diff --git a/src/temple_web/__init__.py b/src/temple_web/__init__.py
index e69de29..fe18940 100644
--- a/src/temple_web/__init__.py
+++ b/src/temple_web/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = "celery_app"
diff --git a/src/temple_web/celery.py b/src/temple_web/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e460c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/temple_web/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import os
+from celery import Celery
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_celery.settings")
+app = Celery("django_celery")
+app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
+app.autodiscover_tasks()
diff --git a/src/temple_web/myconfig.py b/src/temple_web/myconfig.py
index a1157c8..8bb1831 100644
--- a/src/temple_web/myconfig.py
+++ b/src/temple_web/myconfig.py
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ class MyDjangoSettings:
     PROD_DOMAIN = config("PROD_DOMAIN", cast=str)
     SECRET_KEY = config("SECRET_KEY", cast=str)
     MORE_ALLOWED_HOSTS = config("MORE_ALLOWED_HOSTS", cast=Csv(), default="127.0.0.1")
+    CELERY_BROKER_URL = config(
+        "CELERY_BROKER_URL", default="redis://localhost:6379", cast=str
+    )
+    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = config(
+        "CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND", default="redis://localhost:6379", cast=str
+    )
+    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = config("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", cast=str)
+    EMAIL_HOST_USER = config("EMAIL_HOST_USER", cast=str)
+    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = config("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD", cast=str)
 
 
 # print(metadata())
diff --git a/src/temple_web/settings.py b/src/temple_web/settings.py
index 9e09586..abde561 100644
--- a/src/temple_web/settings.py
+++ b/src/temple_web/settings.py
@@ -77,11 +77,14 @@
     "tester.apps.TesterConfig",
     "users.apps.UsersConfig",
     "haps",
+    "blog",
     # more third party apps
     # recommended to be placed at last
     "django_cleanup.apps.CleanupConfig",
     "crispy_forms",
     "crispy_tailwind",
+    "ckeditor",
+    "ckeditor_uploader",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@
     },
 ]
 
+DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 5242880
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/i18n/
@@ -205,3 +209,12 @@
 CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "tailwind"
 
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "tailwind"
+CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_PATH = "ckeditor-uploads/"
+CKEDITOR_FILENAME_GENERATOR = "utils.ckeditor.get_filename"
+
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = MyDjS.CELERY_BROKER_URL
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = MyDjS.CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND
+
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = MyDjS.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = MyDjS.EMAIL_HOST_USER
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = MyDjS.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
diff --git a/src/temple_web/tasks.py b/src/temple_web/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0b32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/temple_web/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from celery import shared_task
+
+
+@shared_task()
+def send_email_in_bg(
+    subject: str, message: str, recipient_list: list[str], html_message: str
+):
+    """A wrapper around Django's send_mail to send emails using celery"""
+    send_mail(
+        subject=subject,
+        message=message,
+        recipient_list=recipient_list,
+        html_message=html_message,
+        fail_silently=False,
+    )
diff --git a/src/temple_web/urls.py b/src/temple_web/urls.py
index fc1ea78..f67a980 100644
--- a/src/temple_web/urls.py
+++ b/src/temple_web/urls.py
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
         path("tester/", include("tester.urls")),
         path("users/", include("users.urls")),
         path("events/", include("haps.urls")),
+        path("blog/", include("blog.urls")),
         # path("404/", views.page_not_found_view, name="404"),
         path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+        path('ckeditor/', include('ckeditor_uploader.urls')),
     ]
     + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
     + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)