GitHub Repository<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nThe \/src<\/code> directory contains all unminified source files. The plugin uses webpack for building production assets. To rebuild from source:<\/p>\n\n\n- Clone the repository<\/li>\n
- Run
npm install<\/code> to install dependencies<\/li>\n- Run
npm run build<\/code> to compile assets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nPrivacy<\/h3>\n\n
PressPrimer Certificate stores certificate data (templates, issued certificates, recipient references, and issuance events) in your WordPress database under your full control. PDF and QR code generation happen locally on your server. No certificate or recipient data is ever transmitted to external servers. The single exception to \"nothing leaves your site\" is the optional email-course opt-in described under External Services; it sends only an email address that an administrator explicitly typed in and submitted.<\/p>\n\n
Issued certificates are public to anyone who has the link or the credential ID. The certificate's share page, its verification result, and its PDF download open without signing in and show the recipient's name, the certificate title, the issuer, the issue and expiry dates, and the full certificate with every merge field placed on its design (which can include the recipient's email address if the template uses that field). Core credential IDs are long, random, and never sequential, and rate limiting makes guessing them impractical, but anyone a recipient shares the link with, or who scans the QR code, sees the same information. If your site must meet GDPR or similar rules, say so in your privacy policy: the plugin adds suggested wording under Settings > Privacy > Policy Guide.<\/p>\n\n
The plugin integrates with the WordPress Privacy API:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Tools > Export Personal Data<\/strong> includes all certificates issued to the requested person, including certificates issued to their email address without a site account.<\/li>\n
- Tools > Erase Personal Data<\/strong> permanently deletes those certificates and removes the person from activity records on other certificates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Verification and download events are stored without IP addresses or user agents, and verification records are cleaned up on a configurable retention schedule. Administrators can permanently delete all plugin data via Settings > Advanced > \"Remove all data on uninstall\" before uninstalling the plugin.<\/p>\n\n
External Services<\/h3>\n\n
This plugin offers an optional free email course for administrators. When (and only when) a user types their email address into the opt-in form and clicks the subscribe button, the plugin connects to pressprimer.com to register the subscription.<\/p>\n\n
\n- When:<\/strong> Only on an explicit opt-in submission. No request is ever made automatically (no telemetry, no activation pings, no environment data).<\/li>\n
- What data:<\/strong> The typed email address and a tag naming which screen the form was on. Nothing else.<\/li>\n
- Unsubscribing:<\/strong> Every email includes an unsubscribe link, honored immediately.<\/li>\n
- Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/pressprimer.com\/terms-conditions\/<\/li>\n
- Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/pressprimer.com\/privacy-policy\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Dismissing the offer is remembered permanently and is stored only on your own site.<\/p>\n\n
Third-Party Libraries<\/h3>\n\n
The plugin bundles the following open-source software (nothing is loaded from a CDN and no external requests are made):<\/p>\n\n
\n- TCPDF<\/strong> (6.11.3, pinned) \u2014 LGPL-3.0 by Nicola Asuni \/ Tecnick.com \u2014 renders certificate PDFs on your server. Its bundled barcode module also generates the QR codes. https:\/\/github.com\/tecnickcom\/TCPDF<\/li>\n
- Recharts<\/strong> (3.x) \u2014 MIT \u2014 draws the dashboard's awarded-over-time chart. Compiled into the plugin's script bundles. https:\/\/github.com\/recharts\/recharts<\/li>\n
- Day.js<\/strong> (1.x) \u2014 MIT \u2014 date handling in the admin apps. Compiled into the plugin's script bundles. https:\/\/github.com\/iamkun\/dayjs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
The bundled fonts are all licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, with license files shipped alongside each family: \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n
Automatic Installation<\/h4>\n\n\n- Go to Plugins > Add New<\/strong> in your WordPress admin<\/li>\n
- Search for \"PressPrimer Certificate\"<\/li>\n
- Click Install Now<\/strong> and then Activate<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Navigate to Certificates<\/strong> in your admin menu; the setup tour will walk you through your first certificate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
LMS Integration<\/h4>\n\n
If you have PressPrimer Quiz, PressPrimer Assignment, LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, or LearnPress installed, their triggers are enabled automatically. Open a certificate template's Award tab to connect it, choose a specific course or quiz, or an \"Any\" option to cover them all.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nIs this really free, or is it a limited trial?<\/h3><\/dt>\nIt's genuinely free and not locked down. PressPrimer Certificate includes unlimited templates, unlimited certificates, the full designer, plugin integrations, public verification, bulk actions, and branded HTML email in the free version. Optional Educator, School, and Enterprise add-ons add features such as custom fonts, wallet cards, bulk awarding, issuing organizations, Open Badges, and an audit log; the Upgrade page under Certificates compares them, and the free plugin never loses a feature.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does this plugin require an LMS?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. PressPrimer Certificate is fully functional with no LMS installed; you can design certificates and issue them manually to any user. When PressPrimer Quiz, PressPrimer Assignment, LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, or LearnPress is detected, automatic issuance triggers become available.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I issue a certificate to someone without an account on my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\nThe free plugin issues certificates to your site's users, by hand or automatically. The Educator add-on's Issue One-Off sends a certificate to anyone by name and an optional email address, with no account or course needed, and WordPress's Export and Erase Personal Data tools find those certificates by email address.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it work with PressPrimer Quiz and PressPrimer Assignment?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Quiz pass thresholds and Assignment grades are included triggers with their own merge fields, so a certificate can show the score a learner earned.<\/p><\/dd>\n
How does verification work?<\/h3><\/dt>\nEvery certificate can include a unique credential ID and\/or a QR code. Scanning the QR code, clicking it, or typing the ID into your site's verification page shows whether the credential is valid, revoked, or expired, along with the recipient name, what it was awarded for, and the issue date. No account is needed to verify.<\/p><\/dd>\n
How do learners see the certificates they have earned?<\/h3><\/dt>\nThree ways. Each certificate is emailed as a PDF the moment it is issued. Learners can also visit a My Certificates page you create with the included block or [ppcert_my_certificates]<\/code> shortcode, which lists everything they have earned with verify and download links, status filters, and sorting. And every certificate has its own shareable view page with the certificate image and a PDF download.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan learners add a certificate to LinkedIn or a digital wallet?<\/h3><\/dt>\nEvery certificate has its own shareable page and PDF in the free plugin. The Educator add-on adds LinkedIn's Add to Profile button and share links for LinkedIn, X, and Facebook. The Enterprise add-on can also issue each certificate as a signed Open Badges 3.0 credential that learners add to a badge wallet such as the Learner Credential Wallet, or upload to Credly or Open Badge Passport.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I put a link to a learner's certificate on the course page itself?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Add the Certificate Link block (or the [ppcert_certificate_link]<\/code> shortcode) to a course, lesson, topic, or quiz page, or to any page where you have placed a PressPrimer quiz or assignment with its block or shortcode. Each logged-in learner sees one button that downloads their own certificate for that item (you can point it at the certificate page or the verification page instead), and nothing at all until they have earned it. If the learner has earned it more than once, the newest certificate is linked. Add a message in the block's settings and it appears in a panel with the button, only when the button shows, so you can congratulate the learner and explain the certificate without that text stranding on the page for everyone else. Point the block at a specific quiz, assignment, or post by ID, or at a template, when the page itself is not the source.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan a verifier download the PDF from the verification page?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Valid and expired certificates show a Download PDF button on the verification page, so an employer or registrar can keep a copy. Revoked certificates do not offer a download.<\/p><\/dd>\n
What happens if I edit a template after certificates have been issued?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNothing changes for existing certificates. Each certificate snapshots its design and data at issue time, so a certificate always looks exactly as it did the day it was earned. That includes the display name: a certificate keeps the name it was issued with. Template edits only affect future issuance.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can one certificate template cover all of my courses?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. On a template's Award tab, choose an \"Any\" option instead of a specific course, quiz, or lesson, and that one trigger awards for every item of that type (lessons and topics are scoped to a course you pick). Pair it with a certificate display name like \"{{source.course_title}} Certificate\" and each certificate is named after what earned it in the My Certificates list, on the verification page, and in emails.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can a merge field sit inside a sentence?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. In any text element, put the cursor where the value belongs and use the Insert Merge Field button. The line centers, wraps, and styles as one piece, so \"Awarded to {{recipient.display_name}} on [date]\" behaves like a single line of text. Merge fields also work in the certificate email's subject and body.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can someone edit a certificate PDF and change the name?<\/h3><\/dt>\nCertificate PDFs are generated with AES-256 protection that denies editing, so Acrobat and similar tools refuse to modify the text (unlike plain LMS certificates, which anyone can retype). Printing and text copying remain available. More importantly, every certificate's QR code and credential ID point to the verification page on your site, where the authoritative name, date, and status live. A tampered or fabricated PDF immediately mismatches what a verifier sees.<\/p><\/dd>\n
What page sizes do certificates use?<\/h3><\/dt>\nLetter, A4, Legal, and A3, in landscape or portrait. Choose a template's size in the designer's Size menu, and the site's default size under Settings > Appearance. Every starter design ships in Letter and A4; with A3 or Legal as your default, the starter gallery picks the matching designs and you switch the size in the designer. The PDF renders at print quality from the same layout you see on the canvas. The Educator add-on adds custom sizes.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I change how certificate emails look?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Certificate emails are HTML: your email logo (or your site name) at the top, the message in a white card, and a footer naming your site, with the certificate PDF attached. Under Settings > Email, choose the logo, write the message with bold, italics, lists, and links, add a View Certificate button with the {certificate_button} token, and send a test to any address to check it in Gmail, Outlook, or any other email app. Recipient names and certificate titles always appear as plain text.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I revoke or delete many certificates at once?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. On the Certificates screen, check the certificates you want, or check them all and choose \"Select all certificates that match these filters\", then pick Revoke, Reinstate, Resend email, or Delete from Bulk actions. A progress bar shows the work as it runs, and a summary lists anything skipped and why. Deleting every certificate that matches a filter asks you to type DELETE first. If you close the page partway, the Certificates screen offers to resume or discard the rest.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
2.1.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added: Certificate emails are branded HTML, with your email logo or site name at the top, the message in a white card, and a footer naming your site, matching PressPrimer Assignment's emails<\/li>\n
- Added: A View Certificate button in certificate emails: the new {certificate_button} token, included in the default email<\/li>\n
- Added: Settings > Email has an email logo, a formatted message editor with bold, italics, lists, and links, and test emails to any address<\/li>\n
- Added: A3 and Legal page sizes, in the designer and as the default certificate size under Settings > Appearance<\/li>\n
- Added: Bulk actions on the Certificates screen: revoke with one reason, reinstate, resend email, or delete the certificates you check<\/li>\n
- Added: Bulk actions can apply to every certificate matching the current search and filters, not just the ones on the page; deleting them all asks you to type DELETE first<\/li>\n
- Added: A bulk action interrupted by closing the page can be resumed or discarded from the Certificates screen<\/li>\n
- Added: PressPrimer Assignment triggers can require a minimum score in points, alongside or instead of a minimum grade percentage<\/li>\n
- Added: A Score (Points) merge field prints an assignment grade as points earned of points possible, such as 62 \/ 65<\/li>\n
- Added: The designer explains the dashed safe-print line around the page<\/li>\n
- Added: A one-time request for feedback after 50 certificates; dismiss it for good or postpone it for 30 days<\/li>\n
- Added: Support for the Educator, School, and Enterprise 2.1 add-ons, including certificates for people without a site account, credential ID formats and IDs from a spreadsheet, wallet cards, email templates, and brand kits<\/li>\n
- Improved: Certificate pages and public PDF downloads are rate limited per visitor, and certificate preview images use file names that can't be guessed from the credential ID<\/li>\n
- Improved: PDF downloads and email attachments share one file name, such as certificate-ab12-cd34-ef56.pdf<\/li>\n
- Improved: The designer's \"Changed elsewhere\" notice explains what can cause a save conflict and when the other save happened, and offers Reload<\/li>\n
- Improved: With A3 or Legal as the default size, the starter gallery preselects the matching A4 or Letter designs and explains how to change the size<\/li>\n
- Improved: Switching a design to a different page size keeps text, line thickness, and corner radius within their limits, so the design saves exactly as shown<\/li>\n
- Improved: Downloaded PDFs record the recipient's name in their document properties, matching the emailed copy<\/li>\n
- Improved: Saving a template while an add-on is inactive keeps that add-on's settings and design data<\/li>\n
- Changed: Clearing the From address on Settings > Email now sends from the site's administration email, and an invalid address shows an error when you save instead of being ignored<\/li>\n
- Changed: For developers,
ppcert_email_content<\/code> now carries the full HTML email; return 'text' from the new ppcert_email_format<\/code> filter to send plain-text emails as in 2.0<\/li>\n- Changed: For developers, new extension points for add-ons and integrations:
ppcert_issue_certificate()<\/code> arguments for recipients without an account, merge overrides, duplicate scope, and a supplied credential ID; duplicate-suppression refs as lists; and filters and actions for page sizes, credential IDs, email templates, render variants, bulk actions, certificate permissions, and deletion<\/li>\n- Fixed: Thin horizontal and vertical lines, including the rules and signature lines in the starter templates, draw perfectly straight on the canvas, in PDFs, and in certificate images<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The certificate page shows the recipient's name as it was issued, not their current account name<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Award triggers can only be viewed or changed by people allowed to edit that template<\/li>\n
- Fixed: A revoked certificate can no longer be emailed again, even from an old Resend link<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Erasing a person's data with WordPress's privacy tools also removes them from activity records on other people's certificates<\/li>\n
- Fixed: \"Remove all data on uninstall\" also removes certificate page previews and the font cache<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Two downloads or emails of the same certificate at the same moment no longer interfere with each other<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Certificate pages load on servers without the Imagick extension<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The verification page picker in Settings searches every published page, and a chosen page is no longer reported as deleted on sites with many pages<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Certificate links work on sites that use plain permalinks<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Certificate pages give themes that print a post date the correct local date<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Deactivating the plugin removes the certificate page addresses until it is activated again<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The \"verification page deleted\" notice shows only to people who can change settings<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Duplicated templates keep their settings; award triggers are still not copied<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The designer's merge-field samples from user meta always show your own values, not another administrator's<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The verification rate limit's time window no longer extends with every request<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The \"Changed elsewhere\" notice no longer opens under the WordPress admin bar<\/li>\n
- Fixed: On sites with no LMS or quiz plugin, the designer's Award tab shows the certificate name, validity, test email, and add-on settings instead of only a message about award sources<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The suggested privacy policy text describes the records the plugin keeps: verifications and downloads, not page views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed: On sites using LiteSpeed Cache with REST API caching, the template editor and other PressPrimer Certificate screens no longer load an outdated cached copy, which caused a false \"Changed elsewhere\" warning when saving a template<\/li>\n
- Improved: Certificate PDFs raise PHP's memory limit while rendering, so certificates using large custom fonts, such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean fonts, render reliably on hosts with a low default limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed: The certificate view page no longer lists the site's comments, or offers an Edit link that leads to the Posts list, on themes and page builders that exposed them. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added: Suggested privacy policy text under Settings > Privacy > Policy Guide, covering what certificates store and that certificate pages, verification, and PDF downloads are public to anyone with the link or credential ID<\/li>\n
- Added: Search and filters on the Certificates screen.<\/li>\n
- Added: Send yourself a test award email from the template editor.<\/li>\n
- Added: Four Geometric starter templates.<\/li>\n
- Added: Multi-page certificate rendering.<\/li>\n
- Added: An Upgrade page under the Certificates menu comparing the free plugin with the new Educator, School, and Enterprise tiers.<\/li>\n
- Added: Certificate Link block and shortcode.<\/li>\n
- Added: Download PDF button on the public verification page for valid and expired certificates, so a verifier can keep a copy without an account.<\/li>\n
- Added: WebP and AVIF images in certificate designs render in PDFs and previews on servers whose image library supports them.<\/li>\n
- Added: Short upgrade notes for administrators on the Settings Email tab and in the designer.<\/li>\n
- Added: Public developer API. New
ppcert_*()<\/code> functions let other plugins issue certificates, render PDFs, look up a learner's certificate, and build view and download links through a supported, stable surface.<\/li>\n- Added: Value-only award trigger support.<\/li>\n
- Added: Third-party certificate integrations now appear with their proper names everywhere the built-in integrations do, including while their plugin is deactivated.<\/li>\n
- Added: A duplicate-suppression scoping filter for integrations whose completion events carry per-occurrence references.<\/li>\n
- Added: Support for Educator, School, and Enterprise add-ons.<\/li>\n
- Added: Add-ons can scope the Certificates list (its Template and Source filters included), the Dashboard, and certificate actions to an issuing organization (used by School's owner and issuer roles)<\/li>\n
- Improved: Designer sidebar labels and help icons render at higher contrast.<\/li>\n
- Improved: Send Test Email on the Email settings tab saves your unsaved changes first, so the test always reflects what is on the page.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The verification form's Verify button uses the same button style as the rest of the plugin, and the credential ID field is sized for a credential ID instead of stretching across the page.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Themes can no longer underline the plugin's buttons and filter chips.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The Valid For controls in the designer's Award tab keep the number readable while its up and down controls are showing.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The designer's merge-field meta-key pickers, which read other users' and posts' data, are for administrators only.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Custom merge-field groups registered with a sub-field named \"label\", \"key\", or \"resolver\" no longer disappear from the designer palette.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The certificate view page's preview image keeps its layout wrapper instead of rendering flush against the details panel.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The verification result's status colors appear on the JavaScript-enhanced page as well as the no-JavaScript page.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Admin styling loads on every suite screen, including addon pages, so dropdowns keep their intended focus style.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: The Settings page shows its Save button on addon tabs.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: When a design uses a font that is unavailable, the designer canvas substitutes the same face the PDF uses, keeping the two identical.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: Temporary PDF files are removed through the WordPress file API, and uninstall cleanup queries use identifier placeholders throughout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Added: \"Any\" award options in the trigger picker. One trigger can award for any quiz, any course, or any lesson in a chosen course, so a single certificate covers your whole catalog.<\/li>\n
- Added: The QR code and credential ID on issued PDFs are now clickable links to the certificate's verification page.<\/li>\n
- Added: Alignment tools in the designer. Align and distribute selected elements from the toolbar, and matching-margin guides show measurements when two elements sit the same distance from opposite page edges.<\/li>\n
- Added: Certificate merge fields in the issuance email subject and body, so the email can name the exact course or quiz that was completed.<\/li>\n
- Added: Certificate display names. Set a display name pattern on the Award tab, like \"{{source.course_title}} Certificate\", and each certificate is named after what earned it in the My Certificates list, on its view and verification pages, in the admin list, and in emails. <\/li>\n
- Improved: Sample values in the designer's merge field menus render at higher contrast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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