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...
