New ship!🚀 If you're on a Professional plan or higher, you can now set up a custom email template directly from your email design settings. buttondown.com/blog/2026-02...

Incredible journalist, @manualdousuario.net, uses his bilingual newsletter, to share his insights on the social and psychological impacts of modern consumer technology. Read more about his work! buttondown.com/blog/rodrigo...

We've made the change you've been asking for: simplified cancellation! Now you can easily cancel your billing when you want a break and reactivate them whenever you want to begin sending. The best part? You keep access to account features during the pause!💙 buttondown.com/blog/2026-02...

Our nerd answers the question: Does email length affect deliverability? 🤔 buttondown.com/blog/email-l...

Great news for those of you who are building on top of Buttondown's archives themes. We've launched a proper OpenAPI spec describing the full shape of the template context. No more reverse engineering! Learn more about this update: buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

The changelog page has been reborn🔥 It has been translated into plain English so that everyone can understand the small changes we make daily to improve the platform. We hope you enjoy it. 💙 buttondown.com/blog/2026-02...

Exciting news! We've added more ways for you to customize your archives–no CSS skills needed. Read more about how you can personalize your archive page. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

It was an absolute pleasure speaking with product manager, indie musician, and writer, @bgreen.lol. We got the opportunity to learn about his unique background, music career as Kid Lightbulbs, and the inspiring actions he takes to uplift his fellow artists. buttondown.com/blog/brandon...

Automation filters have been improved! Now you can make sure subscribers still match your filters before an automation runs. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

New month, new ship! We've upgraded the survey feature. Now, your subscribers can respond to surveys from the web archive, not just email. Learn more about this new feature: buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

You know how to forward an email but do you reallllllly know how it works? buttondown.com/blog/how-ema...

Incredible journalist, @manualdousuario.net, uses his bilingual newsletter, to share his insights on the social and psychological impacts of modern consumer technology. Read more about his work! buttondown.com/blog/rodrigo...

We've shipped a new feature—public descriptions for tags! Now you are able to dd context to subscriber-editable tags with a new API field. Read more about this feature and how to use it. buttondown.com/blog/2026-02...

Great news for those of you who are building on top of Buttondown's archives themes. We've launched a proper OpenAPI spec describing the full shape of the template context. No more reverse engineering! Learn more about this update: buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

There are multiple reasons why your newsletter's archives are valuable, or dare we say, priceless. buttondown.com/blog/newslet...

New month, new ship! We've upgraded the survey feature. Now, your subscribers can respond to surveys from the web archive, not just email. Learn more about this new feature: buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

This month we shipped loads of new features: - Inbox filtering - Archive page customization - Mastodon follower analytics - Starred views - Smarter automation filters + more!🚀 Which upgrades are your favorites?

New ship!🚀 You can now create snippets — reusable chunks of content you can drop into any email with a few keystrokes. Try it out and let us know how you like it! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've improved upon a popular feature—self-managed tags! Now subscribers can add or remove tags themselves in the portal with one click. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Automation filters have been improved! Now you can make sure subscribers still match your filters before an automation runs. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Hey gang, there's a new update for Buttondown API users! Now you can create as many API keys as you need, each with its own permissions. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've shipped something we think you'll love: Smarter automation filters! Learn more about how it works and how to enable this new feature. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Check out our latest update: New design settings pages. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Our nerd answers the pressing question: How does newsletter cadence affect deliverability? 🤔 buttondown.com/blog/cadence...

New ship!🚀 You can now create snippets — reusable chunks of content you can drop into any email with a few keystrokes. Try it out and let us know how you like it! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've made a change–a good one. Because of it, you can expect a faster and more reliable Buttondown to come!🚀 buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Tired of navigating to find the same handful of pages you check on the daily? Well, now you don't have to! We've launched a new feature, Starred Views–star any page to pin it to your sidebar, right below Home. 🤩 🌟 Give it a try and let us know how you like it! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Exciting news! We've added more ways for you to customize your archives–no CSS skills needed. Read more about how you can personalize your archive page. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Your notification inbox just got more useful. You can now filter to show only what needs your attention. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Just like we promised: Mastodon follower tracking is here! Enable the new feature on your analytics dashboard. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Turn by turn directions, for email. buttondown.com/blog/email-s...

Our nerd answers the question: What are good open, click, and response rates for an email newsletter? buttondown.com/blog/target-...

You can now add an announcement bar to the top of your archive pages — a simple, eye-catching banner for sharing breaking news, special offers, or anything else you want readers to see first. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've made a change–a good one. Because of it, you can expect a faster and more reliable Buttondown to come!🚀 buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Great news for Markdown die-hards–you can now use custom buttons in Markdown mode! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've added two new ways to style your newsletter's web presence: Arbus and Lovelace. Head to your archive settings to try them out! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Great news for Markdown die-hards–you can now use custom buttons in Markdown mode! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

You asked: Does attaching files to your newsletter hurt deliverability? 🤔 Our Nerd gives a detailed and nuanced answer on the topic. buttondown.com/blog/attachm...

We've added support for two more privacy-friendly analytics tools: Seline and Tinylytics! buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

We've shipped a lot of cool features in December!🎄 ❄️ - Scroll sync editor - Placeholder text warning alert - Bluesky follower count tracking - Directly reply to subscriber conversations - Disposables.app + more! Which is your favorite(s)? buttondown.com/blog?categor...

A rare beast indeed. @buttondown.com is a company whose values are pointed, sincere, and fully integrated with its business model. Founder and CEO, @jmduke.com kindly took time to discuss its values and style with me. newsletter.lowfalutin.co.uk/archive/thei...

Changed your mind? You can now unban subscribers directly from your subscribers page. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

You can now add an announcement bar to the top of your archive pages — a simple, eye-catching banner for sharing breaking news, special offers, or anything else you want readers to see first. buttondown.com/blog/2026-01...

Turn by turn directions, for email. buttondown.com/blog/email-s...

Public postmortem: archive downtime buttondown.com/blog/inciden...

We built and released a tiny little project: disposables.app, a free tool for easily checking whether or not an email address domain is disposable or otherwise problematic. buttondown.com/blog/2025-12...

Who's behind Buttondown, and what are the company's principles and values? Glad you asked–we made a whole page about it. buttondown.com/about

Happy New Year from the Buttondown team🥂 💌 💙 We're excited to keep improving the platform, making it as easy as possible for you to create and scale your newsletter. What features would you like to see from us this year?

We've shipped a lot of cool features in December!🎄 ❄️ - Scroll sync editor - Placeholder text warning alert - Bluesky follower count tracking - Directly reply to subscriber conversations - Disposables.app + more! Which is your favorite(s)? buttondown.com/blog?categor...

Looking back on 2025, and looking forward to 2026. buttondown.com/blog/2025