{"id":1459,"date":"2019-04-09T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T10:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.openwebsolutions.in\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2019-04-09T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T10:27:42","slug":"generate-pdf-documents-wordpress-using-cpt-acf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openwebsolutions.in\/blog\/generate-pdf-documents-wordpress-using-cpt-acf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Generate PDF Documents in WordPress using CPT and ACF"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress allows us to easily generate PDF files and make them available for download. In this blog, I’ll explain how to simply create and open the PDF files with CPT<\/strong> and ACF<\/strong> in the WordPress site.<\/p>\n

Create ACF Field<\/span><\/h3>\n

Advanced Custom Fields is a WordPress plugin which allows us to add\u00a0extra content fields<\/strong>\u00a0to our WordPress.\u00a0Please follow the steps below.<\/p>\n

\u2022 First download,\u00a0Advance Custom Fields<\/strong> plugins.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Next, go to the plugins<\/strong> option from the dashboard menu > Activate<\/em> the plugins.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0From the\u00a0Custom Fields<\/strong>\u00a0admin screen, click the\u00a0Add New<\/strong>\u00a0button to create a new field group.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Enter the field name > Click Add Field option.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Type the Field Label<\/strong> such as ‘PDF’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Select File<\/strong><\/em> option from Field Type.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Choose Location<\/strong>, where my field will be generated > Now Publish<\/em> the ACF.<\/p>\n

Create CPT UI Field<\/span><\/h3>\n

We can create our own custom post types and call them whatever we want. An amazing thing about this post type is that it can have different custom fields. Also, its own custom category structure. Plugins use is one of the easiest ways of creating a custom post type. Please follow the steps below.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At first, we need to do install and activate the\u00a0Custom Post Type UI\u00a0<\/a>plugin.<\/p>\n

\u2022 After activation, the plugin will add a new menu item in our WordPress admin menu called\u00a0CPT UI<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Now go to\u00a0CPT UI > Add New<\/strong>\u00a0to create a new custom post type, named \u2018Download<\/em>\u2019 and Post Type Slag<\/strong> named, \u2018download-pdf<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Now add a suitable icon from Dashicons<\/strong> (\u00a0https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/resource\/dashicons\/\u00a0<\/a>) for \u2018Download<\/em>\u2019 CPT.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Check only Title<\/em> option from\u00a0Supports<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n

\u2022 After creating CPT, go to \u2018Download<\/em>\u2019\u2019 page in dashboard > Click \u2018Add new<\/em>\u2019 option.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Enter title. Next, click the Add File<\/strong> option and choose the pdf file<\/em>. > Next Publish<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Now, go to\u00a0function.php<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>In the filefunctions.php<\/strong><\/em>, <\/strong>write the following code to create a custom post type –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

function get_download_pdf() {\r\n$args = array(\r\n'post_type'=> 'download_pdf',\r\n'post_per_page' => 20,\r\n'order' => 'ASC'\r\n);\r\n$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );\r\n\r\necho '<div class=\"row\">';\r\nwhile ($the_query>have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();\r\n\r\necho '<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12\">';\r\necho '<div class=\"pdf-download-field\">';\r\necho '<h6>'.get_the_title().'<\/h6>';\r\n$pdf = get_field( \"pdf\" );\r\necho '<a href=\"'.$pdf.'\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<img src=\"'.get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'img-location\" alt=\"pdf\"><\/a>';\r\necho '<a href=\"'.$pdf.'\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i> Download<\/a>';\r\necho '<\/div>';\r\necho '<\/div>';\r\n\r\nendwhile;\r\n\r\necho '<\/div>';\r\n\r\n}\r\nadd_shortcode( 'download-pdf', 'get_download_pdf' );<\/pre>\n
Now go to the page\u00a0in the dashboard where it will generate the pdf file and put the shortcode [download-pdf ] there.<\/p>\n
\/* CSS *\/\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Add some custom style here.<\/p>\n
This is the simplest way to create a PDF file in WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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