Description
Subscribe by Email automatically sends email notifications to your subscribers whenever you publish a new post in WordPress, with the option of immediate delivery or daily or weekly digest delivery. It includes a subscription form via widget and shortcode, a subscriber management dashboard, customizable email templates, and delivery reports, designed for those who maintain an active blog and want to retain readers through direct communication.
Key Features of Subscribe by Email
- Flexible subscription form
Provides a widget and shortcode to collect emails in any area of the site. - Configurable delivery frequency
Allows you to choose between immediate delivery, daily, weekly, or monthly summaries. - Customizable email templates
Edits the email HTML with merge tags for title, summary, author, and link. - Subscriber management
Dedicated dashboard with listing, search, CSV import, and export. - Category and post type filters
Restricts which content triggers notifications by category, tag, or post type.
Benefits of Subscribe by Email
- Retention of recurring readers
Keeps the audience informed about new content without relying on algorithms. - Predictable return traffic
Each publication generates a wave of visits directly from the inbox. - Owned email list
Builds an in-house contact base independent of social networks. - Complete editorial workflow automation
Eliminates the manual effort of promotion for every newly published post.
Who Is Subscribe by Email For?
- Those who maintain an active WordPress blog and want to notify loyal readers about every new post.
- News sites, digital magazines, and content portals that publish frequently.
- Content creators who want to build their own audience via email without relying on external platforms.
How to Download Subscribe by Email
Subscribe by Email is available for download here at Ultrapack. After saving the .zip file, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin, select the file, and click Activate. A new settings menu will appear in the dashboard to define templates, delivery frequency, and subscription rules.
Designed for those who understand email as a strategic channel for building relationships with readers, Subscribe by Email turns each publication into an automated delivery without requiring integration with external services such as Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign. The combination of dedicated subscriber management, category-based segmentation, and editable templates covers the complete delivery cycle within WordPress itself, keeping data and workflow under the site’s control.
Frequently asked questions
Is WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email GPL-licensed?
Yes. WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email cost at Ultrapack?
WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email include updates?
Yes. The current version of WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email is 3.6.0, published at Ultrapack on Jul 18, 2018. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of WPMUDEV Subscribe by Email goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What changed in this version
Version 3.6.0 2018-07-17
- Improved: Accessibility
- Added: reCAPTCHA
Version 3.5.4 2017-02-21
- Fixed: XSS Vulnerability
- Some minor improvements
- 3.5.2 2015-02-02
- Add: New filter to filter widget instance on validation
- 3.5.1 2015-11-17
- Fixed: From email in a subfolder multisite was set to 'no-reply@'
- 3.5 2015-11-15
- Enhance: Fixed some translations.
- Enhance: Improved handler to avoid duplicated digests.
- Enhance: Fixed MySQL 5.6 incompatibility
- Fixed: Typo in email template.
- New hooks.
- 3.4.4 2015/09/15
- Fixed: Fatal error when upgrading from a very old version
- 3.4.3 2015/08/22
- Fixed: When deleting a site in a multisite the queue table was deleted.
- 3.4.2 2015/08/11
- Updated widget to WP 4.3 constructor
- 3.4.1 2015/07/22
- Do not send Metabox was not working properly for immediately sendings.
- 3.4 2015/07/15
- New: Added meta box to avoid sending single posts
- Enhanced: Added custom capability
- 3.3 2015/07/07
- New: Preview template in real time.
- New: auto opt in attribute in shortcode.
- 3.2.1 2015/06/08
- Fixed: Full post/excerpt content were not being rendered in digests.
- 3.2 2015/06/01
- Enhancement: Email templates can now be overriden with custom templates in theme folder.
- Fixed typos.
- Fixed several warnings.
- 3.1.2 2015/04/30
- Added script to scroll down to the shortcode form if there have been errors while processing it.
- 3.1.1 2015/04/30
- Fixed: Page title when a user subscribes/unsubscribes
- 3.1 2015/04/20
- Enhancement: Removed old legacy code.
- Enhancement: Plugin is now faster loading.
- Fixed: Post types with no taxonomies were not being sent.
Version 3.0.2
- Enhancement: When an email fails, error is now displayed in Emails Logs
- Other minor fixes
Version 3.0.1
- Fixed: Email address missing in notification mail
Version 3.0
- Enhancement: New hooks.
- Enhancement: Administrators notifications are now sent once the user is confirmed in order to avoid spam.
- Fixed: Sending emails by taxonomies was not working right.
- Fixed: When activating in a subsite inside a Network, from email was set wrong.
- Fixed: Character encoding in subscribe/unsubscribe notices.
Release notes published by the developer.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
- Download the file
subscribe-by-email.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Select the file
subscribe-by-email.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
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UAU Ready