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MaryDecember 5, 2025Never accidentally send an email with placeholder text again.- Scroll sync in the editorMatias Artopoulos KozakDecember 1, 2025Scroll sync in the editor and preview
- MaryNovember 18, 2025View, search, and restore previous versions of your newsletter templates.
- Subscriber previewJustin DukeNovember 17, 2025Preview emails as specific subscribers
- Cleaner email editorMaryAugust 15, 2025Streamlined editor layout with actions moved to top-right for distraction-free writing.
- PlaygroundJustin DukeJune 1, 2025Interactive playground to test and explore the Buttondown editor features.
- Customizable exportsJustin DukeMay 26, 2025Export dialog now supports column filtering, JSON format, and preview options.
- Revamped email draft flowMaryMay 22, 2025Cleaner dialog for sending draft copies of emails to selected recipients.
- Button alignment optionsMaryFebruary 25, 2025New alignment options for custom buttons
- Related emails linkingSteph MonetteJanuary 31, 2025Link related emails from the editor
- Transactional naked modeJustin DukeJanuary 11, 2025Naked mode for transactional emails
- Bluesky profile embedsMaryDecember 10, 2024Embed Bluesky profiles in your Buttondown emails
- Bluesky post embedsMaryDecember 5, 2024Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails
- Multi-event webhooksMatias Artopoulos KozakOctober 29, 2024Multiple event types for webhooks
- Internal linksJustin DukeOctober 22, 2024Fancy editor now autocompletes internal links to other emails you've written.
- Send permissionMatias Artopoulos KozakSeptember 23, 2024New permission for sending emails
- Intuitive publishing flowJustin DukeAugust 9, 2024A newer, more intuitive publishing flow
- Naked modeJustin DukeAugust 5, 2024A new power-user mode lets you write raw HTML and CSS, bypassing the default Buttondown template.
- Apple and Simplecast embedsJustin DukeJuly 26, 2024Embed Apple and Simplecast podcasts in your emails
- Unsplash integrationJustin DukeJuly 15, 2024Find lovely images with Unsplash
- Emoji autocompleteJustin DukeJune 25, 2024Type a colon in Fancy mode to bring up an emoji picker with search functionality.
- LaTeX supportJustin DukeJune 11, 2024LaTeX is now supported in the editor, preview, and emails with PNG, SVG, and HTML rendering.
- New editor featuresJustin DukeMay 29, 2024Editor improvements include drag-and-drop files, social embeds, pull quotes, poetry blocks, and syntax highlighting.
- Easy footnotesJustin DukeMay 22, 2024Write footnotes without dropping down to Markdown
- Fancy new editor modeJustin DukeMarch 21, 2024A new WYSIWYG editor with inline formatting tooltips, autocompletion, and features like webwalls and surveys.
- Newer, nicer settings pagesJustin DukeMarch 14, 2024Settings pages have been reorganized from one big page into smaller, focused sections.
- Email-to-draftJustin DukeMay 6, 2023Create drafts and emails from your email
- Subscriber metadata columnsJustin DukeMay 5, 2023Metadata in your subscriber lists!
- ChatGPT integrationJustin DukeMay 1, 2023Let ChatGPT generate your newsletter...
- TikTok embedsJustin DukeApril 20, 2023Embed Tiktok clips in your Buttondown emails
- Spotify embedsJustin DukeApril 5, 2023Embed Spotify tracks in your Buttondown emails
- Soundcloud embedsJustin DukeMarch 22, 2023Embed Soundcloud tracks in your Buttondown emails
- Editor toolbar improvementsJustin DukeFebruary 7, 2023A more ergonomic editor toolbar
- Smart filtersJustin DukeJanuary 30, 2023Sift through the noise quickly with smart filters
- Image editor improvementsJustin DukeJanuary 9, 2023Improvements to the image editor