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.

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.

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).
• Fixed: inline style attributes are no longer stripped from <input> elements in the Hidden Fields box, and the display, visibility, opacity, and background-image declarations vendor newsletter snippets rely on now survive sanitization. This restores Flodesk-style tracking pixels and similar visually-hidden inputs. Props 17thavenue for the report (issue 164).
• Widened the Hidden Fields allowlist to permit common form attributes that vendor newsletter snippets rely on (placeholder, required, autocomplete, pattern, min/max/step, aria-*, data-*, tabindex, role, etc.) while continuing to strip event handlers (on*) and form-overriding attributes (formaction, formmethod).
• Restored the pre-2.3.0 form id format (subscribe<widget-id>, no hyphen) after 2.3.0 inadvertently changed it to subscribe-<widget-id>.

2.3.1

• Restored subbox, subbox1, subbox2, and subbutton on the form's input elements (as both id and class) for backward compatibility with sites that style off them. Note: when more than one widget instance is on the same page, the IDs will not be unique, which is technically invalid HTML but preserves long-standing behavior.

2.3.0

• Removed defunct FeedBurner integration. Google discontinued email subscriptions in 2021.
• Removed obsolete MailPoet 2 (WYSIJA) integration.
• Security: tightened output escaping on the form action URL, hidden fields, and widget title.
• Accessibility: added role="alert" to admin-facing configuration notices.
• Added an admin notice when the widget is saved without a form action, to help new users spot misconfiguration.
• Fixed duplicate hardcoded HTML IDs that could collide when multiple widget instances were placed on a page.
• Bumped tested version to WordPress 7.0.

2.2.0

• Adds "enews-{$field_count}-field" classes to form to aid in additional styling. See https://github.com/kraftbj/genesis-enews-extended/pull/152 Props to JiveDig for the contribution.

2.1.4

• Accessibility: Use aria-label instead of to prevent CSS being either over-agressive or not enough.

2.1.2

• Accessibility: Updates to be implicit to eliminate duplication when multiple instances are used on a page.
• Coding Standards: Implement WPCS.

2.1.1

• Remove comment that was displaying on the front end.

2.1.0

• Provide option to link to the site's Privacy Policy.
• Allow "a" HTML tags in the hidden fields settings field.
• Various improvements to match coding standards.

2.0.2

• Fixes minor issue that led to HTML validation issues.
• Fixes PHP notice for checking non-existent variables in some cases.

2.0.1

• Corrects typo impacting Last Name field text placeholder.

2.0.0

• Add filters for text before and after form.
• Fixed form name to be valid HTML 4.
• Use https with Feedburner to prevent mixed content warnings on HTTPS sites.
• Minor code fix when MailPoet is not present.
• Adds genesis-enews-extended-args filter to allow plugins to manipulate the widget settings prior to output.
• Uses HTML 5 placeholders instead of JavaScript.
• Form ID now uses a unique value.

1.4.1

• Add fieldset, legend, option, optgroup, select to allowed HTML for Hidden Fields area.
• Update CSS for screenreaders. Props jwenerd.
• Updated BG translations. Props Daniel Bailey.

1.4.0

• Adds MailPoet itegration. Props Maor Chasen.
• Updated pt_BR translation and added en_UK translation. Props Fabiana Simões and Gary Jones.
• Minor code improvements. Props Gary Jones.

1.3.3

• Updated Bulgarian translation. Props Daniel Bailey.

1.3.2

• Remove type hints to prevent error when strict reporting used in PHP 5.4

1.3.1

• Minor code improvements.
• Updates HTML5 option for late Genesis 2.0 changes. Props Nick Davis.

1.3.0

• Adds option for HTML5-enhanced forms.
• Adds error checking for including http://feeds.feedburner.com in the Feedburner ID field.
• Minor code improvements
• Listing of issues resolved in this version.

1.2.0

• Adds text space after form. Perfect for a link to a Privacy Statement!
• Code cleanup. Thanks to Kim Parsell for reporting.
• Adds labels to form elements to make it compatible with screen readers for the visually impaired.
• Adds Serbian Translation. Props to Diana S.
• Listing of issues resolved in this version.

1.1.2

• Improved French translation. Props to Paul de Wouters.
• Improved German translation. Props to David Decker!.
• Enables mail service validation of name fields by clearing default text onsubmit.

1.1.1

• Fixed bug with incorrect escaping function used in first and last name fields.
• Fixed bug with some translations not working.

1.1.0

• Allows for more HTML tags to be used in the Text to Show field. Dropped genesis_allowed_tags in favor or wp_kses_post. Props to John Levandowski.
• eNews Extended is now compatible with the Catalyst theme (Catalyst is not officially supported).
• Fuzzy translations added for many languages based on Genesis 1.8.2 translations of the original eNews Widget.

1.0.X

• Adds the ability to edit "First Name" and "Last Name" displayed on front-end.
• Security update and other code cleanup.
• Version numbering now using semver.org rationale.

0.2.0

• Various code enhancements to improve performance and adhere better to WP standards. Props to Gary Jones
• Adds Spanish translation. Props to Ryan Sullivan
• Adds Italian translation. Props to Marco Galasso
• Adds Slovak translation. Props to Branco Radenovich

0.1.6

• Makes available first and last name fields.

0.1.5

• Adds option to open confirmation window in the same tab.

0.1.4

• Adds l18n support for other languages, props to David Decker!
• Adds German translation, props to David Decker!

0.1.3

• Adds Feedburner support in anticipation of Genesis 1.9
• Security and translation updates

0.1.2

• Modifies class name to work with more StudioPress themes.

0.1.1

• Adds "Hidden Fields" widget setting to make the widget compatible with more mailing services.

0.1

• Initial release.

1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
2. In Appearance->Widgets, add Genesis eNews Extended widget to any sidebar.
3. Using the mailing list contact form code provided by your vendor, add the form action URL, the form field ID for the e-mail field and any hidden fields (not all services use them) into the widget options. See some tips for this on the plugin's install page.
4. If using name fields, read the plugin's tutorial website.
5. Verify it works!

Example of the plugin in use on a site running Streamline 2.0.



Widget setting screen.