10 Best MC4WP Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
MC4WP sits at #5 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to MC4WP
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Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
#2 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 19 days ago.
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Newsletters, Email Marketing, SMS and Popups by Omnisend
4.8 (16) 100,000+ active installsNewsletters, Email Marketing, Email Automation, Forms, Pop Up, SMS by Omnisend
#6 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 1 million+, last updated 24 days ago.
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MailPoet
Paid version availableMailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
4.4 (1,432) 500,000+ active installsSend beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more
#1 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
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Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin
4.5 (118) 10,000+ active installsA fast, GDPR-compliant newsletter plugin. Collect newsletter subscribers, let users subscribe to new post notifications, and send newsletters. ★★★★★
#9 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 18 days ago.
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Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress
5.0 (7) 1 million+ active installsLaunch and grow your email marketing effortlessly with Hostinger Reach. Collect contacts, sync subscribers, and send emails – all in one, AI powered.
#10 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress
4.6 (1,169) 50,000+ active installsAdd subscription forms on the website and send newsletters & automatically send post notification about new blog posts once it gets published.
#3 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 50,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 12 days ago.
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Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups
4.9 (695) 20,000+ active installsFree email automation, email campaigns, exit intent popup builder, gamified popups with spin the wheel, contact forms & smart pop ups. 🎉
#8 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 20,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 5 days ago.
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FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution
4.8 (249) 80,000+ active installsThe easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress
#4 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 80,000+ installs against 1 million+, last updated 4 days ago.
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Kit (formerly ConvertKit) – Email Newsletter, Email Marketing, Membership, Subscribers and Landing Pages
4.8 (90) 40,000+ active installsBuild your email subscriber lists, send email marketing newsletters, create landing pages, build custom subscription forms with the Form Builder block …
#7 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 40,000+ installs against 1 million+, last updated 10 days ago.
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Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more.
4.1 (285) 100,000+ active installsTurn your WordPress site into a marketing powerhouse. Grow your audience, boost engagement, and drive more sales with Brevo.
Shares the newsletter tag on WordPress.org. 100,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.1 against 4.8, last updated June 24, 2026.
MC4WP against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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MC4WP vs Newsletter1 million+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.6
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MC4WP vs Omnisend1 million+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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MC4WP vs MailPoet1 million+ vs 500,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.4
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MC4WP vs Simple Newsletter1 million+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.5
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MC4WP vs Hostinger Reach1 million+ vs 1 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 5.0
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MC4WP vs Email Subscribers1 million+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.6
Switching from MC4WP: common questions
What is the best alternative to MC4WP?
Newsletter is the closest match: it shares the Newsletter Plugins top 10 with MC4WP and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which MC4WP alternative has the most users?
Hostinger Reach, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which MC4WP alternative is rated highest?
Poptin, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 695 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these MC4WP alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with MC4WP score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against MC4WP on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Newsletter is the closest match to MC4WP by the data we track, and Hostinger Reach has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. FluentCRM shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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