RDS Newsletter is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Val Davis.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
RDS Newsletter is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Val Davis — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How RDS Newsletter works
RDS Newsletter is a straightforward email newsletter plugin that does not overcomplicate things.
Features:
* Import subscribers via CSV or plain text (one email per line)
* Paste raw HTML as your email content
* Optional templates (Basic and Modern included)
* Batch sending with configurable limits (default 500 per hour)
* Subscriber groups for targeted sends
* Double opt-in with confirmation emails
* Open and click tracking with reports
* Automatic unsubscribe links in every email
* Bounce detection with auto-delete via IMAP
* IP address and timestamp logging for compliance
* Signup and unsubscribe shortcodes
* Send test emails before sending to your list
* Schedule newsletters for later
* Duplicate newsletters
* Export subscribers as CSV
Shortcodes Signup form:
[rdsnl_signup]
Optional attributes:
* title="Subscribe to our newsletter"
* button_text="Subscribe"
* group="3" (group ID to auto-assign)
Unsubscribe form:
[rdsnl_unsubscribe]
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is RDS Newsletter?
RDS Newsletter is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Val Davis.