diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelper.php b/mailpoet/lib/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelper.php
index 28d1d50080..b99b47fc1d 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelper.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelper.php
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ class DomDocumentHelper {
     return $element->hasAttribute($attribute) ? $element->getAttribute($attribute) : '';
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Searches for the first appearance of the given tag name and returns the value of specified attribute.
+   */
+  public function getAttributeValueByTagName(string $tagName, string $attribute): ?string {
+    $element = $this->findElement($tagName);
+    if (!$element) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return $this->getAttributeValue($element, $attribute);
+  }
+
   public function getOuterHtml(\DOMElement $element): string {
     return (string)$this->dom->saveHTML($element);
   }
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/unit/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelperTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/unit/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelperTest.php
index bcf94be18a..4547fbd256 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/unit/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelperTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/unit/EmailEditor/Integrations/Utils/DomDocumentHelperTest.php
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@ class DomDocumentHelperTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
     $this->assertInstanceOf(\DOMElement::class, $element);
     $this->assertEquals('<img src="https://test.com/DALL%C2%B7E-A%C2%AE%E2%88%91oecas%C6%92-803x1024.jpg">', $domDocumentHelper->getOuterHtml($element));
   }
+
+  public function testItGetsAttributeValueByTagName(): void {
+    $html = '<div><p class="some-class">Some text</p><p class="second-paragraph"></p></div>';
+    $domDocumentHelper = new DomDocumentHelper($html);
+    $this->assertEquals('some-class', $domDocumentHelper->getAttributeValueByTagName('p', 'class'));
+    $this->assertNull($domDocumentHelper->getAttributeValueByTagName('span', 'class'));
+  }
 }