Sprint Birthdays
Automatically send personalized birthday emails to WordPress users from an existing user meta key or an ACF date field.
Use with caution
Sprint Birthdays works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Sprint Birthdays stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| acf | >100 |
| birthday | #61 |
| >100 | |
| members | >100 |
| users | >100 |
About Sprint Birthdays
From the official readme · v1.0.1Description
Sprint Birthdays reads a birth date already stored in a WordPress user profile and automatically sends a personalized birthday email. It can use an existing user meta key or a detected ACF date field.
Birthday source and recipients
- Select an existing user meta key or a detected ACF date field.
- Support for common date formats and automatic format detection.
- Filter recipients by WordPress user role.
- Let an individual user opt out from birthday emails in their profile.
- Choose how February 29 birthdays are handled outside leap years.
Emails and notifications
- Send on the birthday or a configurable number of days beforehand.
- Customize the subject, message, signature, logo, colors, button, and footer.
- Use standard variables and custom user meta variables such as
{user_meta:my_key}. - Preview the rendered email and send test messages.
- Optionally inform selected responsible roles before the birthday.
- Optionally send a separate notification to responsible roles after delivery.
- Use Cc or Bcc for grouped responsible-role notifications.
Reliability and administration
- Daily WP-Cron processing with configurable batch size and delay.
- Catch-up processing after missed scheduled tasks.
- Annual duplicate protection for automatic deliveries.
- Delivery history, manual retry, diagnostics, and configurable log retention.
- Administrator alerts when processing fails or the configuration is unusable.
- Integration with WordPress personal-data export and erasure tools.
- Optional detection by Sprint Club without sharing birth-date data.
Sprint Birthdays does not use an external service, add open tracking, or collect telemetry. Email delivery uses the mail system configured for the WordPress site.
Personal data
Depending on the configuration, birthday emails may contain the member’s name, email address, birthday, age, and selected custom user metadata.
The technical log stores only the information required to monitor delivery: the WordPress user ID, destination address, event type, status, timestamps, and an optional error message. The complete birth date is not stored in the log.
The plugin registers a personal-data exporter and eraser. The source birth-date field is not deleted by Sprint Birthdays because it may belong to WordPress, ACF, or another plugin that owns that profile field.
Installation
- Install and activate Sprint Birthdays.
- Open the “Sprint Birthdays” menu in WordPress administration.
- Select the user meta key or ACF date field that contains the birth date.
- Configure recipients and the email template.
- Send a test email.
- Enable daily automatic processing.
Frequently asked questions
Does the plugin create a new birth-date field?
No. It is designed to use an existing user meta key or an ACF date field. A key can also be entered manually.
Is ACF required?
No. ACF integration is optional. Any existing scalar user meta value can be used when its date format is supported.
Can the same birthday email be sent more than once?
Automatic processing stores an annual event key to prevent duplicates. An administrator can still force a manual resend from the delivery history.
How are February 29 birthdays handled?
The settings can send on February 28, March 1, or only on February 29 during leap years.
Does Sprint Club need to be installed?
No. Sprint Birthdays works independently. When Sprint Club is active, it can detect the plugin and provide a direct administration link.
Does the plugin send data to an external service?
No. It uses wp_mail() and the mail delivery configuration of the WordPress site. No telemetry or remote tracking is included.
Changelog
English source-language update. No functional or database changes.
1.0.1
- Changed the plugin source language from French to English for WordPress.org and future translations.
- No functional or database changes.
1.0.0
- Initial public release.
- Automatic personalized birthday emails from user meta or ACF date fields.
- Role filtering, individual opt-out, responsible-role notifications, previews, and test emails.
- Batch processing, catch-up jobs, duplicate protection, delivery logs, diagnostics, and privacy tools.
- Lightweight Sprint Club integration with a direct administration link.
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FAQ
Sprint Birthdays: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Sprint Birthdays free?
Yes. Sprint Birthdays is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Sprint Birthdays safe to use in 2026?
Sprint Birthdays works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Sprint Birthdays?
Sprint Birthdays is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 207 times since it launched in August 2026. It was downloaded 73 times in the last 30 days.
Does Sprint Birthdays work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Sprint Birthdays up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.4 or newer.
What PHP version does Sprint Birthdays need?
Sprint Birthdays requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Sprint Birthdays last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on August 24, 2026 (1 month ago).
Who makes Sprint Birthdays?
Sprint Birthdays is developed and maintained by sprintplugins.
What are the best alternatives to Sprint Birthdays?
The most popular alternatives to Sprint Birthdays are Advanced Custom Fields (ACF… (2M+ installs), ACF Content Analysis for Yo… (100K+ installs) and Advanced Custom Fields: Ext… (100K+ installs).
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