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Ember

A public archive for a newsletter, so the back issues are findable rather than trapped in an inbox.

== Description ==

A newsletter’s archive is its best marketing and its worst-maintained asset. Ember treats issues as numbered, dated posts with a real archive, so a two-year-old issue is linkable, searchable and quotable rather than a screenshot someone sends you.

The signup form is one field and one button. Every additional field halves conversion and none of them are used, which is a thing people know and keep doing anyway.

Type is set for reading twelve hundred words in one sitting: a 66-character measure, 1.6 line height, and no sidebar competing for attention.

== Screenshots ==

Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.

== Installation ==

  • Install and activate the theme.
  • Create your first issue and set its number in the Issue field.
  • Point the signup block at your email provider. Six are supported; anything else takes a form action URL.

Issue numbers drive the archive ordering, so an issue published late still sorts correctly.

== Frequently asked questions ==

Does it send email?

No. It is an archive. Sending is your provider’s job and they are better at it than a WordPress plugin will be.

Can I hide recent issues from non-subscribers?

Yes, with a configurable delay. Older than the window becomes public automatically.

== Changelog ==

= 1.7.0 =

  • Delayed public release: issues become public N days after send, without anyone remembering to change a setting.

= 1.5.0 =

  • Issue numbers drive archive ordering instead of publish date.