For years, Laravel developers relied on plain text or minimal HTML emails. They worked, but they didn’t inspire. Password resets looked like receipts, onboarding emails felt lifeless, and marketing campaigns lacked polish.
Laravel 12 changes that. With its Markdown Mailables redesign, you can now build responsive, branded, and engaging emails in minutes—without touching raw HTML tables or CSS hacks.
🚨 The Problem: Emails That Don’t Convert
- Plain text emails → functional but unappealing.
- Custom HTML emails → time‑consuming, error‑prone, and inconsistent across clients.
- Result: Users ignore them, engagement drops, and your brand feels outdated.
✨ The Solution: Markdown Mailables
Laravel 12 ships with a redesigned Markdown email system:
- Built‑in Blade components (
mail::message,mail::button,mail::table,mail::panel). - Responsive layouts tested across major email clients.
- Easy customization with your own Blade views.
🛠 Step 1: Generate a Mailable
php artisan make:mail WelcomeUser --markdown=emails.welcomeThis creates:
App\Mail\WelcomeUser→ the Mailable class.resources/views/emails/welcome.blade.php→ the Markdown template.
🛠 Step 2: Design the Template
Here’s how you go from boring text to a beautiful onboarding email:
@component('mail::message')
# Welcome to DevFlow 🚀
We’re thrilled to have you join our community of developers.
@component('mail::button', ['url' => 'https://devflow.com/dashboard'])
Go to Your Dashboard
@endcomponent
@component('mail::panel')
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@endcomponent
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@endcomponent
Thanks,<br> The DevFlow Team @endcomponent
### What’s happening here:
- `mail::message` → wraps the email with a responsive layout.
- `mail::button` → creates a styled CTA button.
- `mail::panel` → highlights important info.
- `mail::table` → adds a clean, responsive table.
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## 🛠 Step 3: Send the Email
```php
use App\Mail\WelcomeUser;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
Mail::to($user->email)->send(new WelcomeUser($user));🛠 Step 4: Preview in Browser
No need to send test emails—preview them instantly:
Route::get('/preview-email', function () {
return new App\Mail\WelcomeUser(App\Models\User::first());
});Visit /preview-email in your browser → see the fully styled email.
🎨 Step 5: Customize the Theme
Laravel lets you override the default email theme. Publish the resources:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-mailNow edit resources/views/vendor/mail/html/themes/default.css to match your brand colors, fonts, and spacing.
📊 Before vs After
- Before: Plain text, no branding, low engagement.
- After: Responsive design, branded buttons, panels, and tables—all in 5 minutes.
🎯 Final Thoughts
Laravel 12’s email redesign is a game‑changer. Instead of hacking together HTML tables, you now have a beautiful, responsive system built into the framework. In just minutes, you can transform boring transactional emails into engaging, branded experiences that delight users and boost conversions.