wp-mailing-group

Mailing Group Listserv

Creates a Mailing Group on your site to which users can subscribe, messages sent to the group's email address will be forwarded to all members.

45.4 opportunity score Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org

100active installs

22.3Kdownloads

4.0rating

0unresolved threads

20complaints analyzed

14praise analyzed

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complaint review · high severity · relevance 1.0

Not working for me. Your experience might be much differnt.

Not working for me. Your experience might be much differnt.: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I have quit using it, written off the money I paid for the premium version, and gone on to other solutions.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0

Images in messages not showing

Images in messages not showing: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Images in messages not showing I tried using BlueHost recommended settings for outgoing SMTP mail (box…, Port 465, SSL checked) but that did not work.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97

Unable to setup IMAP

Unable to setup IMAP: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Unable to setup IMAP When I try to create my first group, I am unable to setup the email login.

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95

Is this plugin still alive?

Is this plugin still alive?: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Several alarm bells are ringing: The installation FAQ at https://www.wpmailinggroup.com/faq/quick-start-in-6-steps/ just gives an error message saying “There has been a critical error on this website.” There have been no reviews since 2021.

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95

Setting up using Office365 shared mailbox

Setting up using Office365 shared mailbox: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Setting up using Office365 shared mailbox I am trying to setup the free version before I spend the money on the paid version.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.79

does anybody still live here?

does anybody still live here?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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None of the help pages is working – I cannot get any info on how to set up the front end.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.79

CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

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CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.88

Won’t send, but everything looks like it should

Won’t send, but everything looks like it should: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Won’t send, but everything looks like it should Installed free version 3.0.5.

complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.87

Unprofessional and missing major features

Unprofessional and missing major features: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Unprofessional and missing major features I had reservations after using the free version as it seemed to have a mediocre interface but it was one of only two plugins that do a ListServ via WordPress.

complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.87

Gave Up

Gave Up: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Gave Up I installed and followed all the settings for the free version — if we were happy we would get the paid subscription.

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complaint Won’t send, but everything looks like it should support · 2025-07-26T19:17:23+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Won’t send, but everything looks like it should: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Won’t send, but everything looks like it should Installed free version 3.0.5.

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complaint Gave Up (1 star) review · 2024-11-30T13:05:17+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Gave Up: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Gave Up I installed and followed all the settings for the free version — if we were happy we would get the paid subscription.

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mixed Is this plugin still alive? support · 2024-11-30T02:39:01+00:00 · high severity · email discussion

Is this plugin still alive?: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Several alarm bells are ringing: The installation FAQ at https://www.wpmailinggroup.com/faq/quick-start-in-6-steps/ just gives an error message saying “There has been a critical error on this website.” There have been no reviews since 2021.

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complaint Elementor hosting mailing group not working support · 2024-02-19T18:44:45+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Elementor hosting mailing group not working: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Elementor hosting mailing group not working Mailing group listserv wont create a mailing group in a wordpress that is being hosted in elementor but I tried it on hostinger and it is working.

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complaint Support of STARTTLS via port 587 and the latest PHP-version for Mailing Listserv support · 2024-02-16T08:41:24+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Support of STARTTLS via port 587 and the latest PHP-version for Mailing Listserv: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Support of STARTTLS via port 587 and the latest PHP-version for Mailing Listserv Hi Hi I have the following questions about the Mailing List Group Listserv to WordPress: Do you will make a new version there support STARTTLS over port 587 when you should send via SMTP-server, and if yes, what is the time frame for that?

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complaint CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! support · 2024-01-14T14:19:06+00:00 · high severity · email discussion

CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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complaint does anybody still live here? support · 2023-09-01T12:53:40+00:00 · high severity · email discussion

does anybody still live here?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: None of the help pages is working – I cannot get any info on how to set up the front end.

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praise Throttle Sending Rate – Send 10-15 emails at a time support · 2023-05-07T22:00:28+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Throttle Sending Rate – Send 10-15 emails at a time: users praise reliable, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Throttle Sending Rate – Send 10-15 emails at a time Many of my subscribers use an ISP (shaw.ca) that blocks incoming emails if it receives more that 10-15 emails without a break.

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complaint How can we create new lists by PHP? support · 2023-04-18T18:34:11+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

How can we create new lists by PHP?: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: How can we create new lists by PHP?

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complaint Unable to setup IMAP support · 2022-12-20T17:52:23+00:00 · high severity · email discussion

Unable to setup IMAP: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Unable to setup IMAP When I try to create my first group, I am unable to setup the email login.

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mixed What are the POP/IMAP settings for OVH? support · 2022-07-26T20:50:17+00:00 · low severity · email discussion

What are the POP/IMAP settings for OVH?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: What are the POP/IMAP settings for OVH?

compatibility missing feature support setup lead capture reliability Evidence only

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mixed wordpress default email is being used instead of listserv email support · 2022-06-13T20:55:12+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

wordpress default email is being used instead of listserv email: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: wordpress default email is being used instead of listserv email Hi, We purchased the premium version and it is fine except both with the free and premium version we are seeing the default wordpress email address (wordpress@website.com for example) instead of the listserv email address we added to the settings.

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mixed ListServ – font definitions showing in emails support · 2022-05-18T20:37:53+00:00 · low severity · email discussion

ListServ – font definitions showing in emails: users show pricing, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: ListServ – font definitions showing in emails Hi, we are trying out the free version of the listserv, but will have to upgrade to premium because of the number of members involved.

pricing migration value email lead capture reliability Evidence only

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neutral Add New Mailing Group does not work support · 2022-05-15T12:03:29+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Add New Mailing Group does not work: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Add New Mailing Group does not work Hi, i want to add a add a “New Mailing Group” i filled everything out, but at the bottom of the page the button is linked to “ https://www.wpmailinggroup.com/feature/send-email-to-original-sender/” ; and the group is not added.

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neutral Messages not going to List support · 2022-03-09T00:53:35+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Messages not going to List: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: To test this further, I completed the following steps: I have emailed from an address that is on the list and active.

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complaint Unable to connect to Mailgun support · 2022-03-09T00:09:27+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Unable to connect to Mailgun: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ve already set up WordPress itself to use Mailgun and it that works perfectly – I see the mails from WordPress going to Mailgun and then ondelivered.

bugs compatibility missing feature reliable lead capture reliability Evidence only

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complaint How to download purchased Pro support · 2021-10-09T19:49:44+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

How to download purchased Pro: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ve sent messages via the contact form on the website but still not response.

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question Senders Name support · 2021-08-31T15:27:00+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Senders Name: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Senders Name When subscribers of a mailing group send an email to the group (or replies to it) it doesn’t appear that there is any way to tell who sent it since it just shows that the email is “from” the mailing group address.

email lead capture reliability Evidence only

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complaint Multiple Unsubscribe Links on Replies support · 2021-08-16T13:59:42+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Multiple Unsubscribe Links on Replies: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Multiple Unsubscribe Links on Replies I noticed when a reply is sent to a message sent through a mailing group, rather than replacing the unsubscribe link at the bottom it simply adds another.

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complaint Emails from Outlook to group list display definitions support · 2021-08-13T21:29:19+00:00 · medium severity · email discussion

Emails from Outlook to group list display definitions: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Emails from Outlook to group list display definitions When sending an email from Outlook to a Mailing Group, or even replying to one, and a member of the group views that email/response in Outlook, the email is starting out with a ton of definitions starting with: /* Font Definitions */ and ending with: mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} before showing

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