Venetian Stories Newsletter

Write and keep newsletters in your WordPress blog.

Description

This plugin creates a new post-type for newsletters, which can be integrated with taxonomies, search and feeds.

You can write and keep archives of your newsletter posts on your own WordPress site, regardless of where the newsletter is hosted.

If you use a newsletter plugin to send messages, with this plugin your posts won’t disappear if you remove the newsletter plugin.

Nagging

You can specify a desired publishing interval in the settings, and the plugin will nag you when it is time to think about the next newsletter.

Noptin integration

The plugin defines a Noptin template for sending newsletters.

With that template, the content of the Noptin newsletter should simply be the numerical post id of the Venetian Story post, which will then be included.

Example workflow with external provider

This is an example of how the plugin can be used.

1. Write your newsletter in the WordPress interface, using the writing tools you’re used to;
2. Upload the pictures you need and include them in the text;
3. Add categories, tags, excerpt and featured image, for use on your WordPress site;
4. Once you’re satisfied, open the preview and copy the text to the clipboard;
5. Open your newsletter provider, and paste the title, excerpt and text into their editing interface;
6. Publish your newsletter and send your post to your subscribers;
7. Publish on WordPress.

If you schedule posts with your newsletter provider, schedule them a few minutes later on your WordPress site.

Settings

The settings page only has a few options.

• Which of the taxonomies on the site do you want to apply to the newsletter post type (multiple sections are possible);
• How often you want to publish a newsletter;
• Whether to include newsletters in taxonomy searches;
• Whether to include newsletters on author pages, if enabled.

Changelog

1.0

• First published version.