Athenian PDF Product Catalogs for WooCommerce
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Athenian PDF Product Catalogs for WooCommerce creates template-driven PDF product catalogs from WooCommerce product, variation, image, price, and category data. It helps teams turn live catalog content into shareable sales documents without manually rebuilding PDFs outside the store while keeping data, permissions, and automation aligned with the broader Athenian Platform Ecosystem.
PDF Product Catalogs for WooCommerce is a catalog-generation platform plugin that turns live WooCommerce product data into branded, downloadable PDF catalogs. It helps store teams create wholesale catalogs, seasonal product books, category guides, technical product sheets, dealer resources, trade show handouts, internal sales references, and customer-facing product guides directly from WordPress.
Instead of rebuilding catalogs manually in design software, teams can create reusable catalog definitions inside WooCommerce, choose included products and categories, exclude product groups when needed, apply JSON-backed layout templates, group products by category, include product URLs or QR codes, and queue PDF generation from the admin interface. Generated files are stored in the WordPress uploads directory and can be reviewed or downloaded from the catalog manager.
The plugin includes a template builder workflow for reusable catalog layouts, saved settings profiles, theme CSS, cover sections, category sections, product card layouts, table of contents, product index, and back cover sections. It can render shortcode-builder layouts through Dompdf when available and includes a MiniPDF fallback for simpler PDF output or environments without full HTML/CSS rendering support.
For WooCommerce businesses with large catalogs, B2B sales teams, technical product lines, seasonal launches, or printed sales collateral needs, PDF Product Catalogs for WooCommerce turns the store catalog into a reusable publishing source. Product names, SKUs, prices, images, categories, links, QR codes, and template-driven branding can stay aligned with the live WooCommerce database, reducing manual layout work and making catalog updates easier to repeat.
Catalog Manager
Create Reusable PDF Catalogs From WooCommerce Products
PDF Product Catalogs for WooCommerce adds saved catalog definitions, product
selection, category filtering, image options, grouping controls, and generation
status directly inside WooCommerce admin.
| Catalog Control | Operational Value |
|---|---|
| Saved Catalogs | Create reusable catalog records that can be edited, regenerated, and downloaded later. |
| Product Selection | Add individual WooCommerce products through authenticated AJAX product search. |
| Category Rules | Include or exclude product categories and optionally group output by category. |
| Output Options | Control image size, product URLs, extra meta keys, and product card width. |
- Build catalogs from selected products, categories, or a combination of both.
- Use category grouping for organized product books and sales guides.
- Queue PDF generation without blocking the admin save workflow.
- Track draft, queued, generating, complete, and failed catalog states.
Template Builder
Design Repeatable Catalog Layouts With JSON-Backed Templates
The plugin includes reusable template packages, shortcode-builder settings profiles,
theme CSS, dynamic placeholders, and catalog sections for branded PDF layouts.
Cover, table of contents, category layouts, product cards, index, and back cover
Saved shortcode-builder settings for reusable design and rendering options
Bundled, uploaded, duplicated, and user-created JSON template packages
| Template Feature | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| Dynamic Tokens | Use placeholders for catalog, category, product, TOC, and index content. |
| Theme CSS | Apply branded colors, typography, spacing, and visual structure across exports. |
| QR Support | Include optional product QR codes that connect printed catalogs back to product pages. |
| Template Uploads | Upload JSON or ZIP template packages and manage user templates from wp-admin. |
- Create consistent catalog formats for multiple product groups or seasons.
- Preview, load, duplicate, delete, and upload catalog templates from admin tools.
- Separate reusable design profiles from catalog-specific product selection.
- Support wholesale, technical, seasonal, category-specific, and sales-team layouts.
PDF Generation
Generate Downloadable Catalog PDFs From Live Store Data
Catalog generation runs through Action Scheduler when available or WP-Cron as a
fallback, rendering selected WooCommerce data into downloadable PDF files and
companion HTML exports.
| Generation Layer | Operational Value |
|---|---|
| Queueing | Schedules catalog generation in the background instead of blocking admin requests. |
| Dompdf Rendering | Uses Dompdf when available for shortcode-builder HTML and CSS PDF output. |
| MiniPDF Fallback | Provides a lightweight fallback PDF path when full HTML rendering is unavailable. |
| Status Polling | Refreshes generation state and exposes the finished PDF link when ready. |
Catalog publishing from WooCommerce:
selected products, categories, images, prices, SKUs, URLs, QR codes, and
template branding can be regenerated from live store data whenever the catalog
needs to be refreshed.
- Store generated PDFs under the WordPress uploads catalog directory.
- Write companion HTML exports for shortcode-builder output and debugging.
- Use product collection filters and extra meta filters for extensible output.
- Support dealer catalogs, category guides, trade show PDFs, technical references, and internal sales tools.