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Benchmark Email Lite · Version history

Benchmark Email Lite changelog and version history

Latest version
4.4.1
Oct 6, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
41
since 2011
In the last year
3
about one every 156 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.2 or later

Releases each year

  • 20115 releases
  • 20142 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 201820 releases
  • 20191 release
  • 20203 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20222 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20252 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 4.4.1Latest

    • Added: Hyperlink to the Shortcodes page error message when no forms were found.
    • Fixed: Settings panel wasn’t saving checkbox changes.
    • Removed: Admin settings style that wasn’t looking so great.
    • Removed: Two expired signup form create links on the Shortcodes page.

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 4.4.0

    • Added: API integration file for the October 2025 Benchmark API.
    • Added: New settings fields (currently hidden) for 2025 API connection and signup form IDs.
    • Changed: Re-named the previous API library to August 2019.
    • Changed: Switched the API keys settings area over to a log in / out mechanism.
    • Removed: Legacy admin tracking logic that used expired Google UA.
    • Removed: Old function for using the Legacy XML-RPC API.
    • Removed: Sister plugin checker and notice.
    • Removed: Legacy upgrade code.

20252 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 4.3.1

    • Added: Benchmark partner handshake to the existing UI token renewal process.

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 4.3

    • Added: Benchmark error code on credential authentication failure.
    • Updated: Settings page simplification, addresses issue where authentication sometimes required a second attempt.

20241 release

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 4.2

    • Added: More data sanitization protections.
    • Fixed: Admin side CSRF protection, thanks for Joshua Chan for reporting.
    • Removed: Expired Universal Analytics usage tracker, might replace someday.

20231 release

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 4.1

    • Added: Long-term caching of signup forms for sites having trouble with the 4-hour renewals.
    • Added: Interface tab Benchmark UI authentication rejection handler.
    • Changed: Post-to-campaign from Sample Contact List to all lists except protected.
    • Changed: More efficient storage of signup form cache.

20222 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 4.0

    • Added: Gutenberg block for placing sign-up forms within Blocks.
    • Changed: Benchmark Email UI from pop-up to a fixed browser tab.
    • Changed: Switched the Benchmark Interface page from jQuery to VanillaJS.
    • Changed: Added some diagnostics to the front end widget display during error.
    • Fixed: Sister product notice to show only when WooCommerce is active.

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 3.4

    • Added: new Bulk Action feature to be able to send multiple selected posts in one campaign.
    • Changed: signup form query was returning 10 max results, increased to 100.
    • Fixed: saving of signup form transient when data from API is an error.
    • Fixed: remove the clearing of UI token when Benchmark server response is bad.

20211 release

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 3.3

    • Added: new filters for P2C email body title, content, and generated HTML.
    • Added: new filter for switching the email type from drop-down (DD) to Custom.
    • Added: Readme FAQs for the new filters and RSS campaigns.
    • Added: settings descriptions for the less common settings.
    • Updated: Switched the Interface iFrame over to a JS pop-up due to a conflict with browser security blocks.
    • Updated: post-to-campaign endpoint.
    • Updated: Benchmark connection settings to cleaner, non AJAX, links to toggle key fields.
    • Fixed: admin Connect button bad username or password handling.
    • Fixed: Removed UI auth redirection when endpoint contains querystring to workaround a URL encoding API bug.

20203 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 3.2

    • Fixed: error trap for missing Sample Contact List when creating email campaigns.
    • Updated: developer analytics cache-busting for improved results.

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 3.1

    • Fixed: WP hook improvement to prevent a PHP warning during upgrading.
    • Fixed: added silence-is-golden security to two files that were missing it.
    • Updated: cleaned-up developer analytics tracking post-to-campaign email send.
    • Updated: developer analytics tracker widget moved from widget-load to widget-save.

  3. Benchmark Email Lite 3.0

    • Added: Optional user submission tracker for Automation Pro workflows.
    • Added: Optional admin usage tracker to help drive our development roadmap.
    • Added: Post to email campaigns template that enables the drag/drop editor for improved design.
    • Updated: Migrates legacy v2.x plugin signup forms to Benchmark signup form entities to maximize the design and configuration options and enables the pop-up style signup forms.
    • Updated: Easier initial plugin configuration steps with connect/reconnect wizard.
    • Updated: A cleaner admin interface.
    • Updated: Switched from the XML-RPC API over to the newer and faster REST API.

20191 release

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 2.11

    • Fixed: Classic Editor metabox datepicker and slider are back in operation by adding jQuery UI theme.
    • Fixed: Gutenberg metabox success/error responses by adding AJAX based submission.
    • Fixed: Gutenberg metabox not processing SEND button on post-to-campaign unless you also clicked UPDATE button.

201820 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 2.10

    • Fixed: function call outside of plugins page
    • Fixed: invalid function call is_plugin_inactive
    • Fixed: API key URL, update plugin author name and link

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 2.9

    • Added: Admin dashboard notice of sister product availability if WooCommerce is active.
    • Removed: WooCommerce customers list as this has moved to our free sister product with enhancements.

  3. Benchmark Email Lite 2.8

    • Added: Optional privacy policy checkbox field to subscription forms for GDPR.
    • Updated: Newsletter sign up form paragraphs for better spacing in most themes.
    • Fixed: One deprecated notice for admin page.
    • Fixed: A few missing translation text wrappers.

  4. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.4

    • Added: static function declarations for WP3.6 strict standards debug mode compatibility.
    • Updated: Tab name from Reports to Emails to make room for changes to the email listings format.
    • Updated: Moved some methods around for optimal OOP mojo.
    • Updated: Page anchor for the timezone selection on BME UI, as linked from the metabox timezone paragraph.
    • Updated: Date selector to show dates up to 365 days into the future, the limit of the BME interface as well.
    • Updated: Reports area table column widths to be more uniform and consistent. Set campaign caching timeout to 1 hour to expire old data.
    • Updated: URL to WP core arrow images for widget admin side due to 3.8 no longer having the arrows-vs.png file. Changed to arrows.png file that exists with both admin themes pre 3.8 and post 3.8. Trac references #2083
    • Removed: DIV wrapper of plugin as it was causing duplicate IDs and in T14 the response body was invisible. Trac references #2085
    • Fixed: Widget instances used within page shortcodes to prevent PHP strict standards notice about calling the widget class statically.
    • Fixed: PHP warning ‘division by zero’ for campaigns with 0 opens on the main campaign summary screens.
    • Fixed: Typo in the settings script.
    • Fixed: Printing of extra widget wrapper on forms and responses. Added code to track if widget is in shortcode mode. Trac references #2084 #2086
    • Fixed: Widget pre title html echo to be before title. Trac references #2081 and #2082
    • Fixed: Widget API key deletion to inactive sidebar disablement code to prevent action from recurring after the widget was disabled. Trac references #2080

  5. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.3

    • Added: Filter ‘benchmarkemaillite_compile_email_theme’ to allow external email template customization. See FAQ.
    • Added: Automatic radio button selection of sending type on the metabox when sub elements are chosen.
    • Added: Message when a widgets of deleted API keys are being deactivated.
    • Updated: Feedback responses on the post metabox, especially for the successful sending of test email campaigns.
    • Updated: Renamed some function names to match the WP hook they relate to.
    • Updated: Changed message on sent test email campaigns to say ‘sent’ instead of ‘created’.
    • Updated: Updated WP admin notice box contents to look more normal, yellow or red based on status of message as error or update message.
    • Updated: Minor enhancement to settings links code.
    • Fixed: Bug regarding the Please Select option for widget administration.
    • Fixed: Bug on defaulting of the list selection, by deactivating widgets of deleted API keys.
    • Fixed: Bug with field validation when the same widget exists on a page in both a shortcode and a sidebar widget.
    • Fixed: Bug with the missing API key error persisting during the first refresh after putting in an API key.

  6. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.2

    • Added: Looping of detailed report data requests, to present full table of data (over 100 limit).
    • Added: Line number counter to detailed reports.
    • Added: Connection timeout warning atop the settings and reports interfaces with button to reconnect.
    • Added: Descriptive text on the individual email detail reports.
    • Updated: Moved report under Links Clicked to the email campaign page as Click Performance to more closely mirror the BME interface.
    • Updated: Split email links report into parent and child reports per URL being referenced.
    • Removed: Lower limit on timeout. Was set at a minimum of 10 seconds.
    • Fixed: Changed the Opens By Country report on the main email campaign page to only show when there has been at least 1 recorded open.

  7. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.1

    • Added: Ability to send test email copies to up to 5 addresses.
    • Added: Administration sidebar menu flyouts to match tabs.
    • Updated: Organized library, markup, and JS files into folders.
    • Updated: Reorganized reports code for better optimization.
    • Updated: Reports tab reporting when there are no reports, or no reports for specific keys.
    • Updated: Adjusted reports table column widths.
    • Updated: Set maxlength settings for posts/pages metabox text input fields.
    • Fixed: Error message window was persisting for 5 seconds, when it should just display once.
    • Fixed: Email template height 100% was causing extra space in footer of test emails.

  8. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4

    • Added: Shortcode that allows any sign up form widget to be used within pages and posts.

  9. Benchmark Email Lite 2.3.1

    • Fixed: Minor bug with the subtitle display during widget administration.

  10. Benchmark Email Lite 2.3

    • Added: Full email campaign reporting capabilities.
    • Updated: Moved menu item from the Settings section to a top level item with icon.

  11. Benchmark Email Lite 2.2.1

    • Added: Setting for connection timeout to be customized for diagnostic purposes. See FAQ.
    • Fixed: Removed Extra 1 and Extra 2 widget field options due to newer defaults. See FAQ.

  12. Benchmark Email Lite 2.2

    • Added: Scheduling capabilities for post to campaigns feature.
    • Added: Prevents admin area slowdowns by detecting API server connections over 5 seconds and disabling communications for 5 minutes.

  13. Benchmark Email Lite 2.1

  14. Benchmark Email Lite 2.0.2

  15. Benchmark Email Lite 2.0.1

  16. Benchmark Email Lite 2.0

  17. Benchmark Email Lite 1.1

  18. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0.5

  19. Benchmark Email Lite 2.7

  20. Benchmark Email Lite 2.6

20161 release

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 2.5

20142 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.6

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 2.4.5

20115 releases

  1. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0.4

  2. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0.3

  3. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0.2

  4. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0.1

  5. Benchmark Email Lite 1.0

Questions about Benchmark Email Lite’s releases

What is the latest version of Benchmark Email Lite?

4.4.1, released on Oct 6, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.2 or later.

How often is Benchmark Email Lite updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 156 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2011.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Benchmark Email Lite’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.