diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
index 36f1b43e4a..a996c46c27 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use MailPoet\Models\NewsletterStatistics;
 use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Renderer\Renderer;
+use MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes;
 
 if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
@@ -19,17 +20,12 @@ class SendingQueue {
   function process() {
     // TODO: implement mailer sending frequency limits
     foreach($this->getQueues() as $queue) {
-      $newsletter = Newsletter::findOne($queue->newsletter_id);
-
-      if($newsletter === false) {
-        //TODO: delete queue item if newsletter doesn't exist
+      $newsletter = Newsletter::findOne($queue->newsletter_id)
+        ->asArray();
+      if(!$newsletter) {
         continue;
-      } else {
-        $newsletter = $newsletter->asArray();
-      }
-
+      };
       $mailer = $this->configureMailerForNewsletter($newsletter);
-      $newsletter = $this->renderNewsletter($newsletter);
       $subscribers = json_decode($queue->subscribers, true);
       $subscribers_to_process = $subscribers['to_process'];
       if(!isset($subscribers['processed'])) $subscribers['processed'] = array();
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
           $this->checkExecutionTimer();
           $result = $this->sendNewsletter(
             $mailer,
-            $this->processNewsletter($newsletter),
+            $this->processNewsletter($newsletter, $db_subscriber),
             $db_subscriber);
           if($result) {
             $this->updateStatistics($newsletter['id'], $db_subscriber['id'], $queue->id);
@@ -55,9 +51,11 @@ class SendingQueue {
     }
   }
 
-  function processNewsletter($newsletter) {
-    // TODO: replace shortcodes
-    return $newsletter;
+  function processNewsletter($newsletter, $subscriber) {
+    $rendered_newsletter = $this->renderNewsletter($newsletter);
+    $shortcodes = new Shortcodes($rendered_newsletter, $newsletter, $subscriber);
+    $processed_newsletter = $shortcodes->replace();
+    return $processed_newsletter;
   }
 
   function sendNewsletter($mailer, $newsletter, $subscriber) {
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f066c1d510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Date.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
+
+class Date {
+  /*
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Current day of the month number') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:d',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Current day of the month in ordinal, ie. 2nd, 3rd, etc.') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:dordinal',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Full name of current day') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:dtext',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Current month number') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:m',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Full name of current month') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:mtext',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Year') %>',
+      shortcode: 'date:y',
+    }
+   */
+  static function process($action) {
+    $date = new \DateTime('now');
+    $actions = array(
+      'd' => $date->format('d'),
+      'dordinal' => $date->format('dS'),
+      'dtext' => $date->format('D'),
+      'm' => $date->format('m'),
+      'mtext' => $date->format('F'),
+      'y' => $date->format('Y')
+    );
+    return (isset($actions[$action])) ? $actions[$action] : false;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a7b2ddb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
+
+require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-includes/pluggable.php');
+
+class Link {
+  /*
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Unsubscribe link') %>',
+      shortcode: 'global:unsubscribe',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Edit subscription page link') %>',
+      shortcode: 'global:manage',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('View in browser link') %>',
+      shortcode: 'global:browser',
+    }
+   */
+  static function process($action) {
+    // TODO: implement
+    $actions = array(
+      'unsubscribe' => '',
+      'manage' => '',
+      'browser' => ''
+    );
+    return (isset($actions[$action])) ? $actions[$action] : false;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4dae921c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Newsletter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
+
+class Newsletter {
+  /*
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Newsletter Subject') %>',-
+      shortcode: 'newsletter:subject',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Total number of posts or pages') %>',
+      shortcode: 'newsletter:total',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Latest post title') %>',
+      shortcode: 'newsletter:post_title',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Issue number') %>',
+      shortcode: 'newsletter:number',
+    }
+   */
+  static function process($action, $default_value = false, $newsletter) {
+    if(is_object($newsletter)) {
+      $newsletter = $newsletter->asArray();
+    }
+    switch($action) {
+      case 'subject':
+        return ($newsletter) ? $newsletter['subject'] : false;
+      case 'total':
+        $posts = wp_count_posts();
+        return $posts->publish;
+      case 'post_title':
+        $post = wp_get_recent_posts(array('numberposts' => 1));
+        return (isset($post[0])) ? $post[0]['post_title'] : false;
+      case 'number':
+        // TODO: implement
+        return;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/User.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/User.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf547cabf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/User.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories;
+
+use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
+
+require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-includes/pluggable.php');
+
+class User {
+  /*
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('First Name') %>',
+      shortcode: 'user:firstname | default:reader',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Last Name') %>',
+      shortcode: 'user:lastname | default:reader',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Email Address') %>',
+      shortcode: 'user:email',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Wordpress user display name') %>',
+      shortcode: 'user:displayname | default:member',
+    },
+    {
+      text: '<%= __('Total of subscribers') %>',
+      shortcode: 'user:count',
+    }
+   */
+  static function process($action, $default_value, $newsletter = false, $subscriber) {
+    if(is_object($subscriber)) {
+      $subscriber = $subscriber->asArray();
+    }
+    switch($action) {
+      case 'firstname':
+        return ($subscriber) ? $subscriber['first_name'] : $default_value;
+      case 'lastname':
+        return ($subscriber) ? $subscriber['last_name'] : $default_value;
+      case 'email':
+        return ($subscriber) ? $subscriber['email'] : false;
+      case 'displayname':
+        if($subscriber && $subscriber['wp_user_id']) {
+          $wp_user = get_userdata($subscriber['wp_user_id']);
+          return $wp_user->user_login;
+        };
+        return $default_value;
+      case 'count':
+        return Subscriber::count();
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fa18ec402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+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, $shortcodes);
+    return array_unique($shortcodes[0]);
+  }
+
+  function process($shortcodes) {
+    $processed_shortcodes = array_map(
+      function ($shortcode) {
+        // TODO: discuss renaming "global". It is a reserved name in PHP.
+        if($shortcode === 'global') $shortcode = 'link';
+        preg_match(
+          '/\[(?P<type>\w+):(?P<action>\w+)(?:.*?default:(?P<default>.*?))?\]/',
+          $shortcode,
+          $shortcode_details
+        );
+        $shortcode_class =
+          __NAMESPACE__ . '\\Categories\\' . ucfirst($shortcode_details['type']);
+        if(!class_exists($shortcode_class)) return false;
+        return $shortcode_class::process(
+          $shortcode_details['action'],
+          isset($shortcode_details['default'])
+            ? $shortcode_details['default'] : false,
+          $this->newsletter,
+          $this->subscriber
+        );
+      }, $shortcodes);
+    return array_filter($processed_shortcodes);
+  }
+
+  function replace() {
+    $shortcodes = $this->extract($this->rendered_newsletter);
+    $processed_shortcodes = $this->process($shortcodes);
+    $shortcodes = array_intersect_key($shortcodes, $processed_shortcodes);
+    return str_replace($shortcodes, $processed_shortcodes, $this->rendered_newsletter);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Router/Newsletters.php b/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
index 5d93cfb7ec..7956d16f6a 100644
--- a/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
+++ b/lib/Router/Newsletters.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Router;
 
+use MailPoet\Config\Shortcodes;
 use MailPoet\Listing;
 use MailPoet\Mailer\API\MailPoet;
 use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
@@ -214,7 +215,12 @@ class Newsletters {
     }
     $renderer = new Renderer($data);
     $rendered_body = $renderer->render();
-    wp_send_json(array('rendered_body' => $rendered_body['html']));
+    $shortcodes = new \MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes(
+      $rendered_body,
+      $data
+    );
+    $rendered_body = $shortcodes->replace();
+    wp_send_json(array('rendered_body' => $rendered_body));
   }
 
   function sendPreview($data = array()) {
@@ -236,10 +242,23 @@ class Newsletters {
     $newsletter = $newsletter->asArray();
 
     $renderer = new Renderer($newsletter);
-    $newsletter['body'] = $renderer->render();
+    $rendered_body = $renderer->render();
+    $shortcodes = new \MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes(
+      $rendered_body,
+      $newsletter
+    );
+    $rendered_body = $shortcodes->replace();
+    $newsletter['body'] = array(
+      'html' => $rendered_body,
+      'text' => '',
+    );
 
     try {
-      $mailer = new \MailPoet\Mailer\Mailer(false, false, false);
+      $mailer = new \MailPoet\Mailer\Mailer(
+        $mailer = false,
+        $sender = false,
+        $reply_to = false
+      );
 
       wp_send_json(array(
         'result' => $mailer->send($newsletter, $data['subscriber'])
diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesCest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesCest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3adfe2d3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesCest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+
+use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
+
+class ShortcodesCest {
+  public $rendered_newsletter;
+  public $newsletter;
+  public $subscriber;
+
+  function __construct() {
+    $this->wp_user = $this->_createWPUser();
+    $this->subscriber = $this->_createSubscriber();
+    $this->newsletter['subject'] = 'some subject';
+    $this->rendered_newsletter = '
+      Hello [user:displayname | default:member].
+      Your first name is [user:firstname | default:First Name].
+      Your last name is [user:lastname | default:Last Name].
+      Thank you for subscribing with [user:email].
+      We already have [user:count] users.
+
+      There are [newsletter:total] posts on this blog.
+      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].
+
+      Date: [date:d].
+      Ordinal date: [date:dordinal].
+      Date text: [date:dtext].
+      Month: [date:m].
+      Month text: [date:mtext].
+      Year: [date:y]
+
+      You can usubscribe here: [global:unsubscribe].
+      Manage your subscription here: [global:manage].
+      View this newsletter in browser: [global:browser].';
+    $this->shortcodes_object = new MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes(
+      $this->rendered_newsletter,
+      $this->newsletter,
+      $this->subscriber
+    );
+  }
+
+  function itCanProcessShortcodes() {
+    $shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->extract();
+    expect(count($shortcodes))->equals(18);
+    $wp_user = get_userdata($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;
+    $date = new \DateTime('now');
+    $subscriber_count = Subscriber::count();
+    $newsletter_with_replaced_shortcodes = $this->shortcodes_object->replace();
+    expect($newsletter_with_replaced_shortcodes)->equals("
+      Hello {$wp_user->user_login}.
+      Your first name is {$this->subscriber->first_name}.
+      Your last name is {$this->subscriber->last_name}.
+      Thank you for subscribing with {$this->subscriber->email}.
+      We already have {$subscriber_count} users.
+
+      There are {$wp_post_count->publish} posts on this blog.
+      You are reading {$this->newsletter['subject']}.
+      The latest post on this blog is called {$wp_latest_post}.
+      The issue number of this newsletter is [newsletter:number].
+
+      Date: {$date->format('d')}.
+      Ordinal date: {$date->format('dS')}.
+      Date text: {$date->format('D')}.
+      Month: {$date->format('m')}.
+      Month text: {$date->format('F')}.
+      Year: {$date->format('Y')}
+
+      You can usubscribe here: [global:unsubscribe].
+      Manage your subscription here: [global:manage].
+      View this newsletter in browser: [global:browser].");
+  }
+
+  function _createWPUser() {
+    $wp_user = wp_create_user('phoenix_test_user', 'pass', 'phoenix@test.com');
+    if(is_wp_error($wp_user)) {
+      $wp_user = get_user_by('login', 'phoenix_test_user');
+      $wp_user = $wp_user->ID;
+    }
+    return $wp_user;
+  }
+
+  function _createSubscriber() {
+    $subscriber = Subscriber::create();
+    $subscriber->hydrate(
+      array(
+        'first_name' => 'Donald',
+        'last_name' => 'Trump',
+        'email' => 'mister@trump.com',
+        'wp_user_id' => $this->wp_user
+      )
+    );
+    $subscriber->save();
+    return Subscriber::findOne($subscriber->id);
+  }
+
+  function _after() {
+    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Subscriber::$_table);
+  }
+}
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