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#859 by installs

Genesis eNews Extended

by Brandon KraftVersion 2.4.0

Genesis widget to add newsletter signup forms for MailChimp, AWeber, FeedBlitz, ConvertKit, and other mailing lists.

Active installs
40,000+
#859 of 1,000
Downloads, all time
1.2M
1,209,518
Downloads, 30 days
3.9K
970 in the last 7
Rating
4.7 / 5
28 reviews
Last updated
2 months ago
Aug 20, 2026
Version
2.4.0
35 releases

Upkeep and compatibility

Last updatedAugust 20, 2026Updated in the last 3 months
Tested up toWordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release
Needs WordPress4.9.6 or newer
Needs PHP5.4.0 or newer
First publishedApril 2, 2012
Support, last two monthsNo threads opened

Reviews

4.7 / 5 from 28 reviews

Reviews by star rating
5 stars25
4 stars1
3 stars0
2 stars0
1 star2

Downloads, last 30 days

Low 96 a dayHigh 249 a day

What the author says it does

Creates a new widget to easily add mailing lists to a Genesis website. Recommended plugin in virtually all Genesis theme tutorials. The widget allows the site administrator to set the form action, e-mail form field, and hidden fields to mimic the subscribe form of other mailing list services.

Thanks

A special thanks to all who have contributed to Genesis eNews Extended.

Financial Donations

  • Joe Taylor
  • Dorian Speed
  • Paul Meyers
  • Joel Runyon
  • Jennifer Jinright
  • Greg Ferro
  • Greg Young

Code Contributions

  • Gary Jones (many, many times over)
  • Mike Hemberger
  • John Levandowski
  • David Decker
  • Kim Parsell
  • Erick Nelson
  • Nick Davis
  • Maor Chasen

StudioPress

  • Special thanks to Brian Gardner and the team at StudioPress who wrote the original code that provided the foundation for the plugin.

If you’re not listed and think you should be, please drop me a note. Any omission is, in no way, intentional.

The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.

Questions the author answers

How do I get the privacy policy link to show? The checkbox isn’t working.

Genesis eNews Extended uses WordPress’ built-in privacy policy setting. Be sure you have a privacy page set at wp-admin/privacy.php .

The first and last name fields look funky.

Read more on the plugin’s tutorial website.

I need help! Where I can get it?

“Official” tutorials will be maintained on the plugin’s website.

Questions can be asked at the WordPress.org Support Forum for this plugin.

Latest changelog entry

2.4.0

  • Shortcodes now render by default in the widget’s Text and After Text areas. Matches WordPress core’s text widget behavior since 4.9.
  • Added new gee_text_content and gee_after_text_content filters that run after wpautop, mirroring core’s widget_text_content split. Existing gee_text / gee_after_text hooks continue to receive raw user input. Sites that want to disable default shortcode processing can remove_filter( 'gee_text_content', 'do_shortcode' ) (and the same for gee_after_text_content).

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Where this page's numbers come from

Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.