Description

Create and send newsletters, automatic post notifications and autoresponders that are modern and beautiful with our unique newsletter editor. Drag and drop images, text areas, buttons, social icons, posts and more. Add a signup widget to your website, manage your subscribers, and send fresh, modern newsletters all within your wordpress admin area.

Features

Super easy to use drag and drop newsletter editor
Send newsletters to 2500 subscribers
Send automatic post notifications when new posts are published
Create an autoresponder when new users register on your site
Create an autoresponder when someone subscribes to your newsletter
Easy subscriber management
Newsletter signup widget included
Add your latest posts in your newsletter by simply dragging them in
Our newsletters show up perfectly on desktops, notebooks, tablets and phones
Beautiful newsletter theme included
Add subscribers by either copying and pasting from Excel, or uploading a CSV file
Export your subscribers to a CSV file
Send your newsletters via WordPress Mail, SMTP, Amazon SES or Gmail

Premium Features

Send to more than 2500 subscribers
Get detailed statistics on who opened your newsletter and what links were clicked on
Create custom HTML newsletters by copying and pasting HTML into the editor
Enable/disable newsletter link tracking
More newsletter themes
Google Analytics integration
Priority support
Get the Nifty Newsletters Premium Version now

Coming Soon

More newsletter themes
Bounce handling
Detailed subscriber statistics
Subscriber segmentation
Newsletter add-ons

Translations

Get a free copy of the Nifty Newsletters premium version in exchange for translating our plugin!

English
German (Marc Winter)
Italian (Luigi Mangili)
French (Katia – creaweb.fr)
Russian (Alexey Arkhipenko)
Brazilian Portuguese (Mauricio Gofas)
Spanish
Dutch (Anton Prins)

Screenshots

Use our unique and powerful Newsletter Editor to build beautiful newsletters with ease
Send your newsletters via WP Mail, SMTP or Gmail
Import your subscribers from a CSV file or by simply copying and pasting into the text box provided
Preview what your newsletter will look like on desktops, tablets and phones
Add a newsletter signup widget to your site
Send new post notifications with ease. Set up your standard template and new post notifications will be sent automatically.
(Pro) Custom HTML Newsletters. Paste your own Newsletter HTML code for your campaign.
(Pro) Newsletter statistics for each campaign. View detailed statistics about each newsletter campaign.

Installation

Once activated, click the “Newsletters” link in your left navigation
Create a new newsletter campaign and follow the on screen instructions
Drag the Newsletter Signup widget to your desired widget area

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Once activated, click the “Newsletters” link in your left navigation
Create a new newsletter campaign and follow the on screen instructions
Drag the Newsletter Signup widget to your desired widget area

How do I get the premium version of Nifty Newsletters?

Order your copy of Nifty Newsletters Premium.

I’ve installed the Nifty Newsletters plugin, now what?

Once installed and activated, a link should appear in your left navigation panel within your wp-admin section. Click on the “Newsletters” link and follow the on screen instructions.

How do I create a newsletter?

We have created an incredibly easy to use newsletter editor which helps you create simple to advanced newsletters using a drag and drop interface.

Click on Newsletters in your left navigation menu
Click on the “New campaign” button at the top of the page
Insert a subject for your newsletter
Select a list that you would like to send your newsletter to (you may want to import your subscribers first)
Select a theme (single column would do just fine for 99% of users)
Use our unique and easy-to-use Newsletter Editor to create your newsletter. Simply drag and drop elements into your design. Your design will be saved automatically with every change that is made. When you are happy with your the layout and design of your newsletter, press “Next” (top right)
The next screen will help you visualize how your newsletter will appear on mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. Click “Confirm campaign”.
Ensure that all your settings are correct and then press “Send now” or “Schedule”. Your newsletter will now be queued and will be sent according to the email settings you have set in “Newsletter->Settings->Email Settings”

How do I add a “subscribe to newsletter” widget?

Click on Appearance->Widgets in your left navigation
Drag “Nifty Newsletters Subscribe Widget” to the sidebar of your choice
Ensure that you have selected the list you would like to add your subscribers to in “Newsletters->Settings->Sign Up”

How do I create an automatic post notification campaign?

Click on “New campaign” and then select “Automatic Newsletter”
Select either “When I publish a new post”, “When someone subscribes to my list” or “When a new user is added to my site”
Select the relevant time intervals and select a list, insert a subject and click “Next”
Select a layout
In the Editor, ensure that you select the correct options in the “Options” tab (top left)
Finish your campaign
Your automatic post notification or autoresponder will now be queued

How does the Custom HTML Newsletter function work?

When creating a custom HTML newsletter campaign, any HTML that is pasted into the editor will be sent as is. The only element that can change before being sent are the links, should you have “link tracking” enabled in your settings.

How do I update my Pro version of Nifty Newsletters?

Please log in to http://solaplugins.com/my-account/ and select the relevant download
Delete your current Pro version of Nifty Newsletters Pro (you wont lose any campaigns or settings)
Upload the ZIP file you just downloaded and activate the plugin

What is the CAN-SPAM Act?

Nifty Newsletters strongly suggests that you follow the CAN-SPAM Act. We have included a copy of the CAN-SPAM Act as well as a compliance guide for businesses. Ensure you have read this before creating and sending any newsletters. Nifty Newsletters takes no responsibility for any misuse of the CAN SPAM Act.

Reviews

Simply the best!

Rui Freitas

I have tested several Newsletters plugins and this is undoubtedly the most complete, the most friendly and (why not) the most visually pleasing.
Please continue the great work.

Not working

M.Joci93

Cannot send weekly at all.

Looks awfully in Outlook and other stuff

lifechange

The appearance in Outlook is simply awful. No styles at all, pic are rendered in different sizes, the body stretches over the whole mail-window, no font styles are adopted and there is no possibility to fix it somehow.

As most of the people use Outlook for mail-client, this is unacceptable for a newsletter plugin.

I searched for support entries in the forum and saw, that this issue has already been reported but was never solved.

Also the list filter is lost when switching to another page of the subscribers-list and some other small issues.

I deinstalled and switched over to Stefano Lissas newsletter plugin. Top-Handling, Top-Outlook-Appearance. That’s your benchmark, guys.

Greetz, Hannes

Terrible Support

Thane

I paid for the pro version, asked a simple question in the wordpress.org support area (I like Q/A to be public so it can help others), and got a response of “we dont help people publicly, you need to use your account to get support”… That’s nice! So I go into my account and even use their email support to ask my question, and 8 days later still got no response… The least I could get is “sorry we don’t know how to fix this”, but nah, it was easier in their mind to just publicly post saying to use private chat, then ignore my private messages… So here you go ‘nifty newsletters’, your 1 star review that you basically asked for. Don’t waste your time on this plugin, just get an integration with Mailchimp, you’ll be happier you did 🙂

Awesome Plugin & Support!!!

WP_87

Hi,before i use sola newsletter i was working with Mailchimp. The Mailchimp is littlebit complicated especialy for begginers. There are to much option etc. After i install the sola newsletters plugin, i was happy because its not complicated and its on my own server on my wordpress dashboard. In 10 minutes i have created e really nice wallpaper with my pictures. Its really nice thing. I can really recommend this plugin its woth the money. I will the next days purchase a second license for my other website.

And the Support is really fast and friendly, they help allways. They are very human and friendly, they are not money fixed, they are looking to do a good job.

Easy to use and good support

codespinner

Great plugin, easy to use on client side, good support for a free version.

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Contributors & Developers

“Nifty Newsletters (Formerly Sola Newsletters)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

4.0.19 – 2017-05-29 – Medium Priority

New Feature: You can now export a single list into a CSV file
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused a database error when reactivating the plugin on an existing install
Enhancement: Selects a default theme when reaching the theme’s page while creating a new campaign
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented the color pickers in the Newsletter editor to not open
Bug Fix: PHP errors fixed when trying to import subscribers
Enhancement: Changes made to feedback form when sending
Bug Fix: Javascript errors on the preview page fixed
Bug Fix: Fixed JS errors on the campaigns page when sending a new campaign

4.0.18 – 2017-04-03 – Medium priority

Fixed bugs that caused the ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ when performing some actions
PHP Warnings fixed
Replaced a deprecated function on the feedback page

4.0.17 – 2017-02-24 – High priority

Further changes regarding security issues

4.0.16 – 2017-02-21 – High Priority

Secuirty Improvements
Changed the way theme templates load images
Canged the way JS files load images (localized)

4.0.15 – 2017-02-17 – High Priority

PHPMailer Removed from the plugin

4.0.14 – 2016-05-12 – Medium priority

Fixed a bug that was experienced on some servers that caused multiple emails to be sent to users when a previous email failed
New blank newsletter theme
Extended the read size of the error log for debugging purposes

4.0.13 – 2016-04-13 – Low Priority

Tested on WordPress 4.5
Menu icon has been changed to an envelope
Fixed a bug that threw an error in the newsletter editor if a theme wasn’t selected
Fixed a bug that wouldn’t show the Options menu for Automatic posts
Slashes are now removed from the subject where necessary
A subscriber will now receive a notice if they are already subscribed to a list in the widget

4.0.12 – 2016-01-07 – Low Priority

Promotion removed
Tested on WordPress 4.4
Styling conflict fixed in settings page

4.0.11 – 2015-12-03

Added a scrollbar to newsletter editor side panel
Resolved minor styling issues in newsletter editor

4.0.10 – 2015-10-20

New hooks added to settings page:
sola_nl_main_settings_after
sola_nl_email_settings_after
sola_nl_signup_widget_settings_after
sola_nl_social_links_after
sola_nl_analytics_settings_after
Extensions Page added

4.0.9 – 2015-09-22 – Low priority

Limited promotion

4.0.8 – 2015-09-09 – Low Priority

Validation added to the subscription widget
Translations added:
Dutch (Thank you Anton Prins)

4.0.7 – 2015-06-25 – Medium priority

Bug fix in the newsletter editor
Name change (Sola Newsletters to Nifty Newsletters)

4.0.6 – 2015-05-28 – Medium priority

New Feature: Added Shortcodes for subscriber first and last name
Improvement: Migrated from jqplot to Google Charts (Pro)
Bug Fix: Slashes stripped in emails when using an apostrophe
Bug Fix: French Translation file renamed

4.0.5 – 2015-04-13 – Low priority

Erroneous Debugging error being shown, Now fixed
Changed character to UTF-8

4.0.4 – 2015-03-25 – Low priority

French translation fix

4.0.3 – 2015-03-24 – Medium priority

Added support for Amazon SES (via the SMTP method)
New throttle setting allows you to specify the delay between each newsletter being sent via SMTP
Fixed a bug that caused the ajax send to not work correctly
Added 3 more newsletter themes
Added basic javascript validation to the newsletter signup widget to force a user to enter an e-mail address
Fixed issue in the newsletter signup widget, where when the same e-mail address was used for the signup it gave a database error
Removed the slashes from problematic textareas and textfields
Fixed Internet Explorer 8 issue where a user could not get passed the “Select Theme” page
Added javascript validation to the “Select theme” page, to force a user to select a theme before being able to continue. Also fixed the PHP back-end validation and warning for this
Added the ability to select multiple newsletter mailing lists to sign up for in the signup widget. If no list is chosen it defaults to the default mailing list
Added javascript to manipulate the DOM for the newsletter signup widget settings page when allowing a user to select mailing lists to subscribe to when using the signup widget

4.0.2 – 2015-02-19 – Medium priority

Fixed the bug that stopped you from dragging your own images into the newsletter
Fixed the column width bug for a 4 column table in the newsletter editor
Fixed the editing bug when trying to edit the content of columns in a table within the newsletter editor

4.0.1 – 2015-02-11 – Low priority

Scandir notices fixed when in the newsletter theme page
Added the ability to see all available newsletter themes
Bug fixes
Usability improvements on the theme page

4.0.0 – 2015-02-06 – Medium priority

Major improvements to the newsletter editor
You can now add tables to your newsletters (2 columns, 3 columns and 4 columns)
Improved drag and drop functionality
Image bug fixes (plugin no longer adds an image to a newsletter as width:100%, but rather max-width:100%)
Fixed height issue for left sidebar in the newsletter editor
Usability improvements in the newsletter editor
Theme functionality
We have finally introduced newsletter theme/layout functionality
You can now create your own layouts to sell on our website
You can now acquire new themes by visiting the Nifty Newsletters website (solaplugins.com)
Other changes
A Valentines Day newsletter theme is now available for purchase on our website
Many bug fixes

3.0.6 – 2015-01-23 – Medium priority

The dragging of the social widget bug fixed in newsletter editor
APC cache warning removed
A person can now select the newsletter mailing list when subscribing

3.0.5 – 2015-01-21 – Medium priority

Additional bug fixes in the newsletter editor in conjunction with changes made in WordPress 4.1

3.0.4 – 2015-01-20 – Medium Priority

Newsletter editor bug fixes:
Fixed bug that caused images to be dragged in incorrectly
Fixed bug that caused image dividers to be dragged in incorrectly
Fixed button bug in WP4.1

3.0.3 2014-11-07 Low Priority

Fixed PHP notices
Added a CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide for businesses in the settings page

3.0.2 2014-11-05

New Features:
You can now use your own custom HTML newsletter
You can now enable/disable newsletter link tracking globally
Bug Fixes:
Lists would not show when creating new newsletter campaign after clicking certain automatic options.
Improvements:
Update control implemented in Pro version
Spanish translation updated

3.0.1 2014-10-14

Improvements:
Links changed to new documentation (New Help Desk solaplugins.com/support-desk)
Bug Fixes:
Could not create a campaign due to a missing column
Could not confirm your subscription when signing up
View In Browser link stopped working in the preview mail

3.0 2014-10-09

New Features:
You can now create automatic post notifications on an immediate, daily or weekly interval
You can now create auto-responders for when a user or subscriber is added to your site
A new drag-and-drop ‘Automatic Content’ element has been added to the editor
Comprehensive Automatic Content options have been added
You can now change the View In Browser Text
Improvements:
More strings are now translatable
Bug Fixes:
Viewing subscribers by list issue fixed
Absolute URLS are now kept when editing an image within TinyMCE
New Languages Added:
French (Thank you Katia from Creaweb)
Russian (Thank you Alexey Arkhipenko)
Spanish

2.3 2014-07-22

New features:
You can now view the average newsletter open rate from all past campaigns
You can now see the newsletter open rate for that specific campaign
You can now view the total number of unique newsletter opens per campaign
You can now see what newsletter links each subscriber clicked on
You can now see which newsletter subscribers clicked on a specific link
Newsletter styles have version numbers
Improvements:
Newsletter statistics
Changed how newsletter styles are saved in db
Bug fixes:
Tinymce click issue

2.2 2014-07-11

You can now schedule newsletters to be sent
You can now edit the subject of the mail that is sent when someone subscribes to your newsletter
You can now edit the “Thank You” text that shows when someone subscribes to your newsletter
Fixed bug that caused JS to be fired on incorrect page
Fixed bug that caused the tinymce window to close when selecting font size and format
Beta Removed out of welcome page & footer
Text color option added to tinycme
Typo fixes

2.1

You can now force a batch of newsletters to be sent

2.0

Bug fixes
You can now pause and resume the sending of your newsletter. When paused, you may re-edit the newsletter and then continue sending
Drag-and-drop spacer added to the newsletter editor
Image styling functionality added to the newsletter editor
Updated PO file
RTL support
Code improvements
Localhost warning added (images in sent newsletters via localhost)
German translation added
Feedback area added

1.01

Added RTL support
Added UTF8 support

1.0

First version!

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