As of April 2026, WP Post Email Notification is a WordPress new plugin with 200 active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pluginception.
3.8/54 reviews
200active installs
8.9K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This plugin sends email-notifications to a list of subscribers (email address) whenever a new post is published. The list of subscribers is separated from the list of WordPress users.
To allow users to subscribe to the mailing-list, a widget is included that can be placed in the sidebar. The headline and a text of the widget can be modified and are displayed before the email-input field and the send button. The widget uses ajax to submit the entered e-mail address.
Within the administration area you get a reactive and clean overview of all subscribers and some additional settings, that fits perfectly into the user-experience of WordPress. You can delete or add subscribers manually as well as change the subject and body of the notification-email.
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Ratings & Reviews
3.84 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4.2+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.1
Published on 19th May 2018
- fix bug in registration of default options that prevents installation/activation
Contributors
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