10 Best PDF Ink Lite Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
PDF Ink Lite has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to PDF Ink Lite
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DK PDF
Closest matchDK PDF – WordPress PDF Generator
4.5 (44) 3,000+ active installsDK PDF allows your site visitors generate PDF files from WordPress posts, pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products using a button.
Shares the Woocommerce PDF tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated January 15, 2026.
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4.2 (24) 1,000+ active installsGenerate dynamic PDF catalogs for WooCommerce products. Allow customers to download shop, category, or single product catalogs including images, price …
Shares the Woocommerce PDF tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated July 19, 2026.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 300 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.0 (28) 9,000+ active installsEasy Media Download allows you to embed download buttons on your WordPress site. Add file download functionality with this WordPress download plugin.
Shares the digital downloads tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.4 (60) 700+ active installsSell ebooks and digital downloads on WordPress. Upload, drop a shortcode, get paid with PayPal. Pro watermarks every PDF and ePub to its buyer.
Shares the digital downloads tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.6, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.7 (156) 20,000+ active installsEasily manage downloadable files and monitor downloads of your digital files from your WordPress site.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.9 (318) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically generate, email and download PDF documents from Gravity Forms entries
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, no update since July 23, 2025.
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4.4 (53) 20,000+ active installsEmbed a beautiful PDF viewer into pages.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.6, last updated April 21, 2026.
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PDF Poster – let visitors read PDFs without leaving the page
4.5 (146) 20,000+ active installsPDF Poster lets you embed PDF files in WordPress using a responsive viewer and block support, including full-screen, download, and print options.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.6, last updated 7 days ago.
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Secure Copy Content Protection
Paid version availableSecure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking
4.3 (62) 20,000+ active installsCopy Protection plugin is activated it disables the right click, copy paste, content selection and copy shortcut keys
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from PDF Ink Lite: common questions
What is the best alternative to PDF Ink Lite?
DK PDF is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which PDF Ink Lite alternative has the most users?
Forminator Forms, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which PDF Ink Lite alternative is rated highest?
Gravity PDF, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 318 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these PDF Ink Lite alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with PDF Ink Lite score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against PDF Ink Lite on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
DK PDF is the closest match to PDF Ink Lite by the data we track, and Forminator Forms has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Secure Copy Content Protection shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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