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WooCommerce PDF invoice plugins: 625 results, one plugin with 300,000 installs

A cited teardown of WooCommerce PDF invoice plugins on WordPress.org: installs, ratings, 1 to 2 star shares, update dates, and Pro pricing.

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Data collected Oct 19, 2026 (PT) from the public WordPress.org Plugins API and two vendor pricing pages, all loaded directly. Ratings are converted from WordPress.org's 0 to 100 score to stars. Anything marked "estimate" is our judgment.

The short version

Search WordPress.org for "woocommerce pdf invoice" and the Plugins API reports 625 results. That number is misleading. One plugin owns the category.

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce by WP Overnight has 300,000+ active installs. The runner-up, WebToffee's plugin, has 50,000+. That's a 6x gap. The leader is also the best rated: 5.0 stars from 1,865 ratings, with only 14 of them (0.75%) at 1 or 2 stars.

You don't beat that on general quality. You go around it.

The field

PluginActive installsRating (ratings)1 to 2 star shareLast updated
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips (WP Overnight)300,000+5.0 (1,865)0.75%2026-10-08
Germanized for WooCommerce (broader DE compliance)70,000+4.8 (495)4.2%2026-10-13
WebToffee PDF Invoices, Packing Slips50,000+4.9 (285)3.5%2026-09-29
Booster for WooCommerce (multi-tool)30,000+4.6 (534)9.7%2026-10-15
Print Invoice & Delivery Notes (Tyche)30,000+4.4 (139)13.7%2026-08-04
Challan (WebAppick)7,000+4.5 (46)8.7%2026-10-15
Flexible PDF Invoices (WP Desk)6,000+4.4 (37)16.2%2026-10-14
PDF Invoices Italian Add-on4,000+4.6 (16)6.3%2026-08-19
PDF Builder for WooCommerce (RedNao)2,000+4.7 (145)6.2%2026-10-15
PDF Invoice Japan for WooCommerce300+5.0 (4)0%2026-10-19

All figures come from the WordPress.org Plugins API. The 1 to 2 star share is (1 star + 2 star ratings) divided by total ratings.

What upgrades cost

Both leaders sell Pro versions as site licenses:

So about $69 (or €69) for a single site is the going rate. Anyone pricing above that needs a clear reason.

Three things the data says

1. The multi-tool plugins have unhappier users. Booster, Tyche's plugin, and WP Desk's plugin get 9.7% to 16.2% of their ratings at 1 or 2 stars. The leader's share is 0.75%. Those low-star reviews are the cheapest research you can do: they list what people wanted and didn't get (estimate).

2. Local versions already exist and people install them. An Italian add-on has 4,000+ installs. A Japanese invoice plugin has 300+ and was updated the day we pulled the data. Buyers will install a plugin that handles their country's invoice rules. Other countries may be underserved, but check each country's actual requirements before building (estimate).

3. Everyone ships often. Every plugin in the table had an update between August and October 2026. A plugin that goes quiet will look abandoned next to these.

What we'd do

Don't launch another general WooCommerce PDF invoice plugin. The leader's scale and rating make that a slow fight.

Instead:

Method

We queried the WordPress.org Plugins API for "woocommerce pdf invoice" and took the first 15 results. We dropped off-topic results (shipment tracking, WooCommerce Tax, custom order numbers, and one plugin without a listed author). Install counts are WordPress.org's rounded brackets. Pro prices come from the vendors' own pages, loaded directly. Not legal advice.

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