Newsletter
by s-feeds · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Newsletter
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+26%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “newsletter”, “notifications” and “subscription form” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
42 health vs 66 average across 2,134 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,297 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1848 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 1848 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| newsletter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “newsletter”, “notifications” and “subscription form” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 78 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
5.1y ago
latest release · v2.4 · 12 Oct 2021
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Jun 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hamilcarbarcun8.2y ago
The app is excellent and still works but surely needs some new features and bug fixes. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by hamilcarbarcun.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onliniak9.7y ago
Highly customization
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ member603664810.4y ago
This is a fantastic social share plugin with newsletter sign-up form for your website. It’s fast loading and it’s completely free. What could be better than that.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ s-feeds11.0y ago
What a cool plugin 😉 (Full disclosure: I’m the plugin creator)
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (2.4). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- 2026-09-15 CVE-2026-86824 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 9.3.7 Patched in 9.3.8
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 10 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Sendinblue, Telegram.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,561 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-29 20+ → 10+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 30+ → 20+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2024-01-18 20+ → 30+ up after 185 days in tier
- 2023-07-17 30+ → 20+ down after 188 days in tier
- 2023-01-10 40+ → 30+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2022-12-16 50+ → 40+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2022-11-27 30+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-11-25 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter 1K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
MailerLite – Signup forms (official) 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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Drop a live Pulse card for Newsletter into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/newsletter-email-mailing-list" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Newsletter — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Newsletter: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/newsletter-email-mailing-list
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