MailPoet — WordPress Newsletter Plugin
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
by MailPoet · WordPress.org page · Website
MailPoet has 500,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 69,108,843 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 1, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
MailPoet at a glance
Is MailPoet well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Create and add a newsletter subscription form to your website
- Manage your subscribers and subscriber lists in WordPress
- Build and send newsletters with WordPress
- Create automatic emails to send new post notifications
- Send automated welcome emails
- Behavior and interest-based subscriber segmentation options
- Pre-built and customizable email and subscription form templates
- Multiple subscription form placements: below pages, fixed bar, popup, slide-in, shortcode, on exit intent
- WooCommerce emails: abandoned cart, first purchase, specific product, product category, order status change, review added
- Customize WooCommerce transactional emails
- Automate subscriber management (add/remove from list, add/remove tags, update subscriber data) (paid plan required)
- Create custom automation triggers and actions (paid plan required)
MailPoet reviews and ratings
1,432 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
1,432 reviews
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Happy and stress-free
In the beginning there were some glitches that the Mailpoet team helped resolve. This is a gift for someone who does not really get the technical side of things. After that it has been smooth-sailing and stress-free - exactly what a non-techie blogger needs.
thegv2020 -
Simply Amazing
You really hit the ground running with this MailPoet. After a few setting configs, you are writing beautiful content with a list you manage. The interface is intuitive, and I did not feel lost at any point in time. Mailchimp et al really have a tough adversary with this one!
Christian Saborio -
Really useful
Even just for the occasional email update about a new feature rather than full campaigns, this is a really nice tool.
surefyre2 -
Five stars, gladly.
I built my site alone, so I’ve become pretty used to waiting for something to break. After weeks of wrestling with another email service—broken forms, empty newsletters, images that refused to load—installing MailPoet felt like finally being able to exhale. Everything worked as it should: the signup form, confirmation email, custom post types, featured images, and even the automated fortnightly newsletter, all set up in one sitting and running quietly ever since. As a solo writer and illustrator, every hour spent debugging is an hour taken away from writing or drawing, so having the newsletter simply take care of itself is a genuine relief. It’s the kind of peace of mind that means far more to me than any feature list.
anandaravind -
Social Icon zu X in der Webansicht nicht zu tollerieren.
Die Webansicht zeigt Social Icons, die ich nicht abschalten kann. Seitdem Elon Musk Twitter übernommen hat, kann ich es und kann es unsere Zielgruppe nicht tollerieren, wenn Icons zu X angeboten werden.
UliMand -
Support experience with MailPoet... Great!
Support experience with MailPoet… Great!
Fotiou
Where MailPoet ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that MailPoet appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Newsletter Plugins | #3 by tag, #1 in search | #1 | – |
| Best Automation Plugins | #1 in search, not tagged | #17 | – |
| Best Notification Plugins | #7 in search, not tagged | #33 | – |
| Best Membership Plugins | #16 in search, not tagged | #45 | – |
| Best Multisite Plugins | #26 in search, not tagged | #51 | – |
| Best Forum Plugins | #31 in search, not tagged | #55 | – |
| Best Security Plugins | #40 in search, not tagged | #69 | – |
| Best Review Plugins | #42 in search, not tagged | #73 | – |
| Best GDPR Plugins | #47 in search, not tagged | #75 | – |
MailPoet alternatives
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MailPoet Details
Send beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- email automation
- Email Marketing
- newsletter
- post notification
- woocommerce emails
- Version
- 5.37.0
- Last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First published
- Oct 28, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 7.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
MailPoet FAQ
What does MailPoet do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, MailPoet offers Create and add a newsletter subscription form to your website, Manage your subscribers and subscriber lists in WordPress, Build and send newsletters with WordPress, Create automatic emails to send new post notifications and Send automated welcome emails.
How many active installs does MailPoet have?
WordPress.org reports 500,000+ active installs for MailPoet as of September 7, 2026.
Is MailPoet still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 1, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does MailPoet have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 36 of 52 recent support threads for MailPoet are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is MailPoet free?
MailPoet is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.
Where does MailPoet rank among Newsletter Plugins?
MailPoet is #1 in the WordPress.org "newsletter" ranking as of today.