diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
index 528234f48d..7e57fac328 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Renderer\Renderer;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes;
 use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
-use MailPoet\Util\Security;
 
 if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
@@ -22,13 +21,13 @@ class SendingQueue {
   const batch_size = 50;
 
   function __construct($timer = false) {
-    $this->mta_config = $this->getMailerConfig();
+/*    $this->mta_config = $this->getMailerConfig();
     $this->mta_log = $this->getMailerLog();
     $this->processing_method = ($this->mta_config['method'] === 'MailPoet') ?
       'processBulkSubscribers' :
       'processIndividualSubscriber';
     $this->timer = ($timer) ? $timer : microtime(true);
-    CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);
+    CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);*/
   }
 
   function process() {
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
       );
     } else {
       $newsletter_statistics =
-        array_map(function ($data) use ($newsletter, $subscribers_ids, $queue) {
+        array_map(function($data) use ($newsletter, $subscribers_ids, $queue) {
           return array(
             $newsletter['id'],
             $subscribers_ids[$data],
@@ -147,13 +146,14 @@ class SendingQueue {
 
   function processNewsletter($newsletter, $subscriber = false) {
     $divider = '***MailPoet***';
+    $body = implode($divider, $newsletter['body']);
     $shortcodes = new Shortcodes(
-      implode($divider, $newsletter['body']),
       $newsletter,
       $subscriber
     );
     list($newsletter['body']['html'], $newsletter['body']['text']) =
-      explode($divider, $shortcodes->replace());
+      explode($divider, $shortcodes->replace($body));
+    $newsletter['subject'] = $shortcodes->replace($newsletter['subject']);
     return $newsletter;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostTransformer.php b/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostTransformer.php
index 52bf232c4f..ebc7c68642 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostTransformer.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostTransformer.php
@@ -169,6 +169,6 @@ class PostTransformer {
 
     $alignment = (in_array($this->args['titleAlignment'], array('left', 'right', 'center'))) ? $this->args['titleAlignment'] : 'left';
 
-    return '<' . $tag . ' style="text-align: ' . $alignment . '">' . $title . '</' . $tag . '>';
+    return '<' . $tag . ' class="mailpoet_alc_post" style="text-align: ' . $alignment . '">' . $title . '</' . $tag . '>';
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php
index b837dfc3f0..5b2d740ef8 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
 
+use MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue;
+
 class Newsletter {
   /*
     {
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ class Newsletter {
       shortcode: 'newsletter:view_in_browser',
     }
    */
-  static function process($action, $default_value = false, $newsletter) {
+  static function process($action,
+    $default_value = false,
+    $newsletter, $subscriber = false, $text) {
     if(is_object($newsletter)) {
       $newsletter = $newsletter->asArray();
     }
@@ -38,8 +42,7 @@ class Newsletter {
       break;
 
       case 'total':
-        $posts = wp_count_posts();
-        return $posts->publish;
+        return substr_count($text, 'mailpoet_alc_post');
       break;
 
       case 'post_title':
@@ -48,8 +51,10 @@ class Newsletter {
       break;
 
       case 'number':
-        // TODO: implement
-        return 1;
+        if ($newsletter['type'] !== 'notification') return false;
+        $sent_newsletters = (int)
+          SendingQueue::where('newsletter_id', $newsletter['id'])->count();
+        return ++$sent_newsletters;
       break;
 
       case 'view_in_browser':
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
index 8e138701f6..22c39f39ef 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
@@ -2,52 +2,51 @@
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes;
 
 class Shortcodes {
-  public $rendered_newsletter;
   public $newsletter;
   public $subscriber;
 
   function __construct(
-    $rendered_newsletter,
     $newsletter = false,
     $subscriber = false
   ) {
-    $this->rendered_newsletter = $rendered_newsletter;
     $this->newsletter = $newsletter;
     $this->subscriber = $subscriber;
   }
 
-  function extract() {
-    preg_match_all('/\[(?:\w+):.*?\]/', $this->rendered_newsletter, $shortcodes);
+  function extract($text) {
+    preg_match_all('/\[(?:\w+):.*?\]/', $text, $shortcodes);
     return array_unique($shortcodes[0]);
   }
 
-  function process($shortcodes) {
+  function process($shortcodes, $text) {
     $processed_shortcodes = array_map(
-      function ($shortcode) {
+      function($shortcode) use($text) {
         preg_match(
           '/\[(?P<type>\w+):(?P<action>\w+)(?:.*?default:(?P<default>.*?))?\]/',
           $shortcode,
           $shortcode_details
         );
-
         $shortcode_class =
           __NAMESPACE__ . '\\Categories\\' . ucfirst($shortcode_details['type']);
+        $shortcode_action = $shortcode_details['action'];
+        $shortcode_default_value = isset($shortcode_details['default'])
+          ? $shortcode_details['default'] : false;
         if(!class_exists($shortcode_class)) return false;
         return $shortcode_class::process(
-          $shortcode_details['action'],
-          isset($shortcode_details['default'])
-            ? $shortcode_details['default'] : false,
+          $shortcode_action,
+          $shortcode_default_value,
           $this->newsletter,
-          $this->subscriber
+          $this->subscriber,
+          $text
         );
       }, $shortcodes);
     return $processed_shortcodes;
   }
 
-  function replace() {
-    $shortcodes = $this->extract($this->rendered_newsletter);
-    $processed_shortcodes = $this->process($shortcodes);
+  function replace($text) {
+    $shortcodes = $this->extract($text);
+    $processed_shortcodes = $this->process($shortcodes, $text);
     $shortcodes = array_intersect_key($shortcodes, $processed_shortcodes);
-    return str_replace($shortcodes, $processed_shortcodes, $this->rendered_newsletter);
+    return str_replace($shortcodes, $processed_shortcodes, $text);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Router/Newsletters.php b/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
index ce8e1cfebd..685f984f1c 100644
--- a/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
+++ b/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
@@ -139,11 +139,8 @@ class Newsletters {
     }
     $renderer = new Renderer($data);
     $rendered_newsletter = $renderer->render();
-    $shortcodes = new \MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes(
-      $rendered_newsletter['html'],
-      $data
-    );
-    $rendered_newsletter = $shortcodes->replace();
+    $shortcodes = new \MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes($data);
+    $rendered_newsletter = $shortcodes->replace($rendered_newsletter['html']);
     return array('rendered_body' => $rendered_newsletter);
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
index 5315f59ebc..c96cf152b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue;
 use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use MailPoet\Config\Populator;
 use MailPoet\Subscription\Url as SubscriptionUrl;
@@ -14,7 +15,11 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends MailPoetTest {
     $populator->up();
     $this->wp_user = $this->_createWPUser();
     $this->subscriber = $this->_createSubscriber();
-    $this->newsletter['subject'] = 'some subject';
+    $this->newsletter = array(
+      'subject' => 'some subject',
+      'type' => 'notification',
+      'id' => 1
+    );
     $this->rendered_newsletter = '
       Hello [user:displayname | default:member].
       Your first name is [user:firstname | default:First Name].
@@ -22,7 +27,10 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends MailPoetTest {
       Thank you for subscribing with [user:email].
       We already have [user:count] users.
 
-      There are [newsletter:total] posts on this blog.
+      <h1 class="mailpoet_alc_post">some post</h1>
+      <h1 class="mailpoet_alc_post">another post</h1>
+
+      There are [newsletter:total] posts in this newsletter.
       You are reading [newsletter:subject].
       The latest post on this blog is called [newsletter:post_title].
       The issue number of this newsletter is [newsletter:number].
@@ -38,24 +46,35 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends MailPoetTest {
       Manage your subscription here: [subscription:manage_url].
       View this newsletter in browser: [newsletter:view_in_browser_url].';
     $this->shortcodes_object = new MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes(
-      $this->rendered_newsletter,
       $this->newsletter,
       $this->subscriber
     );
   }
 
-  function testItCanProcessShortcodes() {
-    $shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->extract();
+  function testItCanExtractShortcodes() {
+    $shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->extract($this->rendered_newsletter);
     expect(count($shortcodes))->equals(18);
+  }
+
+  function testItCanProcessShortcodes() {
     $wp_user = get_userdata($this->wp_user);
-    $wp_post_count = wp_count_posts();
     $wp_latest_post = wp_get_recent_posts(array('numberposts' => 1));
     $wp_latest_post = (isset($wp_latest_post)) ?
       $wp_latest_post[0]['post_title'] :
       false;
+
+    $queue = SendingQueue::create();
+    $queue->newsletter_id = $this->newsletter['id'];
+    $queue->save();
+    $issue_number = 2;
+
+    $number_of_posts = 2;
+
     $date = new \DateTime('now');
     $subscriber_count = Subscriber::count();
-    $newsletter_with_replaced_shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->replace();
+    $newsletter_with_replaced_shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->replace(
+      $this->rendered_newsletter
+    );
 
     $unsubscribe_url = SubscriptionUrl::getUnsubscribeUrl($this->subscriber);
     $manage_url = SubscriptionUrl::getManageUrl($this->subscriber);
@@ -68,10 +87,13 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends MailPoetTest {
       Thank you for subscribing with {$this->subscriber->email}.
       We already have {$subscriber_count} users.
 
-      There are {$wp_post_count->publish} posts on this blog.
+      <h1 class=\"mailpoet_alc_post\">some post</h1>
+      <h1 class=\"mailpoet_alc_post\">another post</h1>
+
+      There are {$number_of_posts} posts in this newsletter.
       You are reading {$this->newsletter['subject']}.
       The latest post on this blog is called {$wp_latest_post}.
-      The issue number of this newsletter is 1.
+      The issue number of this newsletter is {$issue_number}.
 
       Date: {$date->format('d')}.
       Ordinal date: {$date->format('dS')}.