Title: eCards Lite
Author: Ciprian Popescu
Published: July 4, 2015
Last modified: December 17, 2025
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# eCards Lite
By [Ciprian Popescu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/butterflymedia/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ecards-lite.zip)
* [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/#description)
* [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/#installation)
* [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ecards-lite/)
## Description
eCards is a WordPress plugin used to send electronic cards to friends. It can be
implemented in a page, a post, or the sidebar.
There are two ways you can use this plugin:
1. Add the `[ecard]` shortcode to a post or a page.
2. Call the function from a template file:
3. `if ( function_exists( 'display_ecardMe' ) ) {
echo display_ecardMe(); }
If your images are already uploaded, and they are present in your **Media Library**,
use their IDs to display them:
```
[ecard id="1, 2, 3, 4, 78"]
```
The IDs correspond to images in your **Media Library**. This feature eliminates
the need to manually attach images and also eliminates the need to upload the same
image multiple times, just to have it attached to different posts or pages.
#### Documentation
Check out the [eCards Documentation](https://getbutterfly.com/support/documentation/ecards/)
for advanced installation, usage, and setup instructions.
#### Premium Features
Just in case you want some advanced features, you can [purchase the **PRO** version](https://getbutterfly.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-ecards-plugin/)
to get access to additional features for your eCards.
* 1 year support
* User uploads
* eCard designer
* Redirection (send users to a special “Thank You” page after sending an eCard)
* eCard Collections (design and organize your eCards and re-order your images)
* Include post/page content (useful if you have a certain eCard “story” or message
you want to convey)
* Allow the sender to CC self
* eCard scheduling
* eCard CPT (developers only)
## Screenshots
* [[
* eCards Settings
* [[
* eCards Email Settings
* [[
* eCards Restrictions and Payment
* [[
* eCards Labels
* [[
* eCards Dashboard/Help/Usage
## Installation
1. Upload the `ecards-lite` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Create and publish a new page/post and add this shortcode: `[ecard]`
4. A new eCards menu will appear in WordPress Settings with options and general help
## Reviews
### [PRO Version of Plugin does not work and has no support!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-work-and-has-no-support/)
[renebrungs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renebrungs/) December 3, 2018
I bought the PRO Version of this plugin two weeks ago. It does not work with the
current WordPress Version 4.9.8. I contacted support several times (which is only
possible by email and even that was made extra hard to find) and did not get any
reply. I wish i would have read the other bad review before buying it. Will try
to get my money back.
### [Compatible with the latest WordPress version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-the-latest-wordpress-version/)
[Ciprian Popescu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/butterflymedia/) September 3,
2016
Compatible with the latest WordPress version and ready to translate using WordPress.
org translation feature.
### [bad support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-support-22/)
[Kimbert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kimbert/) September 3, 2016 2 replies
I paid for the e card version and it advertised paid support for 1 year. It was
impossible to get support on this paid for plug in and by consequence I had to sweat
thru all the steps and got my version in late for Xmas !!! very disappointed K Imbert
[ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ecards-lite/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“eCards Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Ciprian Popescu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/butterflymedia/)
“eCards Lite” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ecards-lite/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “eCards Lite” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ecards-lite)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ecards-lite/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ecards-lite/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ecards-lite/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ecards-lite/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 4.3.2
* FIX: Fix removal of quotes from message content
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.3.1
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.3.0
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
* UPDATE: Remove Dropbox integration
* UPDATE: Remove dedicated email address
* UPDATE: Update PRO version links
#### 4.2.5
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
* FIX: Code formatting fixes for PSR compliance
#### 4.2.4
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.2.3
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
* UPDATE: Improve performance by enqueuing assets only when the form is visible
#### 4.2.2
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
* UPDATE: Update plugin assets
* UPDATE: Add switches UI
#### 4.2.1
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.2
* UPDATE: Remove all old 4.x options
* UPDATE: Remove admin.css (improve back-end performance and reduce dependencies)
* UPDATE: Remove `img/*` (improve back-end performance, reduce dependencies and
reduce overall plugin size)
#### 4.1.8
* FIX: Fix several typos and remove unused feature descriptions
* FEATURE: Add ID parameter to allow custom images from Media Library
#### 4.1.6
* UPDATE: Update PHP requirements
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.1.6
* UPDATE: Update PHP requirements
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.1.5
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 4.1.4
* UPDATE: Update WordPress compatibility
* UPDATE: Remove theme selector
#### 4.1.3
* FIX: Fix incorrect function call
#### 4.1.2
* FIX: Fix email sending
#### 4.1.1
* FIX: Fix wrong filename
#### 4.1
* FIX: Fix license information
* FIX: Fix SMTP plugin link
* UPDATE: Synchronize plugin with paid one
* UPDATE: Remove references to obsolete theme
#### 4.0.5
* FIX: Fix large image size being hardcoded to thumbnail
* FIX: Fix code formatting for PSR compliance
#### 4.0.4
* UPDATE: Group several developer-only settings
* FIX: Fix checkboxes not being unchecked
#### 4.0.2
* FIX: Add `stripslashes()` to message content
* UPDATE: Add success message to labels list
#### 4.0.1
* UPDATE: All emails now include the selected eCard as an image attachment
* UPDATE: Remove orphaned code from the paid version
#### 4.0.0
* FIX: Remove deprecated phrase from the Diagnostics tab
* FIX: Add HTML content type fix and grouped debugging options together
* FIX: Fix formatting and line breaks for eCard content
* UPDATE: Synchronize with the paid version
#### 3.8.1
* FIX: Performance fixes
#### 3.8.0
* FEATURE: New onboarding tab
* UPDATE: More third-party recommendations
* UPDATE: More contextual help
* GENERAL: Code clean up
* GENERAL: Version synchronisation (with PRO version)
#### 3.7.2
* UI: Add labels for form fields and move them above
* UI: Admin style fixes
#### 3.7.1
* FIX: Fix conflict with old, undeleted file
#### 3.7.0
* UPDATE: Remove included languages and move to WordPress.org translations
#### 3.6.2
* FIX: Remove empty attachments field from `wp_mail()`
* FIX: Fix content restriction logic
* UPDATE: Update compatibility
* UPDATE: Update readme.txt URLs
* UPDATE: Better i18n handling
* UPDATE: Better security (directory scanning)
#### 3.6.1
* FIX: Fix subject line escaping quotes
* FIX: Fix image size not being applied to the `` element
* FIX: Fix individual image not being sent
* FIX: Add option autoloading for better performance
* FIX: Fix a “headers already sent” error
* FIX: Remove EOLs for PHP files in order to fix some rare server behaviour
* FEATURE: Add shortcodes to email subject
* UPDATE: Update wording for eCards UI theme
* UPDATE: Check latest WordPress compatibility
* UPDATE: Add utf8mb4 database table conversion
#### 3.2.1
* FIX: Fix encoding issue
#### 3.2.0
* FEATURE: Add dedicated email address
* FEATURE: Add `Reply-To` header for emails
#### 3.1.0
* FIX: Fix `include()` syntax
* FIX: Remove unused global variable
* FIX: Rename main plugin file for WordPress actions compatibility
* IMPROVEMENT: Reduce number of requests by moving function calls to `plugins_loaded`
* IMPROVEMENT: Remove unused options deletion
#### 3.0.4
* FEATURE: Update WordPress compatibility
#### 3.0.3
* FEATURE: Add WordPress plugin repository assets and screenshots
#### 3.0.2
* SECURITY: Sanitize all options
#### 3.0.1
* IMPROVEMENT: Remove radio button if there is only one image
#### 3.0.0
* NEW: First public release
* FIX: Remove link from the labels tab
* FIX: Add missing update notice
* FIX: Fix missing image size from PayPal shortcode
* FEATURE: Add PRO/LITE version
## Meta
* Version **4.3.2**
* Last updated **4 months ago**
* Active installations **100+**
* WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* PHP version ** 7.1 or higher **
* Languages
* [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ecards-lite)
* Tags
* [ecard](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ecard/)[ecards](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ecards/)
[greeting card](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/greeting-card/)[postcard](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/postcard/)
* [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/ecards-lite/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.3 out of 5 stars.
* [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ecards-lite/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors
* [ Ciprian Popescu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/butterflymedia/)
## Support
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[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ecards-lite/)
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