What WP Overnight's plugin does well
Credit where it is due: PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce is the category standard for a reason. It runs on hundreds of thousands of stores, holds a near-perfect rating across well over a thousand reviews, and has been actively maintained for more than a decade. It attaches an invoice to your order emails out of the box, prints invoices and packing slips in bulk, and supports serious compliance formats: UBL, Peppol BIS 3.0, Factur-X, and ZUGFeRD.
If you need accounting-grade, e-invoicing-compliant documents, dedicated packing slips, credit notes, and formal sequential numbering, it is the better tool, and we will not pretend otherwise.
The difference: editing templates versus designing visually
Here is the honest distinction. With WP Overnight's free plugin, customizing the invoice layout means working in code: you copy its HTML/CSS template files into your theme folder and edit them, or you buy the Plus bundle for premium templates and a visual editor. That is powerful, but it is not no-code.
TrueCommander comes at invoices from the other direction. You design the invoice in a drag-and-drop visual builder, no template files, no child theme, no PHP. The same builder also makes your emails, so one tool covers both. Then a macro fires on a WooCommerce order, generates the branded PDF, and emails it to the customer. It is one piece of a broader automation toolkit, not a dedicated invoicing suite.
This is a navigator search: type a few words to surface matching commands, macros, and features. Running a command directly uses advanced mode, where it starts with tp.
See the builder in action
A short, unscripted demo of the drag-and-drop Email & Document Builder: lay out a template, drop in dynamic tags, and preview, no template files.
WP Overnight vs TrueCommander, feature by feature
An honest side by side. WP Overnight is a dedicated invoicing suite; TrueCommander is a visual builder inside an automation toolkit.
| Feature | WP Overnight | TrueCommander |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-attach a PDF invoice to order emails | ||
| Design the layout in a visual drag-and-drop builder | Edit HTML/CSS template files; visual editor is paid | |
| Customize without PHP or a child theme | ||
| One builder for emails and documents | ||
| Packing slips | Builds custom PDFs, no dedicated slips | |
| E-invoicing (UBL, Peppol, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X) | ||
| Sequential numbering and credit notes | Credit notes via premium | |
| Part of a broader automation toolkit (91 commands, macros, schedules) | ||
| Free version | Free core, paid bundle | 14-day refund |
| Price | Free, plus paid bundles | $59/year, everything included |
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce figures (installs, rating, reviews, version, compliance formats) are from its WordPress.org listing as of June 2026 and will change over time. Check the live listing for current numbers.
When WP Overnight's plugin is the right pick
Choose PDF Invoices & Packing Slips when:
- You need e-invoicing compliance, UBL, Peppol, ZUGFeRD, or Factur-X for tax and B2B requirements.
- You need dedicated packing slips, credit notes, and formal sequential numbering for accounting.
- You want a proven, free invoicing tool and you are comfortable editing template files (or paying for the visual editor).
When to choose TrueCommander
TrueCommander is the better pick when the goal is a good-looking branded invoice without the code:
- You want to design the invoice visually, with no template files, no child theme, and no PHP.
- You want your invoices and emails from one builder, with shared
{{var.x}}merge tags. - You want invoicing to be one part of a wider toolkit, the same plugin that backs up, schedules, and automates the rest of your store.
They can complement each other. Keep WP Overnight for compliant e-invoices if you need them, and use TrueCommander for branded documents and the automation around them. See the full walkthrough on the WooCommerce PDF invoices use case.