Title: virtually empty PDF
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# virtually empty PDF

 *  [peter lipp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter-lipp/)
 * (@peter-lipp)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/)
 * I face a problem generating a PDF for one of the pages I create using my own 
   plugin and shortcodes. Yes, shortcodes are activated and it works on other pages
   where they are used. But not here:
 * [http://www.bridgegraz.at/pbc-wp/?page_id=6](http://www.bridgegraz.at/pbc-wp/?page_id=6)
 * Any idea what might be the reason for this? (“other plugins” enabled just to 
   make sure)
 * Peter
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced/)

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 *  Thread Starter [peter lipp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter-lipp/)
 * (@peter-lipp)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4984931)
 * Well, solved that somehow (not totally clear what happened)
    Any ideas still 
   appreciated for future instances
 *  Plugin Author [Lewis Rosenthal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewisr/)
 * (@lewisr)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4985075)
 * Usually, an empty pdf is the result of some other plugin intercepting the content
   before we can grab it for processing. The “other plugins” option only means that
   we specifically allow content provided by other plugins and normally visible 
   on the page to place their content there before we process the pdf; it does not
   mean that we block or unblock all other plugins from functioning.
 * A known example of this is the NextGen Gallery plugin, which foils us every single
   time. I have reported this to the plugin developers, and there is an open ticket
   in their bugtracker for it, but no fix. The issue occurs in that case even when*
   no* gallery pictures are present on the page, but as soon as that plugin is activated,
   we get no content to process.
 * Cheers
 * Lewis
 *  Thread Starter [peter lipp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter-lipp/)
 * (@peter-lipp)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4985076)
 * Then maybe this is the case here too, since NetGen is indeed installed…
 * thanks
 * Peter
 *  Plugin Author [Lewis Rosenthal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewisr/)
 * (@lewisr)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4985090)
 * Closing this for now, as this is a known issue with NextGen. There is a horrible
   workaround (major hack), but I am working with the authors of NextGen for a better
   solution.
 * Thanks for the feedback and follow-up, Peter.
 * Cheers
 * Lewis
 *  Plugin Author [Lewis Rosenthal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewisr/)
 * (@lewisr)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4985091)
 * Reopening…
 * Peter, can you please try the workaround described in [this thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/known-plugin-conflicts-2?replies=2)
   and report your success or failure?
 * Thanks
 * Lewis

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Lewis Rosenthal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewisr/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virtually-empty-pdf/#post-4985091)
 * Status: not resolved