Marketing Stack
WordPress site + Plausible analytics + Listmonk newsletter + workflow automation.
What this stack is
Marketing Stack is the owned marketing infrastructure for content businesses: WordPress (publishing), Plausible (privacy-friendly analytics), Listmonk (newsletter), n8n (workflow automation). Sell to marketers and content businesses tired of paying for Mailchimp + Google Analytics + Zapier subscriptions while losing audience data to platform algorithms.
What it's for
- Content publishing — WordPress for blog, marketing site, landing pages
- Privacy-friendly analytics — Plausible (no cookies, no consent banner, GDPR-clean)
- Newsletter + email marketing — Listmonk for opt-in lists, segmented campaigns, transactional emails
- Marketing automation — n8n connects WordPress events to Listmonk + CRM + Slack + anything
Who it's for
- Content marketers running owned-media operations
- Indie bloggers monetizing newsletter + display ads (without Substack's 10% cut)
- Agencies managing multiple client marketing properties
- SMB marketing teams running their stack outside Big Tech analytics
- Privacy-conscious brands competing on "we don't track you" as differentiator
Apps in this stack
| App | Role |
|---|---|
| WordPress | Content publishing platform — blog, landing pages, sales funnels |
| Plausible | Privacy-friendly analytics — no cookies, no banner, GDPR-clean |
| Listmonk | Newsletter + email marketing — opt-in lists, campaigns, segmentation |
| n8n | Marketing automation — WordPress → Listmonk → CRM workflows |
Sizing & deployment
- Recommended VPS: 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB NVMe storage
- No GPU needed
- Database: shared MariaDB for WordPress + Listmonk
- Deploy time: ~20 min one-click, all SSL automatic via Let's Encrypt
- Backup profile: nightly WordPress DB + uploads + Listmonk DB + Plausible stats + n8n credentials
Why hosters sell this
Marketing teams calculate their spend (WordPress.com $25 + Google Analytics 4 free-with-tracking + Mailchimp $20 + Zapier $30 = $75/mo before "real" tools). Your offer wins on privacy positioning AND on cost.
Common resale shape:
- Solo marketer tier — single VPS, single site, basic analytics + newsletter
- Agency tier — single VPS, multiple isolated WordPress installs (white-label per client)
- Mid-size brand tier — dedicated VPS, custom domain, dedicated support, SLA
Stack retail pricing is set by the hoster. See the suggested retail hint on this page as starting anchor; refer to bluix.net/bluixapps.php for the Bluix module license layer.
Compliance profile
- No third-party trackers — Plausible cookie-free by design, no consent banner needed
- Newsletter GDPR-clean — Listmonk supports proper opt-in, double-opt-in, unsubscribe
- Audience data sovereignty — email list + analytics + content all owned by the marketer
- EU hosting by default — no Schrems II issues
- Right-to-be-forgotten — delete subscriber in Listmonk + remove from Plausible = full removal