{"id":5,"date":"2017-02-17T10:09:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postieplugin.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:22:31","slug":"postie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Create WordPress Posts by Email with Postie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/copy-Postie_logo_wp2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/copy-Postie_logo_wp2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/copy-Postie_logo_wp2.png 558w, https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/copy-Postie_logo_wp2-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Postie allows you to create a post by simply sending an email. Create and edit your email in whatever email program you use. Click send and within a few minutes you have a new post!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Postie offers many advanced features for posting to your site by email which are a big improvement over the built in Post by Email functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supports IMAP or POP3 servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSL and TLS supported<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control who gets to post via email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set defaults for category, status, post format, post type and tags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set title, category, status, post format, post type, date, comment control and tags in email to override defaults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specify post excerpt (including excerpt only images).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use plain text or HTML version of email.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>move headers and footers from email (useful for posting from a mailing list).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally send emails on post success\/failure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control the types of attachments that are allowed by file name (wildcards allowed) and MIME type.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally make the first image the featured image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gallery support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control image placement with plain text email.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Templates for images so they look the way you want.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Templates for videos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Templates for audio files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Templates for other attachments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email replies become comments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Postie comes with a raft of configuration options most of which are set to sensible values. However, you can tweak things to your liking. Have a photo blog? Set the default post format to image, turn on the featured image and enable the auto-gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add To It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need Postie to do something extra? Check out our growing list of <a href=\"\/add-ons\">Add Ons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Add On you need isn&#8217;t listed <a href=\"\/contact\">contact<\/a> us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Customize It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to do something that isn&#8217;t built in? Postie can be extended to do all sorts of things. Need some special email address filtering? Want to auto-translate the post? Need extract some information and put it custom fields? Postie can be customized to do all these things. Check out our <a href=\"\/extending\/\">developers<\/a> area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your appreciation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you really like this plugin, please <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/postie#postform\">give it a nice ranking<\/a> in the WordPress plugin repository, or you can send me a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=HPK99BJ88V4C2\">donation via paypal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-pic-wrapper alignright wp-pic-card\" ><div class=\"wp-pic wp-pic-card plugin \"  id=\"wp-pic-postie\" ><div class=\"wp-pic-flip\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-pic-face wp-pic-front\">\n\t\t<a class=\"wp-pic-logo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/ps.w.org\/postie\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=970083 );\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"wp-pic-name\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">Postie<\/a>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-author\">Author(s): Wayne Allen<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/postie\" class=\"wp-pic-rating\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ratings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t94%<em>Ratings<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/postie.1.9.69.zip\" class=\"wp-pic-downloaded\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Direct download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t20,000+<em>Installs<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" class=\"wp-pic-requires\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWP 5.6+<em>Requires<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-download\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>More info<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-pic-face wp-pic-back\">\n\t\t<a class=\"wp-pic-dl-ico\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/postie.1.9.69.zip\" title=\"Direct download\"><\/a>\n\t\t<p><a class=\"wp-pic-dl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/postie.1.9.69.zip\" title=\"Direct download\">Direct Download<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-version\"><span>Current Version:<\/span> 1.9.69<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-updated\"><span>Last Updated:<\/span> May 8, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/postie\" class=\"wp-pic-rating\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ratings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t94%<em>Ratings<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/postie.1.9.69.zip\" class=\"wp-pic-downloaded\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Direct download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t20,000+<em>Installs<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" class=\"wp-pic-requires\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWP 5.6+<em>Requires<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-pic-page\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">WordPress.org Plugin Page<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a class=\"wp-pic-asset-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ps.w.org\/postie\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=651473 );\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/postie\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-pic-asset-bg-title\"><span>Postie<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-goback\" title=\"Back\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-pic-wrapper-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postie allows you to create a post by simply sending an email. Create and edit your email in whatever email program you use. Click send and within a few minutes you have a new post! Features Postie offers many advanced features for posting to your site by email which are a big improvement over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6687,"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/6687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postieplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}