eesy_ID2WP2025-05-16T13:29:02+02:00

eesy_ID2WP
Publishing Plugin
InDesign to WordPress

eesy_ID2WP – The bridge between InDesign and WordPress

From layout to HTML – Bridge the gap between InDesign and WordPress!

With eesy_ID2WP, transitioning from creative layouts to interactive web content has never been easier. Whether you are a freelance designer, part of a small agency, or a creative professional within a company, our plugin leverages Adobe InDesign’s new HTML5 package export feature to bring your designs to life on the web.

Key benefits:

  • Maximum Control: Publish your InDesign layouts in WordPress without content loss or design compromises.
  • Optimal Visibility: With HTML5 export and direct integration, every page is discoverable and interactive.
  • Made for Designers: Leverage the full potential of InDesign without needing programming skills.
  • Efficiency for Agencies: Create value for your clients with minimal effort while supporting them effectively in the sales funnel.

The right solution for every need:

  • eesy_ID2WP Basic: Ideal for simple HTML5 integrations in WordPress. Perfect for quick projects and smaller budgets.
  • eesy_ID2WP Pro (coming soon): Designed for agencies and businesses requiring analytics, campaign tracking, individual pages without iframes, and maintaining full control over content.

Start with eesy_ID2WP Basic or upgrade to eesy_ID2WP Pro (coming soon) to unlock the full potential of your designs.

Why – Why do we do this?

Until recently, InDesign was primarily regarded as the standard tool for print layouts. Designers who wanted to create interactive and digital content had to switch to more complex tools like Figma or Adobe XD. But with the introduction of HTML5 export in InDesign, a game-changing step was made: for the first time, comprehensive and interactive documents can be exported directly for the web.

eesy_ID2WP takes full advantage of this new capability and bridges the gap between print and web design. We believe every designer working with InDesign should be able to create professional digital content without detours. Our mission: Every classic designer becomes a web designer with eesy_ID2WP – no new tools, no new workflows, no compromises.

How – How do we do solve this problem?

The new HTML5 export in InDesign opens up exciting possibilities but also presents challenges. Here’s our approach:

  1. Optimizing the HTML5 Export: While InDesign generates HTML5 packages, these often contain errors or unclear paths that require manual fixes. Our plugin automatically resolves these issues, delivering clean, error-free HTML5 code.
  2. Seamless WordPress Integration: With eesy_ID2WP, HTML5 exports are directly integrated into WordPress – optimized, interactive, and measurable.
  3. Additional Features Beyond InDesign: Our plugin adds tools for analytics (GDPR-compliant tracking), campaign URLs, password protection, and SEO options – functionalities that InDesign cannot offer natively.
  4. Linking Instead of Embedding: A key advantage of InDesign over XD and Figma is its ability to link data like images, videos, and other media instead of embedding them. This ensures central organization, easier updates, and a smoother workflow – eliminating file chaos and duplication.

Example: When a Photoshop file is linked in an InDesign document, it remains centrally stored and automatically updates with changes. In XD or Figma, the file would need to be embedded as a PNG or JPG, leading to duplicates, redundant data, and organizational chaos. For agencies and teams collaborating on projects, InDesign’s linking logic is an invaluable advantage.

What – What exactly do we do?

eesy_ID2WP transforms InDesign’s new HTML5 export into a fully-fledged digital solution:

  • For Designers: Without needing to learn new tools, every traditional designer becomes a web designer. Existing workflows remain intact, and content is online within minutes.
  • For Agencies: eesy_ID2WP makes design more efficient – no redundant work, no compromises. Clients benefit from interactive, measurable content that delivers precisely what they need.
  • For Companies: Marketing and sales materials become digital, interactive, and trackable. Documents such as brochures or presentations can be seamlessly integrated into the sales funnel, enhanced with analytics and tracking tools for maximum control.

The Result

With eesy_ID2WP, you get the best of both worlds:

  • InDesign layouts – now digital.
  • Fast, efficient, professional.
  • No compromises in workflow.

And with InDesign, the entire workflow stays clean and structured – no duplicate files, no redundant versions. Everything is organized, linked, and efficient.

eesy_ID2WP turns every designer into a web designer – right now, at the perfect time.

Why now?

With InDesign’s introduction of HTML5 export, now is the perfect time to close the gap between print and web design. What previously required complex and expensive workflows in XD or Figma is now achievable faster, more efficiently, and better – directly from InDesign. eesy_ID2WP enhances and perfects this new export process at precisely the moment designers and agencies need a simple, smart solution.

eesy_ID2WP turns every designer into a web designer – and it does so right now, when it’s finally possible. 

Features of eesy_ID2WP

Features of eesy_ID2WP

Interactive InDesign layouts on the Web – No coding required.

With Adobe InDesign and its HTML5 package export feature, you can do far more than just create print layouts. Videos, animations, interactive forms, and navigation elements – all of this can now be integrated into WordPress in just a few steps with eesy_ID2WP. The plugin bridges the gap between design and web publishing, saves time, and opens up new possibilities for agencies, designers, and creatives.

Features at a glance:

1. Export and Integration:

  • Publish HTML5 packages from InDesign directly to WordPress.
  • Basic Version: Uses InDesign’s default index.html within an iframe.
  • Pro Version: Creates individual pages for better visibility, detailed analytics, and direct linking.

2. Data Optimization:

  • HTML5 Code Optimization: Automatically cleans and processes InDesign’s HTML5 output for flawless deployment.
  • Reduces PNG file sizes through automatic optimization to 8-bit or 24-bit.

3. Interactive Content and User Experience:

  • Retains animations, videos, and interactive buttons.
  • Supports customizable navigation elements incl. swipe functionality.
  • Pro Version: Responsive Option: Upload multiple InDesign HTML5 packages for different screen sizes.

4. Search Engine Optimization (SEO):

  • Manage title and description per package (not achievable with plugins like Yoast).
  • Pro Version: XML Sitemap for Search Engines: Automatically generates an XML sitemap for all indexed project pages.

5. Analytics and Tracking Features:

  • Basic Version: GDPR-compliant (cookieless) tracking of views, including timestamp.
  • Pro Version: Generate campaign URLs for targeted marketing efforts.
  • Pro Version: Page-level tracking: Identify which content is viewed the most.
  • Pro Version: Supports expiration dates and access limits for specific URLs.

5. SEO optimization:

  • Each page is directly accessible (Pro Version) and can include metadata such as titles and descriptions.
  • Automatic sitemap generation for improved visibility.

6. Custom CSS:

  • Supports custom CSS for additional design flexibility.

7. Security and Access Control:

  • Optional password protection to control access.
  • Control visibility with meta robots tags (index/noindex, follow/nofollow).
  • Supports WordPress scheduled publishing.
  • Pro Version: Password protection for individual campaign URLs.

8. Flexible Integration:

  • Basic Version: Customizable project URLs.
  • Basic Version: Alternative embedding via shortcode into posts and pages.
  • Pro Version: iframe-integration: Display specific parts of a document, e.g., pages 1–3 or 7–8, and embed them into WordPress using shortcodes.
  • Pro Version: Ideal for focused landing pages or partial campaigns.

9. Maximum control:

  • Projects are stored on your server – independent of Adobe or external platforms.
  • Flexible customization with custom CSS and external tracking tools like Google Analytics or Matomo.

Why now?

With InDesign’s new HTML5 package export feature, designers and agencies can create interactive content directly for the web. eesy_ID2WP perfectly complements these capabilities, making the transition to the web simple, efficient, and professional.

InDesign HTML5

Some fundamentals

Why Adobe InDesign is the perfect tool for Digital Design – and what other tools can’t do

The rejudice against InDesign in the digital space

Many designers and agencies still view InDesign as a tool exclusively for print layouts. This perception is not only wrong, but it also overlooks the key strengths that InDesign brings to digital design. With the introduction of the HTML5 package export feature, InDesign has evolved into a powerful tool for interactive web design, specifically designed for professionals working in structured and efficient environments.

The question is often asked: Why InDesign and not Adobe XD or Figma, which are considered the standard for web and social media design? The answer lies in the fundamental differences between these programmes – especially in the way they work with linked files.

The critical difference: Linking vs. embedding

Linking: The professional workflow

InDesign allows files like Photoshop images, Illustrator graphics, or videos to be linked rather than embedded. This creates several advantages:

  1. Centralized storage:
    All design assets remain organized in one location. Different projects can use the same file without creating duplicates.
    Example: An agency can reuse the same high-resolution image across multiple brochures, banners, or social media posts without creating separate copies.
  2. Seamless updates:
    Any changes to the original file are automatically reflected in all linked InDesign projects. Updating a Photoshop file, for instance, instantly updates all connected InDesign layouts.
  3. Efficiency with large files:
    High-resolution images or videos embedded in XD or Figma can inflate file sizes, making editing cumbersome. With InDesign, these assets remain external, ensuring an optimized workflow.
  4. Avoiding data chaos:
    Centralized structures prevent a disorganized mess of exported files – a crucial advantage for teams managing large-scale projects or campaigns.

Embedding: The chaos of XD and Figma

Adobe XD and Figma force designers to embed files, leading to several issues:

  1. Scattered resources:
    Embedded files lose their connection to the original source, making it difficult to trace their origin or location. This can cause confusion, especially in team environments or long-term projects.
  2. File reduction:
    High-resolution assets like Photoshop files or videos need to be resized before embedding, resulting in multiple versions of the same file for print, web, and other formats. This increases the risk of errors and additional workload.
    Inflexible Updates:
    Any update requires re-exporting and replacing files. In InDesign, updating the original file automatically adjusts all linked assets.

Professional design requires linked assets

The ability to link resources is not just an advantage of Adobe InDesign but a fundamental standard in professional design and production environments. Tools like Premiere Pro, After Effects, or Blender also rely on linked files to manage large projects efficiently. Designers who work with XD or Figma abandon this standard and risk creating data chaos.

HTML5 export – Why InDesign is unbeatable

Another key advantage of Adobe InDesign compared to Adobe XD and Figma is the ability to export complete HTML5 packages for large documents with multiple pages – something that neither XD nor Figma can do in a comparable way.

The limitations of XD and Figma

  • Adobe XD: While HTML5 content can be exported using a paid plugin, the process is expensive, complex, and requires technical expertise beyond most designers’ skillsets.
  • Figma: A direct HTML5 export is not possible. Designers can only export individual elements, not a cohesive, multi-page document, requiring manual assembly and coding to create functional HTML5 content.

InDesign: HTML5 for complex documents

In contrast, InDesign offers the ability to export complete documents with 50, 100, or more pages, including animations, interactive buttons, videos, and multimedia content, directly as an HTML5 package. This makes InDesign the top choice for designers and agencies working on extensive projects like interactive brochures, manuals

eesy ID2WP: Perfecting the HTML5 export

It’s well known that InDesign’s HTML5 export sometimes produces messy code. This is where eesy_ID2WP comes in:

  • Automatic code optimization: During the ZIP upload process, our plugin cleans and refines the HTML5 code exported from InDesign. All common errors generated by InDesign are corrected automatically.
  • Error-Free HTML5 Code: With eesy_ID2WP, users not only benefit from the capabilities of the HTML5 export but also receive optimized, standards-compliant code that’s ready to use immediately.
  • Customizability: The optimized code remains fully editable. Agencies and developers can further customize it to meet their clients’ specific requirements.

Interactive design with InDesign and eesy_ID2WP

Efficient workflows without detours

With InDesign, you can not only create complex layouts for print but also interactive content like animations, videos, and buttons. The new HTML5 package export feature allows you to export these designs directly as digital documents.

This is where eesy_ID2WP comes in:

  • Basic Version: Provides simple integration of the HTML5 package into WordPress.
  • Pro Version: Elevates the process by making individual pages directly accessible, offering both SEO and analytics advantages.

Digitale transformation made simple

With InDesign and eesy_ID2WP, designers and agencies can:

  1. Optimize their client’s sales funnel:
    Interactive documents with tracking and campaign URLs offer new ways to measure the success of marketing efforts.
  2. Work more efficiently than XD and Figma:
    By leveraging linked files, you save time and maintain full control over your resources.
  3. Unify design and structure:
    From the initial design phase to the final online deployment, everything stays streamlined and professional.

The myth of collaborative work

With InDesign and eesy_ID2WP, designers and agencies can:

  1. Optimize their client’s salles funnel:
    Interactive documents with tracking and campaign URLs offer new ways to measure the success of marketing efforts.
  2. Work more efficiently than XD and Figma:
    By leveraging linked files, you save time and maintain full control over your resources.
  3. Unify design and structure:
    From the initial design phase to the final online deployment, everything stays streamlined and professional.

Conclusion: InDesign bridges the digital gap

With InDesign and eesy_ID2WP, designers no longer need to compromise. This tool offers:

  • Professional workflow standards through linked files.
  • Full creative control over interactive and multimedia content.
  • Efficiency and organization for teams and agencies.

The HTML5 package export feature of InDesign paves the way for interactive web documents, and eesy_ID2WP ensures these can be published directly in WordPress. Designers who master InDesign can immediately take a leap into the digital future—faster, more efficiently, and with better results than using tools like XD or Figma.

With eesy_ID2WP, designers and agencies gain a solution that not only bridges the gap between InDesign and web publishing but also removes technical obstacles:

  1. Capability to export comprehensive documents directly from InDesign.
  2. Automatic optimization and cleanup of HTML5 code structures during upload.
  3. A flawless codebase ready for use and customization.

This makes InDesign not just the professional choice for print and layout design but also the premier tool for interactive, large-scale web projects — more efficient, simpler, and superior to XD or Figma.

FAQs

Questions and answers

Frequently asked questions about eesy_ID2WP

What is eesy_ID2WP?2025-05-15T14:19:23+02:00

eesy_ID2WP is a plugin that seamlessly integrates InDesign documents (HTML5 export) directly into WordPress. It offers a simple way to publish InDesign layouts online without content loss or design compromises, thereby bridging the gap between creative design and web publishing.

What is the difference between Basic and Pro?2025-05-15T14:21:03+02:00
  • Basic Version (free): Uses InDesign’s standard index.html and displays the document within an iframe.
  • Pro Version: Creates individual pages for greater flexibility, SEO benefits, and page-level tracking. It also supports campaign URLs and custom iframe integrations.

For a detailed side-by-side breakdown of all features, see the full comparison table here.

What types of content are supported?2025-05-15T14:21:35+02:00

eesy_ID2WP supports all interactive features of InDesign, including animations, videos, audio, forms, and navigation elements.

Can I analyze content performance?2025-05-15T14:22:03+02:00

Yes, the Pro version allows you to generate campaign URLs, track page views, and create detailed reports to analyze how your content is being used.

Do I need programming knowledge?2025-05-15T14:22:33+02:00

No, eesy_ID2WP is designed to be used without any programming skills. The entire process—from InDesign to WordPress—is simple and intuitive.

Is eesy_ID2WP suitable for agencies?2025-05-15T14:23:02+02:00

Absolutely. The Pro version is especially useful for agencies, enabling them to offer their clients interactive web solutions that can be deeply integrated into the sales funnel.

Can I use existing InDesign documents?2025-05-15T14:23:29+02:00

Yes, you can enhance existing documents or export them directly as an HTML5 package and integrate them into WordPress.

Are my documents secure? Can I password-protect documents?2025-05-15T14:23:57+02:00

Yes, parameters can be individually password-protected to restrict access. All documents are stored in a protected project directory on the server.

Does eesy_ID2WP work with any WordPress theme?2025-05-15T14:24:24+02:00

Yes, the plugin is compatible with all modern WordPress themes.

Should I choose traditional websites or web publishing?2025-05-15T14:24:54+02:00

The choice between a traditional website and web publishing depends on the project’s requirements. For consistent, multimedia-rich, and interactive content, the workflow with InDesign and eesy_ID2WP is unbeatable. However, for managing dynamic content or making frequent updates, a traditional CMS-based website may be the better option.

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eesy ID2WP – Publishing Plugin InDesign to WordPress

Bring your InDesign layouts to life with eesy ID2WP. This plugin transforms your designs into fully interactive, HTML5-based web pages – without losing the original layout.

What You Can Do?

  • Effortless Publishing: Convert your InDesign layouts to WordPress pages in a few clicks.
  • Exact Design Fidelity: Maintain the look and feel of your designs down to the smallest detail.
  • Interactive Multimedia: Animate, link, and embed videos and HTML-Code directly within your InDesign layouts.

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About eesy – Simplify Your Web Work

At eesy, we’re passionate about making web solutions smarter, faster, and simpler. As a dedicated team of developers and innovators, we craft high-quality WordPress plugins and tailored web solutions designed to streamline workflows and empower businesses.

Driven by expertise and innovation, we create tools that simplify complexity, helping professionals save time, enhance their creativity, and focus on what truly matters – delivering exceptional results.

Join us on the journey to redefine what’s possible. At eesy, simplicity meets innovation.

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