WordPress.com Launches Newsletter Product
WordPress.com has launched a newsletter product just in time to capture those escaping Gumroad’s price increase and editors displaced by Revue shutting down. Newsletters, which were already booming as a communication tool in recent years, have become more critical than ever, as the uncertainty around Twitter has people scrambling to find reliable ways to stay connected. WordPress.com (and Jetpack users) have had the ability to send published posts to email subscribers for years. This isn’t usually marketed as a newsletter (as you can see below) but functions in the same way. WordPress.com Newsletter is a new streamlined product for scheduling and publishing newsletters using WordPress. It uses the same underlying infrastructure as subscribing to sites via email, offering users unlimited email subscribers. During setup, newsletter creators can import up to 100 subscribers from other newsletter services by uploading a CSV file. A theme designed for newsletters is put in place with additional newsletter-focused block patterns for the Subscribe box. Users can take advantage of the Site Editor to further customize the site’s background, site icon, and accent colors. This type of website showcases the versatility of the block editor, as newsletter creators can quickly design their own unique websites, without…
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