Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

The newsletter plugin is a real newsletter and email marketing system for your WordPress blog: perfect for list building, you can easily create, send, and track e-mails, headache-free. It just works out of the box! Getting subscribers and list growing Unlimited subscribers Subscription forms: popup, post-injected, widget, shortcodes (basic and advanced), raw HTML (for coders) Double opt-in, Privacy checkbox, and GDPR ready Lists: organize, classify, and segment your subscribers Custom fields: when the name is not enough Maintenance: import, export, move between lists, delete inactive subscribers, … Detailed statistics WordPress user registration integration (with free addon) Subscription spam check with domain black list, Akismet, captcha, … Creating and sending newsletters Unlimited newsletters with click and open tracking Drag and drop composer and fully responsive emails Classic and HTML editor for those who need the maximum freedom Newsletter templates to quickly bring in your style and reuse for each marketing campaign One-Click Unsubscribe: fully compatible (mandatory by Google and Yahoo) Delivery speed fine control (from 12 emails per hour to as much as your server can manage) Advanced targeting with list combinations (all in, at least one, not in, …), custom fields and language filters General features Multilanguage ready: Polylang, WPML, TranslatePress Everything customizable: forms, labels, messages, emails, and so on Compatible with every SMTP plugin: Post SMTP, WP Mail SMTP, Easy WP SMTP, Easy SMTP Mail, WP Mail Bank, Fluent SMTP, … Diagnostic pages to have full control REST API for coders and integrations Find Us Newsletter is a continuously evolving plugin. Stay tuned by following us on Facebook or our site. Free Addons Improve The Newsletter Plugin with these free addons: WP Registration Addon – connects the WordPress standard and custom registration with the Newsletter plugin subscription. Optionally imports all registered users as subscribers. Archive Addon – creates a simple blog page that lists all your sent newsletters Locked Content Addon – open up your premium content only after the subscription Newsletter REST API Addon – adds a tier of REST API to integrate with the Newsletter core services SMTP Addon – deliver your newsletters with external SMTP Import Addon – import contacts from file or copy and paste data with full mapping (easily add them from our Addons panel) Addons on WordPress.org RSS Composer Block – (3rd party) a composer block that builds its content from an RSS feed Popup Maker Integration – (3rd party) integration of Newsletter forms with Popup Maker plugin BuddyPress integration – subscription opt-in inside BuddyPress signup form WP User Manager addon for Newsletter – adds the subscription option on registration forms Professional Addons Need more power? Feel something’s missing? The Newsletter Plugin features can be easily extended through our premium, professional Addons. Reports and Retargeting – improves the internal statistics collection system and provides better reports of data collected for each sent email. And retargeting. Neat. Automated – generates and sends your newsletters using your blog’s last posts, even custom ones like events or products. Just sit and watch! Autoresponder – creates email series to follow up with your subscribers Extended Composer Blocks – adds new blocks to the drag & drop composer Leads adds a fancy subscription popup box or a fixed bar to your website that will boost your conversion rate Google Analytics – track newsletter links with Google UTM tracking parameters Subscribe on Comment – adds the subscription option to your blog comment form Geolocation – adds geolocation capability to target subscribers by location Integration with Ecommerce solutions Collects subscribers at checkout or registration and assign to lists based on purchased items. WooCommerce Integration Easy Digital Download Integration with Form Builders Add the subscription option to your existing contact forms or create subscription forms with your preferred tool. Contact Form 7 Elementor Forms Ninja Forms WP Forms Gravity Forms Fluent Forms Formidable Forminator Integration with Delivery Services You should be free to choose how to send your newsletters: using the mailing service of your hosting provider, an SMTP plugin or professional delivery services. The Newsletter plugin has no constraints! We have optimised integrations with many delivery services to reach high reliability and performance. Each integration is provided with bounces and complaints management, and an efficient HTTP REST API connection. Amazon SES Sendgrid Postmark Sparkpost Mailjet Mailgun ElasticEmail SMTP2Go (free) SendPulse (free) SMTP.com (free) Brevo (free) MailerSend Resend.com Integration with Event Managers Include in newsletters your events with specialized composer blocks. Events Manager The Events Calendar Prime Events WP Event Manager Integration with Membership plugins Ultimate Member Paid Membership Pro plugins integration MemberPress WP User Pro – to map WP user roles to lists GDPR The Newsletter Plugin provides all the technical tools needed to achieve GDPR compliance, and we’re continuously working to improve them and to give support even for specific use cases. We do not collect users’ own subscribers’ data, nor does it have any access to that data: hence, we are not a data processor, so a data processing agreement is not needed. Anyway, if you configure the plugin to use external services (usually an external mail delivery service) you should check with that service if some sort of agreement is required. Support We provide support for our plugin on WordPress.org forums and through our official forum. Premium Users with an active license have access to one-to-one support via our ticketing system. Developers We have a documentation section dedicated to those who want to develop with the Newsletter plugin. You can find us on GitHub with some examples of addons. Follow Us Our Official Website – https://www.thenewsletterplugin.com/ GitHub – https://github.com/TheNewsletterPlugin LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-newsletter-plugin Our Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/thenewsletterplugin Our Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/newsletterwp

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