How Do I Add a Mailchimp Signup Form to My WordPress Site?
Adding a Mailchimp signup form to your WordPress site is easy. First, create a new file in your WordPress site, and name it “signup.
php”. In this file, you will need to include the following code:.
setApiKey($mailchimp_api_key); $mailchimp->setApiSecret($mailchimp_api_secret); // Creates a new Mailchimp account $user = $mailchimp->createNewAccount(); // Collects the email addresses of the users who sign up $addresses = $user->addresses();.
Once you have created this file, you will need to add a form to it. To do this, open your theme’s functions.php file and add the following code:
// Add a Mailchimp signup form function my_signup_form() { global $mailchimp; // get the form data $form = $mailchimp->createForm(); // add the form to the document $form->setName(‘Sign Up’); // add the form to the WordPress post or page $form->addToPost(true); // add the form to the WordPress loop $form->addToLoop(true); return $form; }
Now, you will need to add a few lines of code to your WordPress post or page to enable the form. In the
section of your post, add the following:In the
section of your post, add the following code to the bottom of the document:Now, you will need to add a line of code to your WordPress loop to handle the form submissions. In the WordPress loop, add the following code: