nstaeger

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 <a href="https://github.com/nstaeger/wp-post-email-notification" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

WP Post Email Notification

A plugin sending email notifications to subscribers when a new post is published.

PC Futures

<h4>Basic Instructions</h4>
This plugin works out-of-the-box, so once the plugin is installed, you can place a shortcode wherever you want.
Use the shortcode <code>[pcf_ny_countdown]</code> to output the countdown.
The countdown will output in days by default (e.g ‘105 days until New Year!’).
<h4>Changing output type</h4>
The shortcode can be given a ‘type’ attribute, like so:
<pre><code>[pcf_ny_countdown type="days|weeks|sleeps"]
</code></pre>
This enables you to change the output type.
There are 3 types to choose from:
<ul>
<li>Days</li>
<li>Weeks</li>
<li>Sleeps</li>
</ul>
If you do not specify the type attribute, or specify an invalid type, it will default to ‘days’.
Example:
<pre><code>[pcf_ny_countdown type="weeks"]
</code></pre>
will output as
<pre><code>It's `x` weeks and `y` days until New Year!
</code></pre>
<h4>Styling the output</h4>
Styling the output is an advanced setting, that involves writing custom CSS.
The shortcode can be given an ‘id’ attribute, which can then be used to style the output using CSS.
For example,
<pre><code>[pcf_ny_countdown id="my-id"]
</code></pre>
would output in HTML as
<pre><code>...
</code></pre>
You can then add custom CSS through <code>Appearance > Editor</code>. If your theme supports custom CSS, you may be able to add your styles in Theme Options. If there is a custom css file in Editor, it is advised to use that for custom styles.
Here is an example of some custom styles:
<pre><code>#my-id{
 color: red;
 font-size: 16px;
 text-decoration: underline;
}
</code></pre>
This will set the output to be red, underlined, and to have a font size of 16px.

PCF New Year Countdown

A simple plugin that creates an easy to use New Year countdown for your WordPress sites.

WP Post Email Notification vs PCF New Year Countdown