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Simple Newsletter — WordPress Newsletter Plugin

Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin

by Noptin Newsletter Team · WordPress.org page · Website

v4.3.6 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Simple Newsletter has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 681,846 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Simple Newsletter at a glance

Active installs
10,000+
Total downloads
681,846
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Simple Newsletter well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
9%
11 of 118 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Latest Posts – Automatically send a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly email highlighting your latest posts
  • New Post Notification – Automatically notify your subscribers, users, or customers everytime you publish new content on your site
  • Automatically send your subscribers, users, or customers an email every X days
  • Welcome emails or SMS to new subscribers, WooCommerce customers, or WordPress users
  • Newsletters to email subscribers, WordPress users, or WooCommerce customers
  • Automatically notify your subscribers everytime you publish a new blog post so that they can keep coming back to your website
  • An email, SMS, or telegram message when a WooCommerce cart is abandoned
  • Unique next order coupon codes or thank you emails
  • Send notifications to slack when you get a new subscribers, WooCommerce order, etc

Simple Newsletter reviews and ratings

118 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

4.5 out of 5

118 reviews

5★
96
4★
6
3★
5
2★
0
1★
11
  • Every feature is paywalled

    I tried to use the plugin but _almost_ _every_ _feature_ is intentionally crippled and basic tools are behind paywall. Instant uninstall.

    KreativeLabs
  • Noptin outstanding

    easy to learn. Good documentation. I am new and it made everything easy. Great as I do like easy. Works as intended.

    morovis1251
  • Bon plugin pour les actualités du site

    Simple à mettre en place, facile à configurer, bonne documentation, multiples choix d'utilisation et de mise en forme, merci.

    ivanstol
  • Easy and Useful

    Easy and Useful

    supakarn
  • Great plugin and active support

    I use the plugin to keep our subscribers informed about our concert schedules. The support team responds quickly and adequately to questions and comments. Happy with this plugin and the people behind it!

    pako64
  • Relatively easy to set up

    Works seamlessly with Contact Form 7, and you can easily integrate your own forms into the website.

    Uitz-Mehler EDV

Where Simple Newsletter ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Simple Newsletter appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Newsletter Plugins #29 by tag, #4 in search #9

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Details

A fast, GDPR-compliant newsletter plugin. Collect newsletter subscribers, let users subscribe to new post notifications, and send newsletters. ★★★★★

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • newsletter
  • newsletter subscribers
  • notify
  • subscribe
  • woocommerce

More from Noptin Newsletter Team

Version
4.3.6
Last updated
Aug 20, 2026
First published
Mar 6, 2019
Requires WordPress
6.7
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Simple Newsletter FAQ

What does Simple Newsletter do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple Newsletter offers Latest Posts – Automatically send a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly email highlighting your latest posts, New Post Notification – Automatically notify your subscribers, users, or customers everytime you publish new content on your site, Automatically send your subscribers, users, or customers an email every X days, Welcome emails or SMS to new subscribers, WooCommerce customers, or WordPress users and Newsletters to email subscribers, WordPress users, or WooCommerce customers.

How many active installs does Simple Newsletter have?

WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Simple Newsletter as of September 7, 2026.

Is Simple Newsletter still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Simple Newsletter have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Simple Newsletter are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Simple Newsletter free?

Simple Newsletter is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Simple Newsletter rank among Newsletter Plugins?

Simple Newsletter is #9 in the WordPress.org "newsletter" ranking as of today.