2025-03-25
Better handling for undeliverable subscribers
New API changes for Buttondown
You can now filter subscribers by their undeliverability status and specific reasons for being marked undeliverable. This helps you better manage your list...
How (and why) non-technical folks should learn to use an API
We've published a new blog post: > Running a few quick and easy commands will help you understand how apps "talk" to each other (and impress your friends)....
2025-03-11
Open and click rates in Subscribers view
2025-03-10
Share your emails on Tumblr automatically
2025-03-07
Create subscribers in other newsletters via automations
Updates from February
There’s a new subscriber details view It’s been eight years since we first launched the subscriber details page. Since then, we’ve added an activity feed and...
StoryOrigin founder Evan Gow on how to grow an author newsletter
We've published a new blog post: > Practical advice for writers to start turning readers into true fans Read it here!
2025-03-01
Add metadata to your RSS feeds
New API changes for Buttondown
RSS Feed Metadata Support RSS feeds just got smarter! Now you can attach metadata to your feeds and have it show up in your emails. Need to mark which site a...
2025-02-27
Export images from your newsletter
New API changes for Buttondown
We've added a new field to the Subscriber schema to help you track undeliverable subscribers! The Subscriber schema now includes an undeliverability_date...
2025-02-25
New alignment options for custom buttons
Using Typora as a custom Buttondown front-end
We've published a new blog post: > In this special guest post, Jon Sully shares how he uses Typora as a front-end for his newsletter. Read it here!
2025-02-19
Zapier v2.0
How email came to be
We've published a new blog post: > Online conversations among the inventors of network mail are more fun and interesting than they have any right to be. Read...
2025-02-17
New analytic: pageviews by referrer
2025-02-14
Redesigned subscriber detail pane
2025-02-13
Self-serve referral settings
New API changes for Buttondown
We've added the ability to filter emails by subject! Now, when you list emails, you can pass in an optional subject parameter in the query to grab just the...
Write newsletters like an email
We've published a new blog post: > Write in your email app to ensure your newsletter is something you would send your friend Read it here!
Updates from January
More stuff for less money Starting this month, everyone on the free plan has API access. And any account that’s paying at least $29 per month can now use...
2025-02-09
Two small, esoteric API features
Mail Merge started on a $10,000 IBM typewriter
We've published a new blog post: > The first word processor invented the way we personalize email newsletters Read it here!
2025-02-06
We've removed legacy teasers
New API changes for Buttondown
We've removed the following fields from the Email object: should_send_teaser custom_teaser This is a completely breaking change with no backwards...
Your email list needs an inner circle
We've published a new blog post: > Creating a cabinet of beta readers leads to more interesting content and engaged subscribers. Read it here!
2025-01-31
Link related emails from the editor
The double opt-in story
We've published a new blog post: > How confirming your email subscriptions was standardized, before spam got its name. Read it here!
A good publishing workflow is an escape hatch
We've published a new blog post: > Automate what you hate, write what you enjoy, and promote your work sustainably. Read it here!
Developer marketing is show and tell
We've published a new blog post: > Tell them what you’re going to ship. Tell them what you’ve shipped. Tell them what others have shipped with your tool....
2025-01-15
Template variables in headers and footers
2025-01-13
New analytic: MRR
2025 pricing update
We've published a new blog post: > We've updated our pricing to better reflect the value we provide. Read it here!
2025-01-11
Naked mode for transactional emails
What happens when you move your newsletter
We've published a new blog post: > Everything you’ve wondered about DKIM, SPF, sender reputation, and more. Read it here!
Changes to our stack in 2025
We've published a new blog post: > Some recent updates to our downstream services. Read it here!
Short boughs, long vintage, and email
We've published a new blog post: > Newsletters will continue to outlive trendy upstarts in part because email has outlasted so many already. Read it here!
2025-01-05
Comments in the classic theme
New API changes for Buttondown
In what may be the most niche breaking change ever, we've changed the tag field in the metadata field of bulk actions to tag_id. Previously, when wanted to...
Updates from December
366 days is enough time to build quite a lot, especially when building with a team. That’s Buttondown’s 2024 story. What began as a small hobby project in a...
New API changes for Buttondown
We've added the upgrade_date field to the Subscriber model. This field is a date that indicates the date on which the subscriber upgraded to a paid...
New API changes for Buttondown
Breaking change: we've unshipped the is_comments_disabled field from emails, and replaced it with a more flexible commenting_mode field. The commenting_mode...
2024 (and what's next)
We've published a new blog post: > Lookin' backwards, lookin' forwards Read it here!
Portability is optionality
We've published a new blog post: > Don’t worry about which platforms to use as much as about how portable your data is. Read it here!
2024-12-26
Webhooks for exports
2024-12-17
Carve out free- and paid-only blocks in your emails
New API changes for Buttondown
In addition to deleting and creating images based on their id, you can now list all of your images by using the new /images endpoint. ). Read the whole thing...
New API changes for Buttondown
When creating a new subscriber, Buttondown will now reject the request if a subscriber with the same email address already exists, even if that subscriber...
2024-12-10
Embed Bluesky profiles in your Buttondown emails