=== Email Subscribers & Newsletters ===
Contributors: icegram, niravmehta, sandhyam, storeapps, malayladu, Mansi Shah
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BMFRMVXQ87JWA&source=url
Author URI: https://www.icegram.com/
Tags: subscription, newsletter, email marketing, post notification, email newsletter form, email signup, email widget, newsletter signup, subscribe, subscription form, bulk emails, signup form, list builder, lead generation, welcome email, contacts
Requires at least: 3.9
Tested up to: 5.2.3
Stable tag: 4.2.4
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses

Add subscription forms on website, send HTML Broadcasts(aka newsletters) & automatically notify contacts about new blog posts once it gets published.

== Description ==

Email Subscribers is a complete newsletter plugin which lets you **collect leads, send automated new blog post notification emails, create & send broadcasts and also manage them all in one single place**.

> This works very well indeed... It **does all the necessary things for a newsletter/email list(s)**... **It is simple, clean, easy to engage, and looks good**... I was also easily able to do some styling on the input forms by adding its widget css into my child's style.css file and add and/or change some properties and values... Thanks much for making this available and staying on top of it... :-)
> - [crzyhrse](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-well-indeed)

**Perfect Plugin for All your Newsletter Needs**

Email Subscribers is a fully featured subscription plugin specially created keeping in mind all the needs and requirements of a **regular blogger, website owner, marketer and developers**. It helps you achieve all the things you need to build a list and keep them engaged within a single plugin.

**Easily Collect Leads On Your Website** : Insert a neat looking subscription anywhere on your website. This subscription box is beautifully designed and grabs audiences attention instantly.

**Send Automated Updates when a Post is published** : Save on time by automating the process of sending emails each time a blog post is published.

**Quickly Create, Schedule and Send Broadcasts** : Create beautiful broadcasts using the HTML editor and send them to your subscribers either manually or via cron.

> **Complete Plugin. Configured within 5 minutes. Works 100%** -
I am very satisfied with this easy and complete plugin/widget. In 5 minutes or less I configured it and is working 100%. I had to delete what I was using from jetpack because it just stop working and I could not figured out why. So this one seems to be the right for me. Thanks
> - [Vsoraya](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-and-easy-9/)

**Complete Feature List of Email Subscribers**

* Send **notification emails** to contacts when new posts are published.
* Option to **schedule email (Cron job option)** or **send them manually**.
* **Collect customer emails by adding a subscription box (Widget/Shortcode/PHP Cod)**.
* **Double Opt-in and Single Opt-in** facility for contacts.
* **Email notification** to admin when user **signs up** (Optional).
* **Automatic welcome email** to contacts (Optional).
* Automatically add **Unsubscribe link** in the email.
* **Import/Export contacts emails**.
* **HTML editor** to create broadcasts and post notifications.
* Send broadcasts.
* Sent **email status** and when it was viewed.
* Support **localization or internationalization**.
* **Include/exclude categories** while sending a newsletter or post notification.
* **Ability to control user access** (Roles and Capabilities).
* Easy **Integration with free plugins [Icegram](https://wordpress.org/plugins/icegram/) and [Rainmaker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/icegram-rainmaker/)**

> **Best Email Subscriber Plugin!!** -
> I have tried quite a few subscribe by email type plugins and this by far blows them all out of the water. Beautiful emails and and great backend design for the admin. This works so nice and works well with SMTP solutions
> - [Mike Price](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-email-subscriber-plugin/)

**Start Collecting Leads Anywhere on Your Website**

Email subscribers lets you collect leads from anyplace on your website. You can either directly insert the subscription form as a shortcode, show it as a widget or simple add it to your site’s theme using php.

*   **Shortcode for any posts or pages**

    ` [email-subscribers-form id="{form-id}"] `

*   **Widget option**

    Go to Appearance -> Widgets. Drag and drop the Email Subscribers widget to your desired location.

*   **Add directly in the theme**

    Add following line of PHP code directly in your theme :

    ` es_subbox( $namefield =  "YES", $desc = "", $group = "" ); `

> **Great Plugin** -
> Works as expected. Great way to build an email list on your own site. It allows my clients to manage their own lists via login. I love the automatic notifications to contacts when new posts are created. Looking forward to a “premium” paid version that includes email templates.
> - [jj9617](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-10646/)

**Send Automated Emails as soon as a New Blog Post is Published**

As soon as you publish a new blog post, email subscribers will automatically send the people on your list a notification, informing them about the new blogpost.

> **Great product and support** -
> I highly recommend this product. It does everything it says it will do, is easily adaptable to your website, and Mansi’s level of support is fantastic. Unlike some of the other similar plugins, this one gives you total control over who requests to subscribe to your newsletter or blog.
> - [ForPm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-product-and-support-11/)

**It’s a One-time Setup**

Once you setup a ‘New blog post’ notification mail, you won’t have to look at it ever again. Email Subscribers will detect everytime a new blog article is published on your website and then send an notification email to your list informing them about the article.

> **Easy to use but super powerfull** -
> **Easy to configure, tweak and manage**. And works like a charm
> - [Aleksander](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-but-super-powerfull/)

**Create Beautiful Newsletters Within Minutes**

Email Subscribers has a HTML editor which lets you create elegant newsletter, emails and send them to your contacts. You can add images, infographics, links, content etc and make your newsletters engaging for your contacts.

> **Impressive and simple** -
> Found this plugin, most impressed, simple to set up, easy to use and the support is overwhelming
> - [Closeburn](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impressive-and-simple/)

**Send/Schedule Emails either Automatically or Manually**

Using Email Subscribers you can either choose to send the newsletters/ emails manually or schedule them using a cron job.

**Detailed Documentation**

Email Subscribers has a vast, well documented series of article that can help you understand each feature in detail. Please go ahead and read it incase of any questions : [Email Subscribers Documentation](https://www.icegram.com/knowledgebase_category/email-subscribers).

> **Hitman of email subscribing** -
> the best plugin for getting subscribers.Combine it with any popup and you don’t need anything else.the help (FAQ) section is really detailed.
> - [DrowsyReader](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hitman-of-email-subscribing/)

**Friendly Approachable Support**

Don’t believe it? Have a look at the review section. The support guys are friendly and ever willing to assist you with whatever be your query. Feel free to contact them with both pre-sales, after-sales questions.

> **Lightning support** -
> Had 3 questions about the plugin, got extensive support with each one. Continue doing what you’re doing! Thanks a lot! 5/5
> - [DomLaurin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightning-support/)

**More Advanced Features**

Check out [Email Subscribers Starter](https://www.icegram.com/email-subscribers-pricing/) to get these features :

* **Protect your list from bot attacks** - Use captcha to protect your email list from bots. The simple maths captcha helps identifying bots from humans and eliminates spam signups.

* **Newsletter email templates** - Elegant newsletter templates to keep your leads engaged with your content

* **Offer & promotional email templates** - High converting ready-to-use templates for any occasion, events or holiday season.

* **New blog post notification email templates** - Awesome templates that will encourage contacts to read your blog post

* **Automatic Background Sending** 

* **Connect with SMTP / Email Sending Services**

* **Automatically add people to your mailing list whenever someone post a comment on your website**

* Integrate with **WooCommerce & Contact Form 7**


**Get more benefits by using Email Subscribers with these free plugins**

**Get more form styles by using Rainmaker**

Email Subscribers easily integrates with another light weight plugin called [Rainmaker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/icegram-rainmaker/). This plugin provides you **multiple, beautiful form design templates**. It also **lets you redirect the user to another url as soon as they subscribe to your form**.

Using Rainmaker, you can extend the core features of Email Subscribers making the forms even more useful and styles even more elegant.

**Help Fellow WordPressers by Writing a Review**

If you like Email Subscribers, please leave a [5 stars](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/email-subscribers?filter=5#postform) review on WordPress. That helps fellow website owners access Email Subscribers easily and benefit from it!

**Some of our other free plugins on WordPress.org**

1. [Icegram](https://wordpress.org/plugins/icegram/) - Popups, Welcome Bar, Opt-Ins and Lead Generation Plugin
2. [Rainmaker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/icegram-rainmaker/) - Best Forms Plugin on WordPress
3. [Temporary Login Without Password](https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/)

== Installation ==

Option 1:

1. Go to WordPress Dashboard. Locate Plugins -> Add New
2. Search Email Subscribers plugin using search option
3. Find the plugin and click Install Now button
4. After installation, click on Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

Option 2:

1. Download the plugin email-subscribers.zip
2. Go to WordPress Dashboard. Locate Plugins -> Add New
3. Click on Upload Plugin link from top
4. Upload the downloaded email-subscribers.zip file and click on Install Now
5. After installation, click on Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= 1. How to install and activate Email Subscribers on multisite installation? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-install-and-activate-plugin-single-multisite/).

= 2. How to add subscription box to your website? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-add-subscription-box-to-website/).

= 3. How to modify the existing emails like emails like Confirmation, Welcome, Admin emails and Cron Settings and Assign User Roles? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-general-plugin-settings/).

= 4. How does Sync work? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-does-sync-work/).

= 5. How to Import and export email address? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-import-or-export-email-address-to-subscriber-list/).

= 6. How to change/update/translate any strings from the plugin? =

Refer steps from [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-change-update-translate-any-texts-from-email-subscribers/).

= 7. How to add unsubscribe link in emails? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-add-unsubscribe-link-in-emails/).

= 8. How to Create and Send Newsletter Emails? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-create-and-send-newsletter-emails/).

= 9. What are the available keywords in the Newsletters? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-what-are-the-available-keywords-in-the-newsletters/).

= 10. How to Create and Send Post Notification Emails when new posts are published? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-create-and-send-post-notification-emails-when-new-posts-are-published/).

= 11. What are the available keywords in the Post Notifications? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-what-are-the-available-keywords-in-the-post-notifications/).

= 12. How to send a sample new post notification email to testgroup/myself? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-send-a-sample-new-post-notification-email-to-testgroup-myself/).

= 13. How to check sent emails reports? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-check-sent-emails/).

= 14. How to Add/Update Existing Subscribers Group & Status? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-add-update-existing-subscribers-group/).

= 15. Subscribers are not receiving Emails =

Check steps from [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-subscribers-are-not-receiving-emails/).

= 16. How to show subscribe form inside a popup? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-show-subscribe-form-inside-a-popup/).

= 17. How to use Rainmaker’s form in Email Subscribers? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-use-rainmakers-form-in-email-subscribers/).

= 18. How to Redirect Subscribers to a new page/url after successful sign up? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-redirect-subscribers-to-a-new-page-url-after-successful-sign-up/).

= 19. How to add captcha in Subscribe form of Email Subscribers? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-add-captcha-in-subscribe-form-of-email-subscribers/).

= 20. How to Schedule Cron Emails/auto emails? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-schedule-cron-emails/).

= 21. How to Schedule Cron Emails in cPanel? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-schedule-cron-emails-in-cpanel/).

= 22. How to Schedule Cron Emails in Parallels Plesk? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-schedule-cron-emails-in-parallels-plesk/).

= 23. What to do if Hosting doesn’t support Cron Jobs? =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-what-to-do-if-hosting-doesnt-support-cron-jobs/).

= 24. CSS Help =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-css-help/).

= 25. Email Subscribers FAQ =

Refer [here](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-faq/).

== Screenshots ==

1. Front Page - Subscription Form

2. Admin page - Audience

3. Admin page - Post Notifications

4. Admin page - Broadcasts

5. Admin page - Reports of all Newsletter & Post Notification emails sent

6. Admin page - Settings Tab 1 - General Settings

7. Admin page - Settings Tab 2 - Signup Confirmation related Settings

8. Admin page - Settings Tab 3 - Cron Job (Schedule Email) related Settings

9. Admin page - Settings Tab 4 - Security Settings

== Changelog ==

**4.2.4 (23.10.2019)**

* Update: Improve Create Broadcast UI
* Fix: Unable to remove label for Email field in Subscription Form
* Fix: Validate Post Notification data

**4.2.3 (17.10.2019)**

* Update: Now, only administrator can access Email Subscribers menus.
* Fix: Email open tracking
* Fix: Vulnerability while exporting contacts
* Fix: Vulnerability while sending test email
* Fix: Check permission before saving settings

= 4.2.2 (15.10.2019) =
* New: Added configuration option for label & placeholder for subscription form
* Update: Ask subscribers for confirmation before unsubscription
* Fix: Unsubscription issue

= 4.2.1 (10.10.2019) =
* Update: Added per page screen option for Contacts, Forms, Lists & Campaigns

= 4.2.0 (01.10.2019) =
* New: [Pepipost](https://pepipost.com/?utm_source=icegram&utm_medium=es_inapp&utm_campaign=pepipost) api support for email sending

= 4.1.15 (12.09.2019) =
* New: Stop email sending if hourly email sending limit exceeded.
* Update: Added option to customize message after form submission (Email Subscribers > Settings Menu)
* Fixed: Import contacts issue

= 4.1.14 (28.08.2019) =
* New: Import First Name & Last Name
* Update: Added "Send Welcome email" option to send out Welcome Email.
* Fix: Multiple Welcome & Admin email notification on clicking confirmation link multiple times

= 4.1.13 (20.08.2019) =
* New: Added option to select "All Categories" in post notifications.
* New: Send "Welcome Email" to contact which are being added from Audience dashboard
* Fix: All Post Notifications were sent for the post with no category selected
* Fix: Typo

= 4.1.12 (07.08.2019) =
* Fix: Set post categories correctly after migration
* Fix: Get all lists from email list & notification tables

= 4.1.11 (02.08.2019) =
* Fix: Send multiple email notification issue

= 4.1.10 (31.07.2019) =
* Update: Added viewed count on reports page
* Fix: Shortcodes were not working in email templates
* Fix: Viewed status was not getting updated
* Fix: Migration issues in reports

= 4.1.9 (25.07.2019) =
* Update: Admin notification will be sent out only after contacts confirm their subscription
* Update: Show Post Notifications categories in campaigns view
* Fix: Sort contacts by name
* Fix: Email Notification formatting issue

= 4.1.8 (16.07.2019) =
* New: Now, admin can add/ edit First Name & Last Name of subscribers.
* Fix: Fixed Vulnerabilities (Thanks Tin Duong of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, WordPress Plugin Review Team & Ihor Voschyk for reporting)

= 4.1.7 (15.07.2019) =
* Update: Now, able to sort reports by Subject, Status, Start Date, End Date & Total Contacts
* Update: Now, able to sort forms by Name & Created date
* Update: Now, email template will pick up the latest content while email sending
* Fix: Importing issue
* Fix: Migration issue
* Fix: Fixed Vulnerability

= 4.1.6 (01.07.2019) =
* Update: Added sorting for name field in Audience tab
* Fix: Warning: Illegal string offset 'es_registered'
* Fix: Set list name blank in campaign list page
* Fix: Contacts sort by email was not working.

= 4.1.5 (20.06.2019) =
* Update: Added "Opt-In Type" column in exported contacts lists
* Update: Allow to send broadcast only if contacts are available in list
* Fix: "Select the list" error

= 4.1.4 (13.06.2019) =
* New: Added First Name, Last Name in exported csv file
* New: Added {{FIRSTNAME}}, {{LASTNAME}} keyword
* Update: Improve subscription form layout.

= 4.1.3 (06.06.2019) =
* New: Export contacts by list

= 4.1.2.2 (31.05.2019) =
* Fix: Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_plugins()

= 4.1.2.1 (30.05.2019) =
* Fix: Unable to use sync functionality

= 4.1.2 (29.05.2019) =
* New: Added support to export "Unconfirmed" contacts.

= 4.1.1 (21.05.2019) =
* Fix: "Oops.. Unexpected error occurred" while subscribing
* Fix: Typo in "Campaigns > Edit Post Notification" title
* Fix: Duplicate lists while syncing WordPress users

= 4.1 (14.05.2019) =
* New: Now, able to change the label of "Subscribe" button

= 4.0.18 (07.05.2019) =
* New : Added a feature to duplicate any template
* New : Added support to re run database migration from ES 3.5.18
* Fix : Display "0" above form
* Fix : Migration issue

= 4.0.17 (03.05.2019) =
* New : New keywords added : {{TOTAL-CONTACTS}} in form description
* Fix : Post/page editor issue with RTL sites

= 4.0.16 (23.04.2019) =
* New : New keywords added : {{TOTAL-CONTACTS}} , {{SITEURL}}, {{SITENAME}}
* New : Added option to enable/ disable WordPress Cron for Email Subscribers
* New : Added option to enable/ disable email open tracking
* Fix : Database error while sorting list
* Fix : Incorrect viewed and sent dates in report details


= 4.0.15 (17.04.2019) =
* Fix: Error with Gutenberg editor
* Fix: Media Upload Error
* Fix: WordPress Media Library grid issue
* Fix: Database error 

= 4.0.14.1 (16.04.2019) =
* Fix: CSS issue

= 4.0.14 (15.04.2019) =
* Fix : Added plain text email content for html email
* Fix : Email confirmation fails if address contains ‘+’
* Fix : Migration issue
* Update: POT file

= 4.0.13 (05.04.2019) =
* Fix : Plain text email does not decode HTML entities
* Fix : Not able to select category with special charterers in post notification 
* Fix : Not able to send email using Amazon SES
* Fix : Allow contact to subscribe again once unsubscribed
* Fix : Remove the NAME field when "NO" set in shortcode
* Update: POT file

= 4.0.12 (01.04.2019) =
* Fix : Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION
* Update: Remove old css
* Update: POT file

= 4.0.11 (26.03.2019) =
* New : Added "Add to List" option to the bulk actions of contacts
* New : Link contacts from list view
* Update: Additional security check while opt-in and unsubscription
* Fix : PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare temp_filter_category() 

= 4.0.10 (20.03.2019) =
* Update: Added resent confirmation message
* Fix: Duplicate contacts via Rainmaker form
* Fix: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '['
* Fix: New strings will be available for translations on [WordPress](https://translate.wordpress.org/) (Thanks to [@otto42](https://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42/) and [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/))

= 4.0.9 (15.03.2019) =
* Fix: Post Notification doesn't work with WP 5.0+ and 'Classic Editor'
* Fix: Username is set instead of user's name after Sync WordPress users
* Fix: Welcome Email and Confirmation Email was not working when subscribed via Rainmaker
* Fix: '{{Email}}' keyword is empty in emails

= 4.0.8 (14.03.2019) =
* Fix: Multiple post notifications issue
* Fix: "500 internal server error" while using Rainmaker Form
* Fix: Post notifications are not being sent while republishing older posts
* Update: Enhance import contacts functionality
* Update: POT file

= 4.0.7 (13.03.2019) =
* Fix: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in older version of PHP
* Fix: Cron URL set empty
* Fix: Post notifications not being sent for the first time post publish in WP 5.0+
* Update: Show success/ error message on campaign delete.
* Update: Show notice if WordPress Cron is disable.

= 4.0.6 (12.03.2019) =
* Enhancement: Now, queued emails will be processed on every 15 minutes
* Fix: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ')'
* Fix: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')' 
* Update: POT file

= 4.0.5 (11.03.2019) =
* Update: Enable admin email notification after campaign sent
* Fix: Migration of old Email Subscriber's widgets
* Fix: Could not create, edit list

= 4.0.4 (07.03.2019) =
* Fix: 'es_subbox' function not working
* Fix: Warning: Cannot modify header information 

= 4.0.3 (06.03.2019) =
* New:  Able to process queued emails manually
* Update: Added list wise status for contact on Audience dashboard
* Update: Added status based filtering for contacts
* Update: Added Icegram compatibility
* Fix: Post Notification not getting triggered
* Fix: Incorrect cron url issue when migrated from other domain

= 4.0.2 (04.03.2019) =
* Update: Added sync WordPress users functionality
* Update: Added status(Subscribed/ Unsubscribed ) column in Audience dashboard
* Fix: Short description Missing in Widget
* Fix: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class ‘es_cls_registerhook’ not found in Reports Section
* Fix: Contacts not getting confirmation mail
* Fix: Opt-In type shown "Single-opt-in" by default
* Fix: Post Notification templates are not available for selection
* Update: POT file


= 4.0.1 (02.03.2019) =

* Fix: Widget sidebar is broken due to Email Subscribers Widget
* Fix: GDPR consent checkbox is missing
* Fix: PHP HTML Mail/ Plain Text email option missing
* Fix: "Name" & "Email" label missing in subscription form
* Fix: Couldn't delete List
* Fix: Compatibility with POST SMTP, WP SES plugin.
* Fix: Accentuated letters and special characters are not working in post categories.

= 4.0 (01.03.2019) =
* New: [Revamped the plugin](https://www.icegram.com/email-subscribers-plugin-redesign/) - Changes in UI and terminology 
* New: Added domain blocking to prevent spam attacks
* Update: POT file

= Earlier Versions =

For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to the separate [changelog.txt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/email-subscribers/trunk/changelog.txt) file.