Drafty In Here
Get email notifications of draft posts sitting in your WordPress Blog waiting to be published.
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Drafty In Here shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.6 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Drafty In Here stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| Draft Posts | >100 |
| drafts | >100 |
| focus | >100 |
| Motivation | #91 |
| productivity | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Drafty In Here
From the official readme · v1.2.0Description
Get email notifications of draft posts sitting in your WordPress Blog waiting to be published.
This plugin aims to help get your productivity back on track after you abandon writing your next amazing post, by sending you friendly motivational email reminders when you specify.
Features:
- Schedule email reminders for unpublished draft posts
- Specify which email address reminders are sent to
- Send optional test emails when you save changes
Email Trouble Shooting Guide
Not receiving Drafty In Here emails?
1. Do you have any draft posts?
The email will never be sent automaticly if you do not have any draft posts. If you do not have draft posts but wish to send a test email check the box that says Send a test e-mail when you save changes, then save changes.
2. Have you scheduled your email?
You can check this in the plugin settings screen (see screenshots).
3. Is your email address correct?
You can check this in the plugin settings screen (see screenshots).
4. Have you checked your email spam folder?
Sometimes email may end up in your spam folder.
5. Are you receiving ANY WordPress emails from your site?
If you are not receiving emails for example when someone post a comment or WordPress automatically updates, there may be something wrong with the way your WordPress site is set up to send email. For more help on this issue please check out this excellent guide: How to Fix WordPress Not Sending Email Issue
6. Is your blog receiving enough traffic?
Our plugin works off the ‘WordPress Cron’ mechanism which means your email can only be sent when someone lands on your site. This can be a problem if you do not have enough traffic. For more help on this issue please check out this guide from Host Gator: How to Replace WP-Cron With a Linux Cron Job
Discussion / Support
Have any questions, comments, or suggestions? Please provide them via the plugin’s WordPress.org support forum. I’ll do my best to reply in a timely fashion and help as best I can.
Unfortunately, I cannot provide guaranteed support, nor do I provide support via any other means.
Was this plugin useful to you? Consider giving it a rating. If you’re inclined to give it a poor rating, please first post to the support forum to give me a chance to address or explain the situation.
Installation
- Unzip
drafty-in-here.zipinside the/wp-content/plugins/directory (or install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer) - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
- Set your email address and how frequently you want to be updated about unfinished draft posts
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release
1.1
- Added “support” for the users running php5.2
1.1.1
- Fixed several typos
- Fixed bug when saving frequency
- Replaced Carbon with PHP DateTime
- Changed the minimum version of PHP required by Drafty In Here to 5.3.2
1.1.2
- Fixed a bug which was causing a PHP fatal error in the Drafty In Here settings page.
1.1.3
- Fixed potential namespacing issue
- Several bug fixes identified while writing unit tests
1.2.0
- Updated screenshot
- Updated translation pot file
- Improvements to plugin documentation
- Added links to FAQ and reviews in the plugins screen
- Updated some translation strings so that the brand name is irrelevant
- Fixed issue where link to setting screen was not appearing on the plugins screen.
- Changed Drafty In Here emails to be plain text rather than multipart (due to broken WordPress core implementation which may be fixed in 4.6)
Screenshots
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FAQ
Drafty In Here: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Drafty In Here free?
Yes. Drafty In Here is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Drafty In Here safe to use in 2026?
Drafty In Here shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Drafty In Here?
Drafty In Here is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,769 times since it launched in March 2016. It was downloaded 52 times in the last 30 days.
Does Drafty In Here work with WordPress 7.1?
Drafty In Here is officially tested up to WordPress 4.6.30, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Drafty In Here last updated?
The latest version, 1.2.0, was released on July 31, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Drafty In Here?
Drafty In Here is developed and maintained by AronMS.
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