About this plugin
Emboss – PDF Invoices and Packing Slips for WooCommerce generates clean, professional PDF documents for every order: invoices for unpaid orders, receipts with a PAID badge for completed orders, packing slips for fulfillment, and credit notes for refunds. Documents attach to WooCommerce emails automatically and customers can download them from My Account.
The plugin is easy to set up, free, lightweight, and built to feel native inside WooCommerce. Every dropdown, button, and notice uses WooCommerce and WordPress core styles. There is no premium tier, no upsell, and no third-party tracking.
Why this plugin
- Easy setup in 60 seconds. Activate, add a logo, and you’re done. Every setting is optional.
- Smart document type. Receipts show a PAID badge with payment date and method. Invoices show the amount due. Credit notes are auto-generated for refunds.
- Tax-compliant sequential numbering with database-level locking, so two orders placed at the same moment never share a number.
- HPOS native. Built for WooCommerce’s high-performance order storage from day one. No legacy get_post_meta() calls on orders.
- Block Checkout compatible.
- Lightweight footprint. One PDF library (DOMPDF), one bundled font (DejaVu Sans). No bloat.
- Native WooCommerce settings tab under WooCommerce > Settings > Invoices. Uses SelectWoo, the WP color picker, and the WordPress media library.
Documents generated
- Invoice for orders awaiting payment.
- Receipt with PAID badge for completed orders.
- Credit note for full or partial refunds.
- Packing slip for order fulfillment.
Where documents appear
- Attached to the customer Processing, Completed, and Refunded emails.
- Attached to the New Order email sent to the store admin.
- Available from the customer’s My Account > Orders screen.
- Available on the order received (Thank You) page, including for guest customers.
- Available from the WooCommerce admin order list and order detail screens.
Privacy
The plugin does not collect telemetry, does not phone home, and does not load assets from any CDN.
External services
One optional feature contacts an external service. It is disabled by default and only runs when the merchant opts in.
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QR codes on packing slips (Branding settings > QR code on packing slips). com/v1/create-qr-code/ (the QR Server API ) and embeds it inline in the packing slip. The encoded payload is the order edit URL.
Each unique payload is cached locally for 12 hours so repeat printing of the same order does not call the API again. If the API is unreachable, the packing slip still prints — without the QR. Privacy policy and terms of service.
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Provider: Foundata GmbH (Germany)
- Terms of Service: goqr.me/de/rechtliches
- Privacy Policy: goqr.me/de/rechtliches/datenschutz-qrserver.html
The API is free and does not require registration.
If you do not want any external service contact, leave the QR setting off (the default).