Newsletter Converter
Ever need to send your home page as a newsletter? This baby takes your home page’s HTML/CSS and cleans it up to work with different email clients.
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Newsletter Converter shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 14 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.2 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Newsletter Converter stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| conversion | >100 |
| css | >100 |
| inline styles | >100 |
| newsletter | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Newsletter Converter
From the official readme · v1.0.10Description
Ever need to send your home page as a newsletter? This baby takes your home page’s HTML/CSS and cleans it up to work with different email clients.
The main way of doing this is by removing the embedded styles and making them inline styles.
This plugin generates the html to use in your newsletter application.
Installation
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Copy the plugin files to
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Activate plugin from Plugins page
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Go to Settings -> Newsletter Converter to adjust plugin settings
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Go to Tools -> Newsletter Converter to start using
Changelog
1.0.10
- Some instances wouldn’t show anything when trying to convert. I tracked it down to the regex line removing comments from the css
1.0.9
- Updated newsletter_converter_getURLContents() to use built-in wp_remote_post() function instead of using cURL and/or file_get_contents()
1.0.8
- Updated readme.txt for WordPress 3.0
- Updated translateCSStoXpath() to match latest source from emogrifier (http://www.pelagodesign.com/sidecar/emogrifier/)
1.0.7
- Updated readme.txt for WordPress 2.9
- Fixed a couple minor php errors that were happening during saving the settings.
1.0.6
- Automatically remove html comments and browser hacks
- Hopefully fixed timeout error
1.0.5
- Fixed script tags not being removed.
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FAQ
Newsletter Converter: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 11, 2026
Is Newsletter Converter free?
Yes. Newsletter Converter is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Newsletter Converter safe to use in 2026?
Newsletter Converter shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 15 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Newsletter Converter?
Newsletter Converter is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 7,888 times since it launched in July 2009. It was downloaded 70 times in the last 30 days.
Does Newsletter Converter work with WordPress 7.1?
Newsletter Converter is officially tested up to WordPress 3.2.1, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Newsletter Converter last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.10, was released on October 20, 2011 (15 years ago).
Who makes Newsletter Converter?
Newsletter Converter is developed and maintained by ericjuden.
What are the best alternatives to Newsletter Converter?
The most popular alternatives to Newsletter Converter are Popup Maker (700K+ installs), Matomo Analytics (100K+ installs) and Buttonizer (70K+ installs).
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