Organise your subscriptions with Categories

Categories are now available on Blogtrottr - a simple way to group your subscriptions.

You can create as many categories as you like ("Tech news", "Work", "Cooking", whatever fits your life), assign subscriptions to them, and then filter your subscription list to quickly find what you're looking for. Bulk assignment is supported too, so you can tidy up an existing collection in one go.

Each category can have a default filter. If a subscription belongs to a category and doesn't have a filter of its own, it automatically inherits the category's filter. So if you have a "Python news" category, you can set a filter once - "title contains Python" - and every feed you add to that category will use it automatically. No need to configure each one individually.

If you ever need a specific subscription to behave differently, just enable a filter on it directly. A subscription's own filter always takes precedence.

New feature: additional email addresses

One of the most common requests we've heard over the years is the ability to send different subscriptions to different email addresses, without having to juggle multiple Blogtrottr accounts. Now, that's possible!

Additional email addresses are now available on Lite and Full plans. You can add up to 25 verified delivery addresses to your account, and then route any subscription to whichever inbox makes sense - your work email, a personal address, a dedicated filtering inbox, whatever works for you.

Getting started is straightforward: head to your Account settings -> Email addresses, enter an address, and click the verification link we send. Once confirmed, it'll appear in the Delivery address dropdown when you create or edit any subscription.

If you ever remove an address, any subscriptions using it will automatically fall back to your main account email - nothing breaks.

We hope this makes Blogtrottr a lot more flexible for how you actually use it. As always, let us know if you have any feedback!

Send feed updates to Pushover with Blogtrottr webhooks

If you use Pushover for quick, no‑nonsense push notifications, you can hook it up to Blogtrottr in just a couple of minutes. Lite and Pro users can take advantage of the Webhook output to send feed items straight to Pushover - no extra tools or glue services needed.

Here’s a quick walkthrough of how to get everything talking to each other.

What you’ll need before you start

• A Blogtrottr Lite or Pro subscription
• Your Pushover User Key
• A Pushover App/API Token (you can generate one in your Pushover dashboard under “Create an Application/API Token”)

Once you’ve got those, you’re ready to go.

1. Create a new subscription

Add a feed in Blogtrottr the way you normally would. In the Output dropdown, choose Webhook.

The form will expand to show the fields you need, like this:

2. Point it at Pushover

Set the Webhook URL to: https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json

Then make sure Webhook type is set to Form encoded.
Pushover expects the data in that format, so this part is important.
 

3. Add your Pushover fields

Now for the payload. This tells Pushover what to include in your notification.

Here’s a simple example that works well:

token=PUSHOVER_API_TOKEN&user=PUSHOVER_USER_TOKEN&html=1&title={item_title} &message={item_body}&url={item_link}

The {item_…} tags are filled in by Blogtrottr whenever a new feed item arrives.

If you prefer something shorter or want to customise the message, feel free - Blogtrottr shows all available tags underneath the box. 

 

4. (Optional) Add extras like priority or sound

Pushover supports priorities, custom sounds, and more. You can add them straight into the payload, for example: 

&priority=1&sound=echo

Or for a true “don’t miss this” alert: 

&priority=2&retry=60&expire=600

Again, just tack these onto the end of your payload. You can see a full list of available options over on the Pushover Message API documentation.

 

5. Test it

Click “Feed me & send test” to make sure everything is wired up correctly. If all’s well, you’ll get a Pushover notification straight away. 

And that’s it.

Once the subscription is saved, Blogtrottr will send every new feed item to Pushover the moment it comes in. It’s a great way to keep an eye on breaking news, new blog posts, or anything you want delivered instantly without clogging your inbox.

A quick update on email templates 👋

The "minimal" email template has officially graduated and is now the default for new Blogtrottr accounts.

It uses current responsive email techniques with improved font sizes and spacing, so it displays better on today’s phones and email apps. Overall, it’s cleaner, easier to read, and works more reliably across modern devices.

If you already have a Blogtrottr account, nothing has changed - your "classic" template will stay exactly as it is. And if you ever want to switch, you can do so from the Template setting in your Account Settings.

Behind the Scenes: Blogtrottr's Getting an Upgrade

EDIT (January 20, 2025): The beta version is now live at blogtrottr.com. A big thank you to everyone who participated in the testing and provided feedback.

Easier subscription management with one-click unsubscribe

For many years, Blogtrottr has provided two means of managing feed subscriptions - following the unsubscribe link in an email, or by creating website account.

Now there’s a third way - Blogtrottr recently started sending one-click unsubscribe enabled emails, so if your email client is compatible (and most major ones like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and macOS are), you can unsubscribe from a feed instantly, without visiting our website.

 

Behind the scenes, we integrated with Sendamatic’s automatic one-click unsubscribe handling to implement this easily. If you need similar capabilities for your project, they come highly recommended.

Price Updates: Some good news

We have good news for our Blogtrottr users. In addition to Euros we now support payments in GBP and USD. We are also offering price plans in these currencies.

Most card providers add a foreign currency transaction fee, and from month to month the exchange rate fluctuates. Paying in your local currency will give you more certainty over the price you pay each month, as well as hopefully saving you a bit of money.

The various plans on offer are available at https://blogtrottr.com/pricing/

If you are an existing paid plan user and want to switch currencies get in touch with our support (support@blogtrottr.com) as changing currencies mid-plan isn’t currently possible through the website.