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Should I use WP More! | Nishat Shahriyar | Substack?

Curating the best of the WordPress community, with 💛. Click to read "WP More!", by Nishat Shahriyar, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. - wpmore.substack.com

· 5 days ago

Subscribe if you work in WordPress and want free community curation; the author is a working WordPress/Webflow developer. Skip it if you wanted a product or tool — it is only a newsletter, and evidence on its quality is thin.

Confidence

Low. Based on 8 usable public sources; most search results were unrelated noise.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depthNo evidence.
  • Support qualityNo evidence.
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free subscription

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • WordPress developers and freelancers
  • Agency folks tracking the WP ecosystem
  • Free-newsletter readers

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for WordPress software or plugins
  • Teams needing security alerting (use Patchstack)
  • Non-WordPress marketers
  • Buyers wanting vendor support, SLAs, or a product

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Substack breach exposed ~700,000 user records including emails; undetected for four months.

low

Platform lock-in: publication exists only on Substack; no custom domain shown.

low

No visible posting cadence or archive depth; curation value unproven.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free to read; no paywall found.
  • Curates WordPress community news into one email.
  • Author is a working WordPress and Webflow developer.
  • Author also publishes a weekly marketing newsletter.

Cons

  • It's a newsletter, not software — nothing to deploy or integrate.
  • No independent reviews or ratings of the publication found.
  • Runs on Substack, which disclosed a 2026 data breach.
  • No security page for the publication.

Sources & method

- 8 sources - No product-level security findings; hosting platform Substack disclosed a data breach exposing ~700,000 user records.

official x4security x3news x1
  • Substack platform data breach (2026), Emails and phone numbers of ~700,000 users stolen; reportedly undetected for four months.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free content; no cost or commitment.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Guess: standard Substack email reading, zero setup.
  • Feature depth. No evidence.
  • Support quality. No evidence.
  • Security posture: 2/5. Platform breach exposed subscriber data.
  • Free Starting price No paid tier found
  • Yes Free tier Public Substack publication
  • Thousands Subscribers Per publication tagline

Pricing

Free subscription

$0

  • Curated WordPress news by email
  • Web access to archive

Security

No product-level security findings; hosting platform Substack disclosed a data breach exposing ~700,000 user records.

  • Substack platform data breach (2026)Emails and phone numbers of ~700,000 users stolen; reportedly undetected for four months.⁴

What users say

No substantive independent user reviews of this newsletter surfaced in the sources reviewed.

Alternatives

Compare WP More! | Nishat Shahriyar | Substack with each alternative.

  • Patchstack WordPress Security Monthly

    Monthly WordPress security digest; better fit for vulnerability tracking.

  • Smashing Magazine WordPress

    Established WordPress articles and tutorials from a long-running publisher.

  • WP Podcasts

    Podcast coverage of the WordPress ecosystem, if you prefer audio.

    WP More! | Nishat Shahriyar | Substack vs WP Podcasts
Full analysis

Based on 8 usable public sources; most search results were unrelated noise.

Not software — a free newsletter curating WordPress news. Great if you're in the WP world; useless if you wanted a tool.

Methodology

Based on 8 usable public sources; most search results were unrelated noise.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. WP More! on Substackwpmore.substack.com
    official
  2. Nishat WP LinkedIn profilebd.linkedin.com
    official
  3. Weekly NishIsHere! newsletternishishere.substack.com
    official
  4. Substack data breach undetected four monthshackyourmom.com
    security
  5. Substack Breach: Author Information Compromisedauthormedia.com
    security
  6. Reddit: Substack confirms data breachreddit.com
    security
  7. In Substack We Trust (platform dependency)janefriedman.com
    news
  8. Patchstack WordPress Security Monthlypatchstack.com
    official

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