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Right then, which Newsletter plugin shall we use? I receive lots of Newsletters created by MailChimp, AweberConstantContact and CampaignMonitor,  but none generated by native WordPress plugins. On my Drupal sites I’ve successfully combined the Simplenews module with the node embed module, and some hand coded template files to issue newsletters where the content comes directly from the site. That’s my objective for WordPress-pompey… so how do I do it? And if I am able to achieve it what are the pros and cons of this versus using a dedicated mailing solution? I mean, I’ve got a developers licence for GravityForms so wouldn’t it make sense to use the add-ons for MailChimp, AWeber or CampaignMonitor?

Plugin name and descriptionPlugin links: WP,homepage,bw notesVersion, total downloads, last update, tested
Newsletter
Add a real newsletter service to your blog. In seconds. For free.
newsletter
home
...
2.5.2.6
336794
2011-11-16
3.3.2
MailPress
The WordPress mailing platform
mailpress
home
...
5.2.1
211579
2012-01-13
3.3.2
ALO EasyMail Newsletter
To send newsletters. Features: collect subcribers on registration or with an ajax widget, mailing lists, cron batch sending, multilanguage.
alo-easymail
home
...
2.4.8
138928
2012-04-27
3.3.2
Notes:

I installed MailPress(...) a while ago on a local install. I was rather bothered that it didn’t have an automatic update solution; would it lead to a fatal fob if I weren’t careful? I never found out what it could do.

I’m going to try Newsletter(...) on www.wp-pompey.org.uk

Question: Should I find out more about MailChimp before I find out what I can do with a WordPress only solution?

There was a plugin called fes-wordpress-newsleter (where FES stands for Fast Email Sender), but it appears to have dissappeared from WordPress.org

Further reading:

http://tomuse.com/wordpress-newsletter-plugin/

http://www.constantcontact.com

http://www.gravityforms.com/add-ons/

 

http://buildyourblog.net/email/comparison-wordpress-email-newsletter-subscription-plugins

 

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