Dan Collis-Puro

<p>This plugin allows users of subscriber- or greater access to subscribe to categories of posts on your wordpress blog. It is probably most appropriate for small to medium sites.</p>
<p>Users can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose whether they prefer HTML or text-only email,</li>
<li>Control on a category-by-category basis whether or not they get messages immediately or in a daily or weekly digest.</li>
<li>Control which categories they subscribe to.</li>
</ul>
<p>Site administrators can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Modify reply-to, from, and BCC addresses.</li>
<li>Modify user subscriptions on a users profile page.</li>
<li>Set basic parameters for delivery – how many messages to send at once to avoid usage complaints on shared hosting, for instance.</li>
<li>Bulk edit category subscriptions from the users list.</li>
<li>Exercise complete control over text and HTML templates.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Scheduled posts are only sent out after the wordpress backend actually publishes them. Put more simply, they work as expected. Be sure wp-cron is running correctly.</li>
<li>Admins can set a “send delay” parameter to allow last-minute edits before sending out a message.</li>
<li>If a message is unpublished after being published, message sending will be aborted. Messages sent already are – well – sent already. We can’t travel back in time (though that’d be a great 2.0 feature). This ensures that old posts needing minor edits don’t get sent out again as updates.</li>
<li>Only messages published after the date of installation are sent out.</li>
<li>Category hierarchy has no effect on subscriptions. If you subscribe to a parent category, you ARE NOT automatically subscribed to its children. This may be integrated into future releases. We may also allow for the subscription to tags or custom taxonomies in future releases.</li>
<li>Bounces ARE NOT handled by this plugin. You can, however, set the “reply-to” and “from” addresses to allow you to collect them in a logical place.</li>
</ul>
<p>Speaking of cron, if you have a low-traffic site (say, for an intranet), you may find that your messages aren’t delivered in the time frame you’re expecting. This is because wordpress scheduled tasks are fired off by visitors to your website – so if you don’t get a lot of traffic, your scheduled tasks won’t run frequently. You can manually create a cron job to hit your wp-cron.php file, something like:</p>
<p>*/15 * * * * wget -q –post-data=”foo” http://www.example.com/yoursite -O – > /dev/null</p>
<p>Remove the “-q” switch above when you test this manually to ensure the request returns a “200 OK” response.</p>
<p>TODO:</p>
<ul>
<li>More template tags.</li>
<li>Better bulk editing features.</li>
<li>Queue management / statistics.</li>
<li>A better template editing interface.</li>
<li>Better debugging – e.g. the ability to send example messages.</li>
<li>More flexible task scheduling.</li>
</ul>
<h3>More Documentation</h3>
<p>See the “Category Subscriptions” options page under your Settings menu. Template tag documentation lives there.</p>
<h3>Other</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the same terms as WordPress itself.</p>
<p>Copyright 2011, The President and Fellows of Harvard College</p>


Category Subscriptions

Allow registered users to subscribe to categories giving them control over delivery times (e.g. daily or weekly digests) and format (html or text).

mutendebrian

Noptin Newsletter Team

<p><strong>Noptin is a fast, lightweight newsletter and email marketing plugin for WordPress.</strong><br />
★★★★★</p>
<p>It helps you collect subscribers, grow your newsletter audience, and send newsletters and notifications directly from your website, without relying on expensive third-party email services.</p>
<p>Noptin is designed for performance, privacy, and simplicity. It runs entirely on your own WordPress site, is GDPR-friendly by default, and does not limit the number of subscribers you can collect.</p>
<p>With Noptin, users can subscribe to your newsletter using subscription forms, popups, widgets, or checkout forms. You can then send them email newsletters, automatic new post notifications, and keep subscribers engaged.</p>
<p>Noptin works with WooCommerce out of the box to help you automate your WooCommerce powered store. It is also multisite compatible.</p>
<h4>Collect subscribers and grow your newsletter</h4>
<p>Noptin helps you turn visitors into subscribers by making it easy to subscribe from anywhere on your site.</p>
<p>You can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">newsletter subscription forms</a>.</li>
<li>Let visitors subscribe using <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-shortcode/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">shortcodes</a> or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-block/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">blocks</a>.</li>
<li>Show newsletter forms in a <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/pop-up-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">popup or lightbox</a>.</li>
<li>Add unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-widget/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">newsletter subscription widgets</a> to sidebars, footers, and other widget areas.</li>
<li>Collect and manage unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/email-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">email subscribers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/email-subscribers/tagging-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Tag and segment</a> email subscribers for targeted newsletters.</li>
<li>Store subscribers securely inside WordPress.</li>
</ul>
<p>All subscribers are managed directly in your WordPress dashboard, though you can use an addon to connect an external email service such as Mailchimp and send subscribers there.</p>
<h4>Send newsletters and notifications from WordPress</h4>
<p>Once users subscribe, you can send them newsletters, SMS notifications, Slack or telegram messages, automated emails and new post notifications.</p>
<p>With Noptin, you can send:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/post-digest-emails-wordpress/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Latest Posts</a> – Automatically send a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly email highlighting your latest posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/new-post-notifications/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">New Post Notification</a> – Automatically notify your subscribers, users, or customers everytime you publish new content on your site.</li>
<li>Automatically send your subscribers, users, or customers an email every X days.</li>
<li>Welcome emails or SMS to new <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/welcome-emails/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">subscribers</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/automatically-send-email-new-woocommerce-customers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce customers</a>, or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/welcome-users/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress users</a>.</li>
<li>Newsletters to <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/newsletter-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc"> email subscribers</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/wordpress-users/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress users</a>, or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/woocommerce-customers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce customers</a>.</li>
<li>Automatically <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/new-post-notifications/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">notify your subscribers everytime you publish a new blog post</a> so that they can keep coming back to your website.</li>
<li>An email, SMS, or telegram message when a WooCommerce cart is abandoned.</li>
<li>Unique next order coupon codes or thank you emails.</li>
<li>Send notifications to slack when you get a new subscribers, WooCommerce order, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>The best part is that you are able to do all this without leaving your WordPress dashboard. If you are worried about email deliverability, you can install any SMTP plugin of your choice and Noptin will automatically use it to send your newsletters. No configuration needed!</p>
<h4>Automated newsletter notifications</h4>
<p>Noptin makes it easy to send email notifications to subscribers whenever you publish new content.</p>
<p>Each time you publish a post, Noptin can automatically notify subscribers by email. These notifications help bring subscribers back to your website and increase repeat traffic.</p>
<p>You can control which subscribers receive notifications using categories, tags, custom fields, or automation rules.</p>
<h4>Getting Email Subscribers</h4>
<p>If you’re migrating from another newsletter service or plugin, start by <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/importing-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">importing your existing newsletter subscribers into Noptin</a>.</p>
<p>To collect new subscribers, you can let users subscribe by adding a newsletter subscription checkbox to your:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wordpress-registration-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress user registration forms</a>, including default WordPress, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, UsersWP, and Ultimate Member registration forms.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wordpress-comment-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress comment forms</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/woocommerce-checkout/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce checkout pages</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/edd-checkout/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD checkout pages</a>.</li>
<li>Contact forms created by <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/ninja-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Ninja Forms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/gravity-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravity Forms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/elementor-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Elementor</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wpforms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WPForms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/contact-form-7/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form 7</a>, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also create custom newsletter subscription forms using Noptin’s built-in editor.</p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uyah658bPUs?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h4>Built for speed and scalability</h4>
<p>Noptin is optimized to handle thousands of subscribers without slowing down your website.</p>
<p>It does not load heavy external scripts and is designed to scale as your newsletter and subscriber list grows.</p>
<p>It’s built by marketers. As a result, we put most of our focus on optimizing for speed and the conversion rate. We offer several conversion rate optimization techniques out of the box.</p>
<p><strong>For example</strong>, you can easily offer content upgrades and lead magnets with your email opt-in forms to gain more newsletter subscribers.</p>
<h4>Increase your website traffic</h4>
<p>Studies suggest that repeat website visitors are more likely to convert than first-time visitors. That is why Noptin makes it easy to notify your email subscribers every time you publish a new blog post.</p>
<p>This increases your website traffic as your newsletter subscribers login to read your new content.</p>
<p>Let users sign up for your newsletter using any of the following email opt-in form types:-</p>
<h4>Seamless Integrations</h4>
<p>Noptin plays nicely with the tools you already use:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Form Builders:</strong> Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7 (CF7), WPForms, Ninja Forms, Everest Forms, Fluent Forms, Forminator, Formidable Forms, HappyForms, JetFormBuilder, MetForm, weForms, WordPress registration forms, WordPress comment forms, WSForm, Convert Pro.</li>
<li><strong>Page Builders:</strong> Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks Builder.</li>
<li><strong>E-Commerce:</strong> WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads (EDD).</li>
<li><strong>Membership:</strong> MemberPress, Simple Membership, Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro), SureMembers, WP eMember.</li>
<li><strong>Others:</strong> Advanced Ads, ACF, Pods, Akismet, GeoDirectory, Toolset Types, Modern Events Calendar, The Events Calendar, myCRED, WPLoyalty, Polylang, WPML, WP Job Manager (WPJM), WP Job Openings, WP Recipe Maker.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Noptin standalone or connect external services</h4>
<p>Noptin works as a complete self-hosted newsletter solution.</p>
<p>If you want, you can also connect subscribers to external email services using optional addons. Supported services include ActiveCampaign, Activetrail, Agile CRM, Attio, AWeber, Birdsend, Brevo (Sendinblue), Campaign Monitor, Constant Contact, ConvertKit, Customerly, Drip, EmailOctopus, GetResponse, Gist, Google Sheets, HubSpot, iContact, Keap/Infusionsoft, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Mailjet, Moosend, Ontraport, Ortto, Pipedrive, Quentn, Salesflare, Salesforce, SendFox, Sendgrid, Sendlane, SendPulse, Sendy, Slack, Smaily, Telegram, Twilio, VerticalResponse, Webhooks, Zoho Campaigns, Zoho CRM, and many more.</p>


Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin


This plugin is customizable thanks to templates and lots of filters, we can do some advanced stuffs with it. On admin side, it doesn't seem bloated and it fits nicely in Wordpress style.



It does miss a bit of developer oriented doc but the code is well organized.



It also miss few features here and there, but the dev is open to discussions on github.



thx! 👍


Simple and Customizable, Nice support

Great Plugin

Really useful

Last week I replaced the old newsletter plugin with this newsletter plugin. The plugin offers us exactly the features we need and can also be customized very nicely. Thank you very much.

A fast, GDPR-compliant newsletter plugin. Collect newsletter subscribers, let users subscribe to new post notifications, and send newsletters. ★★★★★

Category Subscriptions vs Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin