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Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress
A newsletter powerhouse that occasionally trips on its own updates.
Declining
79/100
Strong support and features keep users happy even though recent updates have introduced some complexity.
Active installs
~62,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.6★
1,168 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-30%
Declining fast
576 → 403 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 30% vs a year ago
- MINORreview volume down 61% vs prior 6mo
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -30% in the last year
576/day a year ago→403/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEmail Subscribers & Newsletters is a well-regarded, long-standing plugin for post notifications and newsletters with consistently praised support, though at least one user warns that recent updates have added unnecessary complexity and broken existing functionality.
What people like
- +Support team is responsive, helpful, and effective at resolving issues×7
- +Easy to use for sending newsletters and post notifications×4
- +Reliable and works well over long-term use across multiple sites×4
- +Staggers email sending to reduce spam filtering
- +Free version is functional and sufficient for basic needs×2
Common complaints
- −Recent updates have added unnecessary complexity and extra clicks, making the plugin harder to use
- −Updates perceived as regressions that break existing functionality
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.71★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 28%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-01-162025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,168 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Best Plugin for mails to subscribersshikhargoel19901-shot
- 2026-04-25★★★★★It works, generally wellacekin26
- 2026-03-20★★★★★very good newsletter plugincabbagetree
- 2026-03-02★★★★★Great Plugin!jgfishman1-shot
- 2026-02-08★★★★★Excellent Servicerdobrusin1-shot
- 2026-02-02★★★★★Great plugin!wartin
- 2026-01-28★★★★★Awesome Plug-in!sayhi2lonnie
- 2025-12-01★★★★★Very good Servicedruske
- 2025-11-24★★★★★Long time product use with great tech support!jennyprevatte
- 2025-11-18★★★★★Great product, excellent supportcortex59471-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Email Subscribers & Newsletters
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
455
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
460
Prior 7-day baseline
377
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,904
Mean release-day peak (30d)
15,387
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-1.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
28%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-61%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.71★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered