Dropndot Email Subscriptions and Newsletters is a full-featured email subscription and newsletter plugin for WordPress. Collect subscribers with double or single opt-in, manage them from a dedicated admin dashboard, send newsletters, and integrate with headless frontends via REST API or GraphQL.

Core Features

Double opt-in and single opt-in subscription modes
Branded confirmation, welcome, and unsubscribe emails with shared logo, banner, and footer
Customizable headlines, icon badges, feature grid, disclaimer, and social footer links
In-browser email preview before saving or sending
One-click unsubscribe with optional confirmation emails
One-click re-subscribe from unsubscribe emails (token-based)
Admin dashboard with statistics, search, filters, and bulk actions
CSV export with geolocation data (country, region, city, timezone)
Subscription form shortcode with customizable appearance

Advanced Features

Google reCAPTCHA v2 and v3 spam protection (optional)
IP-based rate limiting
Automatic geolocation via ipinfo.io (country, region, city, and timezone)
Custom confirmation and unsubscribe pages
Admin email notifications for new subscriptions and unsubscribes
REST API for full CRUD operations
GraphQL support (requires the WPGraphQL plugin)
Headless frontend integration for Next.js and React applications
Trusted frontend proxy secret for accurate visitor geolocation behind server-side proxies
AJAX-powered admin interface

Email Newsletter Features

Email template management with TinyMCE editor
Send newsletters immediately or schedule for future delivery
Country-based subscriber filtering
Subscriber placeholders including {city} and {timezone}
Batch processing for large subscriber lists (10,000+)
Real-time progress tracking during sends
Complete sending history with statistics
HTML emails optimized for major email clients

Shortcodes

[dropemsu_form] — Display a subscription form (optional title and button_text attributes).
[dropemsu_confirmation_status] — Show confirmation status on a custom confirmation page.
[dropemsu_unsubscribe_status] — Show unsubscribe status on a custom unsubscribe page.

REST API

All routes are registered under the dropemsu-manager/v1 namespace and include endpoints for listing, creating, updating, deleting, confirming, and unsubscribing.

Documentation

For more information about Next.js Newsletter Integration with Headless WordPress, visit Next.js Newsletter Integration with Headless WordPress.

External services

This plugin may connect to third-party services when the related features are enabled:

ipinfo.io (Geolocation)

Used to detect subscriber country, region, city, and timezone from IP address during subscription.
Data sent: visitor IP address.
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Google reCAPTCHA (Spam protection, optional)

Used when reCAPTCHA is enabled in plugin settings.
Data sent: information required by Google reCAPTCHA to verify submissions.
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Dropndot Email Subscriptions and Newsletters

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