Release notes

Features and improvements we've recently shipped.

October 07, 2024

Kit for developers (beta)

Feature

Our self-serve app developer platform is now in open beta for everyone to access with our brand new V4 API. With our app developer platform, if you can think it, you can build it!

You can create an app that…

  • Manage subscribers
  • Track purchases
  • Create, schedule, and target broadcast emails
  • Create plugins for the email editor with content blocks
  • Use bulk endpoints to create subscribers, tags, and custom fields
  • Test and iterate your app with API Keys
  • Automate your own individual workflows

Whenever you’re ready, publish your app directly in your Kit and it’ll be added to our App Store page when it’s been approved by the Kit Team.

Learn more about building apps for creators here.

October 01, 2024

Rebrand Announcement: ConvertKit is now Kit.

Improvement

We’re excited to share that we’ve rebranded from ConvertKit to Kit—the email-first operating system for creators who mean business. Starting today, you’ll notice a refreshed look and feel across the app, beginning with a full-width dashboard that makes viewing your stats easier than ever.

This is just the first of many exciting updates. In the coming months, you can expect key improvements to reporting, app performance, and the official launch of our app store.

Check out the new look in your account now.

September 10, 2024

Find and organize your images faster with the new Media Gallery

Improvement

Discover a simpler way to manage your images in ConvertKit with our improved Media Gallery. Now, you can filter, favorite, and find images more easily, helping you save time and focus on creating content.

This new update gives you…

  • “Favorites” tab for easy access: Save time by adding your most-used images to the new "Favorites" tab. Click the heart icon to favorite an image, and find all your favorites in one place, ordered by the most recently favorited. You can easily add or remove favorites with a single click.
  • Enhanced Unsplash search filters: Find the perfect image faster with new filtering options. If you haven't entered a search term, you can sort Unsplash images by newest, oldest, or popular. Once you enter a search term, you can sort results by relevance or newest and filter by image orientation—landscape or portrait.
  • Updated media gallery UI: Enjoy a cleaner, simpler interface that makes finding, sorting, and managing images simpler and faster.

This update provides a smoother experience for finding and managing the images you need, so you can get back to writing and creating content faster. Check out the new features next time you create an email or landing page!

September 04, 2024

Email notifications: Someone is recommending you!

Improvement

Get alerted when new creators are recommending you—an easy way for you to discover new creators and recommend back to drive list growth together.

This also increases your discoverability when you recommend new creators, driving more creators to recommend you back and referring more subscribers to you. A win-win.

Enable it now and manage your notifications under Settings > Notifications.

August 21, 2024

Control the duration of your subject line A/B tests

Improvement

A/B test your subject lines with new flexible durations directly in your Broadcast Email Editor. Choose from 30 to 240 minutes in 30-minute increments to find out which subject line resonates best with your readers.

This new feature gives you…

  • Flexible testing: Adjust the test duration from 30 minutes up to 4 hours to better suit your schedule and still get valuable insights.
  • Automatic deployment: Once a winning subject line is identified, it is automatically sent to the remaining recipients.
  • Real-time insights: Monitor your A/B test on the Broadcast → Analytics page to see the winning subject line, determined by the highest open rate.

This update makes it easier to improve your emails without changing how you work. There's no extra learning required—just more control for you. Try it out the next time you write your newsletter!

August 13, 2024

Email hash tracking with Grow by Mediavine and Raptive

Improvement

Our advanced tracking email hash feature now integrates with Grow by Mediavine, in addition to Raptive. This is a game changer to drive more revenue and save you time. This is a one-click easy solution to third-party cookie deprecation that’s affected your day-to-day workflow and income.

Don’t leave additional advertising revenue on the table and go to Settings > Advanced now to enable it.

August 02, 2024

Edit scheduled email broadcasts without unscheduling

Improvement

Say goodbye to the hassle of unscheduling and re-scheduling emails when you just want to make a quick edit. Make the edits you want to your scheduled email broadcasts, click continue, and you’re ready to go—all previous scheduled details will remain the same.

July 30, 2024

App improvements

Improvement

We have a round of improvements to bring higher quality into your day-to-day experience in ConvertKit.

  • Autosave, consistently: We’ve improved and standardized our autosave function across all our email and email template editors. As you’re drafting your email or editing your templates, you work will be autosaved so you don’t lose any progress.
  • Apps categories: New apps are coming and we are bringing you an easy category filter so you can find what you need more easily. 
  • Saved links for Recommendations: Add your top links to your account and we’ll automatically pull it into your in-network Recommendation profile. Recommendations is all about your network and we want to make connecting with other creators simpler for you.
  • [Beta] App developer updates: We are building out new functionality for developers to create new Apps on ConvertKit. Developers will now be able to kick off an app approval process, and also un-publish their apps self-serve.

July 23, 2024

Creator Profile: Advanced CSS customization

Improvement

Elevate your site with advanced CSS customizations! We’ve just added CSS capabilities on the Creator Profile with over 60 classes to make designing your site much easier. You can update the whole site or a specific page, customize your sign up forms, redesign the layout of certain blocks and more.

For a list of CSS classes you can use on the Creator Profile, check out this support article.

July 16, 2024

Recommendations: Updates to Discover

Feature

Find creators to recommend more easily with the new creator cards in our Recommendation’s discover tab. You can now see who creators are currently recommending and who they are recommended by, giving you more options to find more creator matches through their connections.

Plus, you can also read their featured post to see what type of content they share with their subscribers and see if it's content that your subscribers would benefit from too.

Discover new creators to recommend to your audience today.