Postie allows you to create posts via email, including many advanced features not found in WordPress's default Post by Email feature.
As 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….
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/
Been using this plugin for many years and it simplifies workflow enormously in certain cases. Thanks!
The Postie plugin has been working perfectly for a long time now, thanks a lot!
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!!
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.
Awesome, I have been looking for a plugin that can post from email.
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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