MailCannon vs Newsletter subscription optin module

MailCannon – Email Marketing and Campaign Sender connects your WordPress site to the MailCannon SaaS platform (https://mailcannon.pro) so you can send MailCannon campaigns to your WordPress users and WooCommerce customers from the WordPress admin. This plugin does NOT manage contacts in WordPress. You manage contacts in the MailCannon dashboard: https://mailcannon.pro/dashboard/contacts When you send a campaign from WordPress, MailCannon will automatically create the contact in your MailCannon account if it does not already exist. Support email: [email protected] Key Features Connect WordPress to MailCannon via API key Fetch campaigns from your MailCannon account Select WordPress users as recipients Select WooCommerce customers as recipients when WooCommerce is installed Send bulk campaigns from the WordPress admin Automatic contact creation in MailCannon when sending Admin Menu After activation you will see: MailCannon Dashboard Campaigns Send Campaign Settings API Endpoint Used API Documentation: https://mailcannon.pro/docs The plugin sends campaigns via: POST https://mailcannon.pro/api/v1/send-email-campaign-by-id Headers: X-API-KEY: API_KEY Content-Type: application/json Example request: { “campaign_id”: “123”, “recipients”: [ “[email protected]”, “[email protected]” ] } Configuration Install and activate the plugin. In WordPress admin, open MailCannon > Settings. Get your API key from: https://mailcannon.pro/dashboard/settings Paste the API key and click Save. Click Test Connection. How To Send a Campaign In WordPress admin, open MailCannon > Send Campaign. Select a MailCannon campaign. Select recipients. Click Send Campaign. Recipients Source Recipients are selected from your WordPress site: WordPress users WooCommerce customers when WooCommerce is installed Contact Sync Behavior Contacts are created or updated in MailCannon when you send a campaign. Manage contacts in: https://mailcannon.pro/dashboard/contacts External Services This plugin relies on the MailCannon external service to list campaigns, test the API connection, and send email campaigns from your WordPress admin. MailCannon is an email marketing platform used by this plugin to retrieve the campaigns available in your MailCannon account and to trigger campaign sending to the recipients you select in WordPress. Data sent to MailCannon and when it is sent: When you save and use your API key, the plugin sends the API key in the X-API-KEY request header whenever you test the connection, refresh campaigns, open the campaigns screen, or open the send campaign screen. When you test the connection or fetch campaigns, the plugin sends your API key and requests your campaign list from https://mailcannon.pro/api/v1/campaigns. When you send a campaign, the plugin sends your API key, the selected MailCannon campaign ID, and the selected recipient email addresses to https://mailcannon.pro/api/v1/send-email-campaign-by-id. Recipient data is sent only when an authorized admin or editor submits the send campaign form from WordPress. This service is provided by MailCannon: Terms of Service: https://mailcannon.pro/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://mailcannon.pro/privacy-policy Security This plugin follows WordPress security best practices: WordPress nonces for all admin form submissions Sanitization of all incoming input Output escaping in admin views Capability checks to restrict access to authorized roles administrator and editor

This plugin enables you to create simple forms for subscription to your newsletter. It includes a sidebar widget with customizable fields (up to 16) to gather from your users all the information you need for your email marketing campaigns. Users can also use the form to unsubscribe. From the options pages you can: choose whether you require a double opt-in (users must follow a link in an email message, in order to complete subscription) specify name and number of text fields in the form customize text messages and labels manage subscribed email addresses donwload PDF file with list of subscribers download CSV file with list of subscribers choose whether you want to download all subscribers or only new subscribers Related features (Un)subscription requests can be directly processed by SendBlaster bulk email software : download SendBlaster here Plugin Features Subscribe new members Unsubscribe existing members Stores subscribed email addresses (as a useful backup against mail delivery failures) Purges old email addresses Customizable sidebar appearance Customizable texts and labels Adds to your form up to 5 custom fields Plugin Options E-mail address for managing subscriptions Message to subscriber – subject Message to subscriber – content Double Opt-in Link Love (enable and disable) Front side messages Front side appearance and custom fields Temporary db of newly subscribed members Automatic temporary db cleanup