PDF Generation

Generate professional PDF documents for every quote request and quote reply. Available in the Extended tier.

Two Types of PDFs

1. Request PDF (automatic)

Generated when a customer submits a quote request. Attached to the admin notification email.

Contains:

• Shop name and date
• Reference number (LQ-2026-0042)
• Customer: name, company, email, phone
• Product: name, SKU, variation, quantity, URL
• Customer message
• Footer

2. Quote PDF (on send)

Generated when you send a quote reply with a price. Attached to the customer's email.

Contains:

• Shop header with logo and address
• Blue title bar: "QUOTE LQ-2026-0042"
• Date and validity period
• Customer information
• Price table: product, unit price, quantity, subtotal, discount, total
• Notes and conditions
• Legal mentions (if configured)
• Professional footer

Setup

1. Go to WooCommerce > LiteQuote > PDF
2. Enable "Generate a PDF for each quote request"
3. Optionally upload your shop logo
4. Optionally enable local archive
5. Save

Archive

When enabled, PDFs are saved to:

wp-content/uploads/litequote-quotes/LQ-2026-0001.pdf

The directory is protected with a .htaccess file (Deny from all).

Auto-Purge

Set a retention period (default: 90 days). A daily WP-Cron task automatically deletes PDFs older than this period.

Technical Details

• Library: FPDF 1.86 (included in the plugin, no Composer required)
• Format: A4 portrait
• Encoding: ISO-8859-1 (with UTF-8 transliteration for accented characters)
• No external dependencies
• Logo formats: PNG, JPG (auto-resized to max 150px width)
• Reference numbers: auto-incremented, never duplicated