WP Post Email Notification
A plugin sending email notifications to subscribers when a new post is published.
The facts
- Rating
- 3.8★ from 4
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 19 May 2018
- Added
- Apr 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.4.2
- Tested up to
- WP 4.9.31
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 9,135
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Post Email Notification is a WordPress plugin that sends email notifications to a list of subscribers whenever a new post is published. Subscribers are separate from WordPress users, and a widget is included for users to subscribe easily. The plugin features a clean administration area for managing subscribers and configuring email settings.
The plugin allows you to customize the subject and body of the notification emails, and it manages the sending process through jobs that begin one minute after a post is published. You can modify the number of emails sent in each job run, and jobs are automatically deleted once all emails are sent.
Best for: This plugin suits site owners who want to notify subscribers about new content via email.
What it does well
- ✓Sends email notifications for new posts
- ✓Includes a customizable subscription widget
- ✓Provides an overview of subscribers in the admin area
- ✓Allows manual addition and deletion of subscribers
- ✓Open source and available on GitHub
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in May 2018
- •Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31
- •Directory score of 46/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
WP Post Email Notification offers basic functionality for email notifications but may have limitations due to its last update and directory score.
From the developer
nstaeger's own description of WP Post Email Notification, lightly tidied.
This plugin sends email-notifications to a list of subscribers (email address) whenever a new post is published. The list of subscribers is separated from the list of WordPress users.
To allow users to subscribe to the mailing-list, a widget is included that can be placed in the sidebar. The headline and a text of the widget can be modified and are displayed before the email-input field and the send button. The widget uses ajax to submit the entered e-mail address.
Within the administration area you get a reactive and clean overview of all subscribers and some additional settings, that fits perfectly into the user-experience of WordPress. You can delete or add subscribers manually as well as change the subject and body of the notification-email.
Sending the emails is regulated in jobs. A job is always responsible for sending emails to one new post. The job starts sending emails a minute after the post was published. Every job can be cancelled. The number of emails send within a run of the job can be modified in the options. The job is automatically deleted, once an email was send to all subscribers.
This plugin is open source and of course available on GitHub.