auth Password”, “Cookies”, “Fail On Main URL Error” and “Fail On Any URL Error” options are applied for “Conversion Mode – Upload” too.
• Fixes multiple line warning.
• Minor code cleanup.

2.4.0

• Set the default value of “Conversion Mode” to “URL”.
• “Hide parameters” button added in plugin admin settings.

2.3.0

• New “Email From” option.
• The default value of “Conversion Mode” is “URL”.
• The “Conversion Mode” and “Automatically use cookies” options have been moved to a new “Mode” settings category.

2.2.1

• Predefined header and footer are available in plugin settings.
• Minor documentation and error message changes.

2.2.0

• New “Email Cc” option.
• New “Email Bcc” option.
• New “Button Id” option.
• New “Hide Button in HTML” option.
• Fixes in email button disposition.

2.1.1

• New configuration wizard.

2.1.0

• New “User-Created Drawings” option for the “Content” conversion mode. It helps to capture user-created canvas drawings.
• New “Output Name” option – specifies the output filename directly in plugin settings. It can still be rewritten with a shortcode or PHP function.
• Fixed UTF-8 output filename for MS Edge.
• Fixed error in “Send the image via e-mail”

2.0.0

• New “Converter Version” option – specifies the version of the internal PDFCrowd converter. Details about PDFCrowd versioning.
• New “Load Iframes” option – specifies how iframes are handled.
• New “Locale” option – specifies the locale for conversions.
• New value “Send the image via e-mail” added to the “Button Click Action” options. It sends the output file via customized e-mail using these settings:
  • Email Recipient
  • Email Subject
  • Email Message
  • Email Dialogs
• New “Background Color” option – sets an RGBA background color.
  • “Main Document Css Annotation” – adds special CSS classes into header/footer for page number detection.
• New value “inline” for the button position – it is useful for placing the button inside a text.
• More detailed debug log information.
• Improved the plugin localization.

1.11.0

• New “Button Text Translation” option – allows to use translation for the button text.

1.10.0

• New “Change on Mouse Over” option – highlights the button when the mouse pointer is hovering over it.
• Fixed issue with external link to plugin settings section.

1.9.1

• Fixed issue with missing assets in the plugin setup.

1.9.0

• New “Conversion in Progress Indicator” option – a customizable visual indicator is shown when the conversion is in progress.
• Fixed issue with the button appearence in MS Edge.

1.8.1

• Improved the converted page URL detection.

1.8.0

• Fixed the issue with the converted page URL when some third party WP plugins are used.

1.7.0

• New value “open the image in a new browser tab” for the “Button Click Action” option.
• Minor change of descriptions for values in the “Button Click Action” option.

1.6.0

• Added support for parameters in the page URL.
• Added support for missing protocol in links.
• Added function pdfcrowd_save_as_image($options). It’s useful for acccessing PDFCrowd API directly.

1.5.0

• Added HTML template rendering with custom JSON, XML, YAML and CSV data.

1.4.1

• Button to reset settings to default values was added to plugin settings page.
• Fix demo license usage.

1.4.0

• Added a convertion mode “content” to convert the current HTML contents shown in the browser.
• Minified JavaScript files for faster page load.

1.3.0

• Added an option to convert local file by the shortcode or the function call.
• Fix of multiline shortcode parameters.

1.2.2

• Refactor description in plugin settings.
• Added a flag describing the button creation mode.

1.2.1

• Fix of conversion auto mode.

1.2.0

• New value “auto” for the Conversion Mode.
• New option “Auto Use Cookies” for an automatic use of the current cookies for the conversion.
• Avoid double-click on the conversion button.
• Better error message for error code 452.

1.1.0

• New option “Custom HTML” which allows to specify custom HTML for the conversion button.
• New option “Image Created Callback” which allows to manipulate with the output file.
• New option “Conversion Mode”. The “Run in DEV Mode” option was removed, you can use the “Conversion Mode” values “url” or “development” instead.
• New options: Page Watermark Url, Multipage Watermark Url, Page Background Url, Multipage Background Url.
• Improved conversion of password-protected pages.
• Admin settings reordered.

1.0.1

• Fixed issue with missing input when create_save_as_image_pdfcrowd_button is used.

1.0.0

• Initial version