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How to set emails in WooCommerce and send a PDF invoice automatically?

Published: 2025-04-02 / Updated: 2025-11-26 / Blog

How to set emails in WooCommerce and send a PDF invoice automatically?

Piotr Ostrowski

How to send an invoice email in WooCommerce? Is the standard WooCommerce email invoice option not enough for you? Do you need a better solution to send emails with invoices? Try the plugin to create and send an email with a professional WooCommerce PDF invoice automatically!

From this blog post, you will learn:

  • What does a standard email with a plain WooCommerce invoice look like
  • A super-easy way to generate PDF invoices for WooCommerce orders (with a free plugin)
  • How to automatically send an email with such a PDF invoice in WooCommerce to your customers after purchase

How to set emails in WooCommerce and a built-in invoice

You may already know that there’s a simple built-in WooCommerce feature for sending “invoices”:

Standard WooCommerce Invoice Email

When you visit the order page in your WordPress dashboard, you will notice that there is an option for sending “invoices” to your customer:

Use the Built-in email with an invoice

If you use it, your customer will get an e-mail with order details. This is how it will look – WooCommerce sends such a standard email, which is called an “invoice”:

Default WooCommerce Confirmation Email with Invoice

Okay, pretty neat. But too plain, too primitive for me. I need a more complex solution.

Send PDF invoices for WooCommerce orders to your customers with a free plugin

What would you say if I told you that you can send true PDF invoices to your customers for free? Below, you can see an example:

Flexible Invoices - invoicing plugin for WooCommerce - invoice view

Much better, huh? Such a PDF invoice is a document that can be used for accounting purposes in your WooCommerce store. It is confirmed that invoices generated using this solution are 100% compatible with EU law. A personalized PDF document includes all necessary data:

  • seller and buyer details
  • unique number
  • date
  • VAT number
  • order items
  • tax rates and tax amounts
  • total amount and currency

Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce

Use the PRO version to generate & send PDF documents to your customers automatically after purchase in your shop!

  • Generate documents automatically
  • Send invoice automatically by e-mail
  • Proforma invoices
  • Correction invoices
  • and even more

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Last Updated: 2026-08-19
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PDF Invoices in WooCommerce – Quickstart

  1. Install and activate Flexible PDF Invoices for WooCommerce & WordPress from the WordPress plugin repository
     
    Download Free
  2. Type in your company details on the plugin’s configuration page:
     
    Company Details
  3. Go to the WooCommerce Edit Order page and click Issue Invoice:
     
    How to Issue an Invoice for a WooCommerce Order
  4. After the invoice is generated, click its title and click the blue button Send by e-mail:
    Send Email with PDF Invoice in WooCommerce

WooCommerce Email with a PDF Invoice – Final effect

As a result, your customer will get a simple, pretty-looking email with a link to the PDF file with the invoice:

Send Email to Customer with a PDF Invoice

As you can see, you can get a professional-looking PDF document that you may generate using only one click! And with the second click, you can email it to your customer inbox. Doesn’t it sound lovely? And all of this for free.

Automatically generate & send an email with a PDF invoice in WooCommerce

How about going a step further and enabling automation? Wouldn’t it be nice if your customer would automatically get such a PDF invoice right after the purchase? It is easy to set up with the PRO version of the plugin, which you can buy using the button below:

Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce PRO £59

Use the PRO version to generate & send PDF documents to your customers automatically after purchase in your shop!

  • Generate documents automatically
  • Send invoice automatically by e-mail
  • Proforma invoices
  • Correction invoices
  • and even more

Add to cart or View Details
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Last Updated: 2026-08-18
Works with WooCommerce 10.7 - 11.1

With the PRO version, you will be able to automatically send the invoice to the customer after purchase. Just choose the order statuses on the configuration page and you are ready to go:

Send Invoices Automatically - Set the WooCommerce Order statuses for Automatic Generation of PDF Invoices

As a result, the invoice is automatically sent to the client using the WooCommerce email service after his purchase in the shop.

Learn more about automatic invoicing in WooCommerce

Better WooCommerce emails with Flexible PDF Invoices PRO

As you can see, with Flexible PDF Invoices PRO, you may extend standard WooCommerce email possibilities by adding three more emails that you can send to your customers:

  • Invoice
  • Proforma Invoice
  • Correction Invoice (used for refunds)

Flexible PDF Invoices Woocommerce Send additional Emails

Learn more about key differences between the free and PRO version of our plugin by reading the Flexible Invoices free vs PRO comparison.

Also, browse the add-ons for the PRO for even more flexibility and features!

WooCommerce Invoice System, facture WooCommerce, faktury WooCommerce, e-boekhouden WooCommerce?

Did you know, that you may use the plugin in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish & Dutch? So use it as your WooCommerce Invoice System (e-boekhouden WooCommerce) or to issue WooCommerce fakturas (or facture WooCommerce or faktury WooCommerce) in your store automatically!

Emails will also be translated. If you need more languages for invoices and emails, the plugin supports WPML.

Also, did you know that to avoid financial fines of up to 4% of annual turnover you need to comply with the EU Omnibus Directive? Check out the ultimate Omnibus Directive plugin for WooCommerce!

Want to know more on how to send an email with PDF invoices in WooCommerce?

First, read how to create, download, email & print an invoice in WordPress & WooCommerce. You will be able to compare there the free and PRO version of the plugin.

Then, read the plugin documentation.

Finally, test Flexible PDF Invoices free & PRO (and its add-ons) in your free demo. See which version will be better for you & start invoicing in WooCommerce right away.

Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce PRO £59

Use the PRO version to generate & send PDF documents to your customers automatically after purchase in your shop!

  • Generate documents automatically
  • Send invoice automatically by e-mail
  • Proforma invoices
  • Correction invoices
  • and even more

Add to cart or View Details
WP Desk
Plugins used by 6,000+ shops
Last Updated: 2026-08-18
Works with WooCommerce 10.7 - 11.1

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About Piotr Ostrowski

I love when everything works as it should. Especially my life, and that doesn't happen. That's why I was contributing to perfect WooCommerce plugins.

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