Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Print Friendly & PDF for WordPress.com

Now you can add the one-and-only Print Friendly & PDF button to your WordPress.com website!

PrintFriendly makes your website look great when printed, and saves paper and ink. It cleans and optimizes webpages before printing, plus you can remove-images, change text-size, and save as PDF. It's free, and easy to add to WordPress.com. Learn more about Print Friendly & PDF.

These instructions are for WordPress.com, not to be confused with WordPress.org. If you're using WordPress.org for self-hosted and hosted WordPress sites, you can get the PrintFriendly Plugin for WordPress.org.

Step 1: Go to Sharing Settings

From Your Dashboard, click "Settings", then click "Sharing".




Step 2: Add a New Service

From the Sharing Settings, click "Add a new Service".


In the Popup Window, enter...

  • Service name: Print & PDF (Or your preferred name)
  • Sharing URL: http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=%post_full_url% 
  • Icon URL: http://cdn.printfriendly.com/icon-print-friendly-16x16.png
  • Click "Create Share"



Step 3: Drag-and-Drop Print Friendly Button to "Enabled Services"

Left-Click (and hold) the new Print & PDF button. Drag to "Enabled Services", and release the mouse button. Don't forget to save!



That's it! You should see the Print & PDF button on the bottom of every post.