wpMail
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
A free weekly email round-up of WordPress news . worth subscribing if WordPress is your work.
Comparison
wpMail lands on Worth it, and The Newsletter Plugin lands on Depends.
A free weekly email round-up of WordPress news . worth subscribing if WordPress is your work.
Choose it if you run WordPress, have a small-to-mid list, and want newsletters without monthly SaaS fees.
| Compare | wpMail | The Newsletter Plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Depends |
| Best for | WordPress developers and freelancers | WordPress sites wanting free newsletters |
| Who it's not for | Anyone wanting to send newsletters . this is content, not a tool | Non-WordPress sites |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵ | Poor recent track record: multiple 2025-2026 CVEs (stored XSS, CSRF, auth bypass) on top of a 2020 flaw wave hitting 300,000+ sites.13 |
| Support quality | No evidence found | Forums exist; no quality evidence found |
| Public sentiment | No independent user reviews found; mentions are directory listings and a 2011 blog description.² | Redditors actively debate whether it's worth it for lists from thousands to tens of thousands of subscribers, with free-tier appeal weighed against self-hosted tradeoffs.15 |
| Biggest gotcha | Advertising page exists . expect sponsored links in issues⁴ | Multiple 2025-2026 CVEs (XSS, CSRF, auth bypass); unpatched installs are targets |