EntryFoundry — PDF Builder for Formidable Forms

EntryFoundry turns Formidable Forms entries into branded, print-ready PDF documents.

Use the visual builder to 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.

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, and signed-token document access modes.
• 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 roadmap

EntryFoundry Pro is in development and is not yet available on WordPress.org. The planned Pro edition builds on the Free visual builder with:

• 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.

Planned features may change before the Pro release. No Pro purchase is required to use the Free features listed above.

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 request-time email workflow.

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.

Getting Started

Create your first document

1. Open EntryFoundry > Add New EntryFoundry Template.
2. Choose Certificate, Document / Report, or Receipt / Simple Invoice.
3. Select the Formidable form that supplies the document data.
4. Choose an entry to use for the live preview.
5. Add or reposition fields, text, images, shapes, and tables.
6. Set the page background and document access mode.
7. Save the template.
8. 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:

Render the document as inline HTML:

Embed the PDF viewer:

You can also use the dedicated output shortcodes:

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.