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WP PlugIndex currently records thevitaminshots Blog Pro version 1.0.0 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
thevitaminshots Blog Pro is a single-plugin solution that combines a beautifully styled blog listing page with a lightweight newsletter — no third-party email service required.
Drop the [tvsblog_page] shortcode on any page and get a professional, mobile-friendly blog layout with a featured post, category filter, sort options, pagination, and a built-in newsletter signup at the bottom.
Key Features
Pre-styled blog page — featured post, article cards, sticky category bar with scroll arrows, sort dropdown, and pagination — all rendered from a single shortcode
Built-in newsletter — subscribers stored in your own database, no external email platform needed
Manual send trigger — when you publish a new post, it’s flagged as “ready to send” and appears on the Send Post Email screen. You choose the subject and intro text, then send when ready — no auto-sends
Gmail Primary inbox optimized — minimal HTML emails with a personal from-name and List-Unsubscribe header land in Primary more reliably than heavy marketing templates
Fully configurable — hero title, tagline, publisher name, newsletter copy, welcome email content, accent color, posts-per-page, and more — nothing brand-specific is hardcoded
Privacy-conscious — IP storage is toggleable; a one-click “delete all data on uninstall” option is available
Translation-ready — all strings pass through WordPress i18n functions
Schema.org JSON-LD — Blog and BreadcrumbList markup generated automatically for SEO
How it differs from other newsletter plugins
) that require SMTP setup and heavy configuration, or thin frontends for external services (Mailchimp, ConvertKit). This plugin sits in a different spot: a single-plugin solution that renders the blog page AND handles the newsletter, with a manual send-on-publish workflow rather than automatic drips. It’s for site owners who want a beautiful blog listing page plus simple, controllable email notifications — nothing more.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
blog page
email
newsletter
subscribers
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.6 · PHP 7.4
Update activity4 Aug 20263mo ago
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