Postie
Postie allows you to create posts via email, including many advanced features not found in WordPress's default Post by Email feature.
4.7(139 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Postie is a WordPress email plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 139 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 9% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
4.7/5139 reviews
10K+active installs
0%resolved
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Postie offers many advanced features for creating posts by email, including the ability to assign categories by name, included pictures and videos, and automatically strip off signatures.
Postie supports both IMAP and POP including SSL/TLS.
There is also an extensive set of filters/actions for developers to extend Postie’s functionality.
For usage notes, see the other notes page.
More info at http://PostiePlugin.com/
Features
- Supports IMAP or POP3 servers
- SSL and TLS supported
- Control who gets to post via email
- Set defaults for category, status, post format, post type and tags.
- Set title, category, status, post format, post type, date, comment control and tags in email to override defaults.
- Specify post excerpt (including excerpt only images).
- Use plain text or HTML version of emai…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very useful
by henkemail·1 month ago·1 reply
Been using this plugin for many years and it simplifies workflow enormously in certain cases. Thanks!
Wonderful plugin, works like a charm!
by Barry Ceelen·4 months ago
The Postie plugin has been working perfectly for a long time now, thanks a lot!
Worked the first time
by Carin·11 months ago
Thank you for this amazing plugin, I just setup with gmail and app password took 10 minutes and it worked the first time, very impressed!!
- This topic was modified 11 months ago by Carin.
Can just say wow
by phpone·1 year ago
I’m using Postie since 2016 and WOW it works without any issues, i posted over 25000 articles up to date.
Congratulations for your work.
I hope the “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.” is just cause there’s no issues or updates to send out.
Thanks Great Plugin
by Service2Client LLC·2 years ago·1 reply
Awesome, I have been looking for a plugin that can post from email.
Download Trends
Today: 81Yesterday: 71This week: 464Period total: 80K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.9
97.8%
Other
2.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.9.75 (2026-01-28)
- Fix parsing of time offset
Contributors
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