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Post to WordPress by email
Turn any email into a WordPress draft post in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Ellie Marsh
New opening hours from Easter
Your instructions
Draft this up as a post titled Spring opening hours.
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Draft a post from the email
Spring opening hours, in your drafts
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "draft this up as a post titled Spring opening hours".
The email becomes a draft post with the title from your instructions. It never publishes: putting the post live is a separate step that always waits for your approval.
You receive a confirmation email containing a link to the draft, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any email to the address below to see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- How do I post to WordPress by email?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "draft this up as a post titled Spring opening hours". ForwardThis writes the draft and replies with a link to it. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with WordPress.com connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Will it publish without me?
- No. Every post arrives as a draft. Publishing is a separate instruction, and ForwardThis checks with you and names the site before anything goes live.
- Can it edit or publish a post later?
- Yes. Name the post and ForwardThis can change the title or content, or publish it once you approve. Undo puts the previous version back, and it refuses if the post has been edited again since.
- How is this different from WordPress's own Post by Email?
- Post by Email turns everything sent to a secret address into a post on one fixed site, and depending on the setting it publishes straight away. ForwardThis reads your instructions instead: you choose the title, the post stays a draft until you approve, and the reply links to it.
- Does it work with self-hosted WordPress?
- No. ForwardThis connects to sites on WordPress.com. Self-hosted WordPress uses a different API, so it needs its own connection, which is not available yet. For a blog on Ghost or Webflow, the same forward is on its own page.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.