There are 4 sub-settings under the main WP PDF Stamper Settings.
1. General PDF Stamper Settings
Under the general settings there are two fields:
- Secret Key for PDF Stamping: You can specify a random code (secret key) in this field which will be used to authenticate any PDF stamp request. The default value is good enough as it is uniquely generated.
- Destination Directory of Stamped Files: In this field you need to specify the URL of the directory where you want to keep your stamped PDF files. The default value is good enough for this field too.
2. PDF Stamper Text Format Settings
There are four fields under this setting. All these settings apply to the text that will be stamped in the PDF file.
- Font Color: You can specify The font color in RGB (Red, Green, Blue) value in this field.
- Font Size: The size of the font you want to use in the stamp.
- Text Alignment: You can specify if your text of the stamp will be aligned to the left, right or center.
3. PDF File Security Settings
The file security settings allows you to control the encryption and accessibility of the PDF file:
- Enable PDF File Encryption – If checked the stamped PDF file will be encrypted.
- Allow Print – The user is allowed to print the stamped PDF file. If you do not want your customers to be able to print it then uncheck this field.
- Allow Copy – The user is allowed to copy or otherwise extract text and graphics from the stamped PDF file. If you do not want your customers to be able to copy any text or images from the PDF file then uncheck this field.
- Allow Modify – The user with full acrobat product range is allowed to modify the contents of the stamped file. If you do not want the file to be modifiable then uncheck this field.
- File Password – User password to open the file (you can either use a set password or specify it to use the email address of the customer as the password)
4. Footer or Header Text Layout Settings
There are 3 options in this setting:
- Line Distance from the Bottom of the Page: The value you specify in this field is used to determine the position of the text to be stamped in the PDF file. The default value is 15 millimeter (so the stamped text will be placed 15 millimeters above the bottom edge of the page).
- Line Spacing: This value determines the space between the lines. The default value is 5 millimeter.
- Footer Text: You can the specify the text which will be stamped in the PDF file in this filed. The default text stamps the customer name and address in the footer of every page of the PDF file. If you want to stamp any other customer information (e.g customer email address, phone number) then you need to specify that variable within bracers { } which will be replaced by the value dynamically.
Stamping Text Dynamic Variables
At the moment you can specify the following variables/tags in the stamping text area that will be replaced dynamically at transaction time when you use it with a payment system (Example: PayPal, WP eStore, WooCommerce, Clickbank):
- {customer_name} – This will be replaced with the name of the customer making the purchase
- {first_name} – This will be replaced with the first name of the customer
- {last_name} – This will be replaced with the last name of the customer
- {customer_email} – This will be replaced with the email address of the customer making the purchase
- {customer_phone} – This will be replaced with the phone number of the customer making the purchase
- {customer_address} – This will be replaced with the address of the customer making the purchase (if available during the checkout process)
- {customer_business_name} – This will be replaced with the business name of the customer making the purchase (Please note that this will only work when the person paying for the item has a business name and it is collected by the payment gateway during the transaction)
- {transaction_id} – The unique transaction ID of the purchase
- {date} – Stamping date
Once you are done with settings you can click on “Update Options” to save your current settings. If you have made mistake while configuring the settings and messed up everything, you can also click the “Reset to Default” button and all the settings will be set to default.
Hey, it’s me again.
We are using the wp eStore & PDF Stamper… they are working GREAT! It is doing exactly what we need and it was easy to set up. We really appreciate your hard work that was put into this. Your release of the PDF stamper came just in time for us.. Thanks!
Is it possible to have another field pulled over to be stamped into the PDF file? (e.g. Business, Church) I understand that the information being stamped is a part of the IPN via PayPal, but we are in need of having their Business or Church name stamped into the file as well. That way we know who it belongs to. Is there a way to pull a custom field over into the stamping process upon payment notification?
Again, thanks for your hard work. I know how much is involved in this process and y’all have got it together!
Thanks!
Graham Hart
IT Coordinator
Randall House Publications
615-361-1221 x346
Hi Graham, PayPal does send the business name as part of the IPN data. I can add it in the plugin if that helps.
The reason I didn’t add this was that not every transaction will have the “Business Name” present… for example, if a customer makes a payment with a personal PayPal account or with a credit card but leaves the business name field empty then there will be no information for this field.
I was hoping to use the PDF-Stamper for my printable downloadable books but they come in two sizes – 8.5×11 and 5.5×8.5. The problem I’m having is the stamper causes the pages to resize (become larger) on both books, which is unacceptable. Is there any way around this?
Hi Kristin, We are currently working on this and should have an update for the PDF Stamper out later today. This should fix the issue you are having.
You can read more about this issue and the new update here:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/pdf-page-size-is-changed-when-footer-is-stamped
Fabulous!! Thank you very much… the improvements listed with be very helpful! 🙂
Where’s the documentation about where you can encrypt the PDF so that it can’t be printed, modified, or copied which is one of the features mentioned on: http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-pdf-stamper-plugin-2332
It’s in the settings menu. I added this feature recently so haven’t updated the documentation yet.
Hi,
I want to offer a free pdf file as a gift for signing up. Is there any way to stamp a “Free” pdf file with the stamper plugin?
RC
@Rob, http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-pdf-stamper/pdf-stamper-miscellaneous-usage-137/comment-page-1#comment-127
Can stamp the order number of WooCommerce?
@gilberth, If you use the following Dynamic Variable this should work.
{transaction_id} – The unique transaction ID of the purchase
Hello,
I accidentally erased the shortcode for the download link in the delivery email – anyone knows what it is ?
Thanks
C.
@Cedric, The shortcode for the stamped PDF file download link in the email is the following:
{product_link}
Where does PDF Stamper pull the information from to stamp the site? We have a membership system we’re using, and a potential client who would like to use our system along with PDF Stamper. How can we make sure our user data is accessible to your shortcodes?
– Dave
@David, The stamper gets the data from the payment gateway. Given your scenario, the following might be helpful so have a look at it:
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-pdf-stamper/pdf-stamper-creating-a-download-now-button-for-wp-users-242