10 Best MailPoet Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
MailPoet sits at #1 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 MailPoet
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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 third of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.4, last updated 3 days ago.
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Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation
4.5 (120) 10,000+ active installsFast, GDPR-friendly newsletter plugin. Send new post notifications, collect unlimited subscribers, automate emails, and grow your audience. ★★★★★
#9 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 500,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.4, last updated 3 days ago.
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Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress
4.6 (1,170) 50,000+ active installsAdd subscription forms on the website and send newsletters & automatically send post notification about new blog posts once it gets published.
#6 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 50,000+ installs against 500,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.4, last updated 7 days ago.
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Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups
4.9 (700) 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 500,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.4, last updated 10 days ago.
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FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution
4.8 (250) 80,000+ active installsThe easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress
#3 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. 80,000+ installs against 500,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated 10 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
#4 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
4.8 (3,219) 200,000+ active installsAdvanced antispam for comments, registrations, contact forms, WooCommerce, plus email validation and protection. We catch spam others miss!
About a third of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated today.
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MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
4.8 (1,497) 1 million+ active installsThe #1 Mailchimp plugin for WordPress. Allows you to add a multitude of newsletter sign-up methods to your site.
#5 in the WordPress.org Newsletter Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated September 16, 2026.
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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 500,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated 7 days ago.
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Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress
5.0 (8) 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. About 2 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
MailPoet 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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MailPoet vs Newsletter500,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.6
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MailPoet vs Noptin500,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.5
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MailPoet vs Email Subscribers500,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.6
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MailPoet vs Poptin500,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.9
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MailPoet vs FluentCRM500,000+ vs 80,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.8
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MailPoet vs Omnisend500,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.8
Switching from MailPoet: common questions
What is the best alternative to MailPoet?
Newsletter is the closest match: it shares the Newsletter Plugins top 10 with MailPoet and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which MailPoet alternative has the most users?
MC4WP, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which MailPoet alternative is rated highest?
Poptin, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 700 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these MailPoet 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 MailPoet 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 MailPoet 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 MailPoet by the data we track, and MC4WP has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. CleanTalk Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 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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