About this plugin
EntryFoundry is a visual PDF builder and PDF generator for Formidable Forms. Create branded certificates, invoices, receipts, and reports from form entries without writing code.
Arrange fields and design elements on a page, preview the document with a real Formidable entry, and publish it without writing a custom PDF template. EntryFoundry works with the free Formidable Forms plugin.
Want to see it first? Click Live Preview on this page to open EntryFoundry in your browser with a sample form and entry, ready to turn into a certificate. Nothing is installed on your site.
What you can make
- Course and training certificates, awards, and certificates of attendance.
- Receipts, simple invoices, and order or booking confirmations.
- Application summaries, inspection reports, and multi-page entry reports.
- Membership cards and ID cards with the submitter’s photo.
- Any document that should be emailed to the submitter or the site owner after a form is submitted.
Included in EntryFoundry Free
- Visual drag-and-drop PDF builder inside WordPress.
- Live previews using an entry from the selected Formidable form.
- Formidable field values placed directly onto the document canvas.
- Heading, text, image, shape, manual-table, and entries-table elements.
- Three starter designs: Certificate, Document / Report, and Receipt / Simple Invoice.
- Fixed-page designs and flowing reports that continue onto additional pages.
- A4 portrait and landscape layouts with background colors and Media Library images.
- Typography, positioning, sizing, alignment, table styling, and image-fit controls.
- Private, capability-gated, entry-owner, and signed public-token document access modes.
- Formidable upload fields printed as photos, such as on ID cards.
- Rich-text fields printed with their bold, italic, list, and link formatting.
- Number and currency formats for fields and table columns.
- Preview PDF in the builder, and a choice of template for each Formidable email action.
- Shortcodes for PDF downloads, embedded PDF viewing, and inline HTML output.
- Shortcodes that can be placed on pages or inside Formidable Views.
- Automatic PDF generation after a new entry is created, with support for email attachments.
- A Generate / Test PDF screen for checking a template and entry before publishing.
EntryFoundry Pro
EntryFoundry Pro is the separately licensed add-on for teams that need advanced document logic and a larger template library. View features, pricing, and purchase options on the EntryFoundry Pro page. org.
EntryFoundry Pro adds:
- QR code and barcode elements with entry-aware values.
- Embedded shortcode elements with Formidable entry-token resolution.
- Conditional element visibility.
- Advanced date formatting.
- Repeater fields rendered as tables or lists, including multi-page flow and totals.
- Advanced entries-table controls, row visibility, and value-column calculations.
- Invoice, ID Card, and Ticket / Pass document profiles.
- Eleven additional premade designs for certificates, reports, invoices, ID cards, and event tickets.
- Flow trailers that keep totals, signatures, QR codes, and footers after variable-length content.
No Pro purchase is required to use the Free features listed above. Pro purchases can be refunded in full within 14 days, with refunds managed by Freemius. See the refund policy for the current terms.
Where documents can appear
EntryFoundry templates can provide:
- A PDF download link.
- An embedded PDF viewer.
- Inline HTML document output.
- A document inside a Formidable View.
- A PDF generated after form submission and attached to the entry’s Formidable email notifications.
EntryFoundry is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Strategy11 or Formidable Forms. Formidable Forms is a trademark of its respective owner.
Source code
Readable source for the visual builder is included in the plugin’s ui/ directory.
Getting Started
Create your first document
- Open EntryFoundry > Add New EntryFoundry Template.
- Choose Certificate, Document / Report, or Receipt / Simple Invoice.
- Select the Formidable form that supplies the document data.
- Choose an entry to use for the live preview.
- Add or reposition fields, text, images, shapes, and tables.
- Set the page background and document access mode.
- Save the template.
- Place the generated shortcode on a page or in a Formidable View.
Test a PDF manually
Go to EntryFoundry > Generate / Test PDF, enter the EntryFoundry template ID and Formidable entry ID, and click Generate PDF. Use the resulting download link to inspect the document.
Shortcode examples
The shortcode shown beside each template creates a PDF download link:
[entryfoundry_template id="123" entry="[id]"]
Render the document as inline HTML:
[entryfoundry_template id="123" entry="[id]" output="html"]
Embed the PDF viewer:
[entryfoundry_template id="123" entry="[id]" output="view"]
You can also use the dedicated output shortcodes:
[entryfoundry_download id="123" entry="[id]" label="Download PDF"]
[entryfoundry_view id="123" entry="[id]"]
Replace 123 with the EntryFoundry template ID. In a Formidable View, [id] resolves to the current entry ID.
Privacy
EntryFoundry Free generates and renders documents on your WordPress site. It does not send Formidable entry data to an external EntryFoundry document-generation service.
org-compliant Freemius SDK for optional usage tracking, account management, and add-on licensing. The opt-in screen explains the information Freemius receives, and you can skip data sharing. Formidable form entries and generated document content are not sent to Freemius.