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MailerLite – Signup forms (official)
A signup tool that frequently forgets to actually sign people up.
GrowingPoor rating
55/100
Core functionality often fails to capture subscribers and support is frequently unresponsive.
Active installs
~103,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
3.0★
40 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+211%
Growing fast
193 → 600 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.00★
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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
Growing fast · +211% in the last year
193/day a year ago→600/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMailerLite's official signup forms plugin has a poor reputation among users, with widespread reports of core functionality failures and unresponsive support, making it unreliable for anyone who needs a dependable subscriber capture tool.
What people like
- +Support staff, when reachable via live chat, is described as helpful and effective at resolving issues×2
- +Basic functionality works correctly for some users once properly configured×2
Common complaints
- −Forms display a success message but subscribers are not actually added to any list, making the core function unreliable×3
- −Plugin fails to sync properly with MailerLite account — forms created on the website don't appear in the plugin, and vice versa×3
- −Support is unresponsive or absent when issues are raised, with open threads going unanswered×3
- −API/integration setup is confusing and does not automatically share credentials with other MailerLite integrations such as WooCommerce×2
- −Plugin broke websites upon installation, requiring deletion to restore normal operation×2
- −Intermittent, unpredictable behavior — works sometimes and fails other times with no clear cause×2
- −Updates have been known to break the plugin, with no follow-up support from the developer×2
- −Pop-up form editor loses all custom text on save/reload, reverting to default values
- −No support for the block-based WooCommerce checkout, with the issue unresolved for months (since block based checkout)
- −CSS specificity makes it impossible to apply custom styles; no support for custom classes or IDs
- −Plugin depends on jQuery for form validation, adding unnecessary page weight
- −Onboarding and in-plugin instructions are poor, with no guidance on required setup steps like account verification or interest groups×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.00★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 40 total
Latest reviews · 40 analyzed
- 2026-02-28★★★★★Same as everyone else here…honeystonebooks
- 2026-02-17★★★★★No longer using itdomino5000
- 2026-01-12★★★★★Unreliable both as a platform and as a plugingeppeinserra1-shot
- 2025-10-08★★★★★Form styling not appliedsurfbee
- 2025-05-28★★★★★This plug-in is a nightmare!phil40230
- 2025-04-14★★★★★Broken – saving a new form doesn't worklukascech
- 2025-03-11★★★★★Doesn't workferdanmena
- 2024-08-27★★★★★No support for block based checkoutDaniel P.
- 2024-08-01★★★★★Broken to the core, Doesn't workfamilyaffiliatehub
- 2023-10-09★★★★★Einfache Handhabung und 24/7 Supportkarin671-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to MailerLite
Top Email plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
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.
612
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
775
Prior 7-day baseline
478
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
16,391
Mean release-day peak (30d)
587
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-21.0%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.70
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
35%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.95 → 3.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered