What does Subscribe2 do?

Subscribe2 provides a comprehensive subscription management and email notification system for WordPress blogs that sends email notifications to a list of subscribers when you publish new content to your blog.

How can email notifications be sent?

Email notifications can be sent on a per-post basis or periodically in a Digest email. Additionally, certain categories can be excluded from inclusion in the notification and posts can be excluded on an individual basis by setting a custom field.

What are the different subscription options?

Subscription requests allows users to publicly subscribe (Public Subscribers) by submitting their email address in an easy to use form or to register with your blog (Registered Users) which enables greater flexibility over the email content for per-post notifications for the subscriber. Admins are given control over the presentation of the email notifications, can bulk manage subscriptions for users and manually send email notices to subscribers.

What formats can Subscribe2 generate emails in?

Subscribe2 can generate emails for each of the following formats: plaintext excerpt, plaintext full post (Registered Users only), HTML excerpt (Registered Users only), HTML full post (Registered Users only).

Is there an upgrade option?

If you want to grow your subscriber lists, send automated campaigns to huge subscriber lists, you should upgrade to weMail.

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Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters

Sends a list of subscribers an email notification when you publish new posts.

Rating:

3.5

Active Installations:

20000+

Last Updated:

Jan 20, 2025

WordPress Version:

4.0 or higher

Tested up to:

6.7.2

Features Download’s trend Changelog Reviews

Easy Subscriptions

Manage and notify subscribers effortlessly.

Customizable Emails

Tailor your email notifications to suit your needs.

Flexible Categories

Exclude certain categories from notifications.

Enhanced Privacy

Appsero SDK ensures secure data collection and usage.

Author’s Site

10.44 (20th Jan, 2025)

Fix: Security related issues.

10.43 (06th June, 2024)

Update: Appsero client library.
Fix: Security related issues.

10.42 (12th October, 2023)

Fix: Subscribers searching filter can’t search by email address.
Fix: Post notification email is not sending to public subscribers.

10.41 (23rd June, 2023)

Fix: CSRF, Authorization issues when send an email.
Fix: Use built-in sanitize_email instead of manual.

10.40 (24th January, 2023)

Fix: {UNSUBLINK} tag not working properly when send an email.
Fix: subscribe2 emails no longer sending when publish a post.
Fix: template entities not working properly in settings page (line breaks, tabs were lost etc.).
Fix: subscribe2 notification overridden checkbox not working properly.
Fix: debug error when uninstall plugin & use error suppression.
Fix: email sending is always selected when multiple choose attachment.
Enhance: add email attachment removing option from send email.

10.39 (23st December, 2022)

Fix classic editor page meta field error.

10.38 (21st December, 2022)

Fix security related issues & also make compatible with wp v6.1.1

10.37 (23rd November, 2021)

Fix HTML widgets issue
Fix logged-in user can see subscription form

10.36 (30th September, 2021)

WordPress 5.8 compatibility
Fix form preview on widgets
Fix pop up form
Fix send schedule email options
Fix one click subscription
Fix some PHP warnings

10.35 (15th March, 2021)

Fix {UNSUBLINK} shortcode
WordPress 5.7 compatibility

10.34 (24th August, 2020)

Fix gutenberg script loading issue

10.33 (4th June, 2020)

Bump tested upto version 4.4
Minimum PHP version set to 5.4

See complete changelog.

Does not update security issues

By Peter Wollerup (pewolle) on May 3, 2024

Does not update or respond to security issues

WordPress Subscribe2 Plugin <= 10.42 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

regarding to Patchstack (PSID: 4de2aa554db5)

Override button has disappeared

By webmistressofthedark on February 21, 2023

The override button has disappeared.

Also what's with this 'block' garbage! OMG WP --- PLEASE LOSE IT!!!!

Doesn't work in latest WP version

By skymit on May 31, 2021

Doesn't work in latest WP version

Good but needs a big fix

By pubwvj on May 1, 2021

I've been using this for a while but it needs a big fix. The plugin should send mail singly and spread out over time rather than all at once. I'm getting complaints from my ISP that the plugin is overloading the server with huge dumps of email. I only have about 1,500 subscribers and if that is overloading then I can only imagine how bad it must be with more popular blogs. Please implement this. I just downgraded my review from five stars to one star. See... there's a problem that this plugin creates: it overloads the servers with email as described above. I just discovered that the developer is offering a fix for that for $29.99 PER FREAKING YEAR!!!!! It was bad enough that the developer creates a problem and then offers to solve it for a fee. It was worse that the fee is kind of high - I finally decided to pay it untill I discovered... It is absurd that the fee is a reoccurring annual subscription. No thanks.

Not able to edit setting in the Elementor

By sumanashree on January 7, 2021

I am not able to see the Elementor icon and its setting in my wordpress.org website.

Very good

By jimmathew on June 24, 2020

This tool meets our expectations, I would like to recommend.

Disappointing

By healthysolutions4living on March 16, 2020

Seemed to do what I wanted but I cannot get new members to show up as subscribers even after following the developers instructions. Because of this when I make a new post only the admin is emailed. I have to go in manually every time someone subscribes and change their role. Not so automated. If I cannot fix this I will uninstall.

Subscribe to form not protected for abuse

By Ulfsby Webdesign (sulfsby) on November 23, 2019

Causes unsolicited email distribution via unprotected Subscribe to e-mail form. There is no reCaptcha or other protection. My Internet Service Provider closed down my site due to this.

Without captcha this is a very bad plugin

By mazurik on September 5, 2019

In no case do not install this plugin!!! There is no captcha, and without it from your site will be sent spam! I wrote the hoster that on our server in the queue to send hundreds of letters. All because of this plugin. Do not install it!

Works fine

By longvuong7722 on August 15, 2019

Subscribers now can easily get notifications when I publish a new post and find out everything about new methods of acupuncture available in my salon.

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