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PDF for GravityView Hooks – gfpdf_gv_bulk_export_filename

Description​

Use this filter to change the name of the ZIP file the Download PDFs bulk action creates. By default it's named after the View and the date, such as Staff-Directory-documents-2026-09-21.zip.

Return the name without an extension. .zip is added for you.

This filter doesn't rename the PDFs inside the ZIP. Each PDF uses its own name (see gfpdf_gv_pdf_filename) with the entry ID added to the end, so two entries can't overwrite each other. For a Multiple Forms joined entry, each entry ID is added, separated by hyphens.

See Download PDFs. Related hooks: gfpdf_gv_bulk_export_capability and gfpdf_gv_bulk_export_ttl.

Version​

This hook was introduced in PDF for GravityView 2.0.

Arguments​

The following arguments are passed to functions that use this hook:

$filename | string​

  • The ZIP file's name, without the .zip extension.
  • The default value is {View title}-documents-{Y-m-d}, or documents-{Y-m-d} if the View has no title. The View title is passed through sanitize_file_name(), so spaces become hyphens.
  • The date uses your site's timezone.

$view | \GV\View​

  • The View the PDFs were exported from.

Usage​

Add the time to the name, so exports from the same day have different names:

add_filter( 'gfpdf_gv_bulk_export_filename', function( $filename, $view ) {
	return sanitize_file_name( get_the_title( $view->ID ) ) . '-' . wp_date( 'Y-m-d-His' );
}, 10, 2 );

Source Code​

This filter is located in src/GravityView/BulkExport.php of the PDF for GravityView extension.

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