Description

Allowing your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter should be easy. With this plugin, it finally is.

This plugins helps you grow your email list in Mailchimp. You can use it to create good looking and accessible sign-up forms or integrate with any other existing form on your WordPress site, like your contact, comment or checkout form.

Some (but not all) features

Connect with your Mailchimp account in seconds.
Sign-up forms which are good looking, user-friendly and mobile optimized. You have complete control over the form fields and can build your forms using native HTML.
Seamless integration with the following plugins:
- WordPress Comment Form
- WordPress Registration Form
- Contact Form 7
- WooCommerce
- Gravity Forms
- Ninja Forms 3
- WPForms
- BuddyPress
- MemberPress
- Events Manager
- Easy Digital Downloads
- Give
- UltimateMember
- HTML Forms
- AffiliateWP
Is the plugin you want to integrate with not listed above? You can probably still use our custom integration feature. Alternatively, the plugin comes with a PHP API to programmatically add a new subscriber to Mailchimp.
Mailchimp for WordPress Premium: Send your WooCommerce orders to Mailchimp so you can see exactly what each subscriber purchased and how much revenue your email campaigns are generating.
A multitude of available add-on plugins and integrations:
Well documented through our knowledge base.
Developer friendly. For some inspiration, check out our repository of example code snippets.
Ready for PHP 8.5, but backwards-compatible all the way down to PHP 7.4.

What is Mailchimp?

Mailchimp is a newsletter service that allows you to send out email campaigns to a list of email subscribers. It is free for lists with up to 500 email subscribers, which is why it is the newsletter-service of choice for thousands of small businesses across the globe.

If you are not yet using Mailchimp, creating an account is 100% free and only takes you about 30 seconds.

Support

If you need some help in setting up the plugin, you have various options:

Search through our knowledge base.
Open a topic in the WordPress.org plugin support forums
If you’re a premium user, send an email to the email address listed inside the plugin.

Translations

You can help translate this plugin into your language using your WordPress.org account.

Development

This plugin is being developed on GitHub. If you want to collaborate, please look at ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress.

Customizing the plugin

The plugin provides various filter and action hooks that allow you to modify or extend the default behavior. We’re also maintaining a collection of sample code snippets.

Screenshots

Example sign-up form in the TwentyTwenty theme.
Example sign-up integration with a contact form.
Settings page to connect with your Mailchimp account.
Overview of sign-up integrations.
Overview of sign-up forms.
Settings page to configure an integration.
Page where you edit your sign-up forms.
Page where you modify your form messages.
Settings page for e-commerce integration with Mailchimp. Requires Mailchimp for WordPress Premium.

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

Form

Installation

Installing the plugin

In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin, search for Mailchimp for WordPress and click “Install now“
Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of mailchimp-for-wp.zip to your plugins directory, which usually is /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin
Set your API key in the plugin settings.

Configuring Sign-Up Form(s)

Go to Mailchimp for WP > Forms
Select at least one list to subscribe people to.
(Optional) Add more fields to your form.
Embed a sign-up form in pages or posts using the [mc4wp_form] shortcode or Gutenberg block.
Show a sign-up form in your widget areas using the “Mailchimp Sign-Up Form” widget.
Show a sign-up form from your theme files by using the mc4wp_show_form() PHP function.

Need help?

Please take a look at the MC4WP knowledge base first.

If you can’t find an answer there, please look through the plugin support forums or start your own topic.

FAQ

Where can I find my Mailchimp API key?

You can find your API key here

How to display a form in posts or pages?

Use the [mc4wp_form] shortcode or the Gutenberg block.

How to display a form in widget areas like the sidebar or footer?

Go to Appearance > Widgets and use the Mailchimp for WP Form widget that comes with the plugin.

How to add a sign-up checkbox to my Contact Form 7 form?

Use the following shortcode in your CF7 form to display a newsletter sign-up checkbox.

[mc4wp_checkbox "Subscribe to our newsletter?"]

Our knowledge base has more information on connecting Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp.

The form shows a success message but subscribers are not added to my list(s)?

If the form shows a success message, there is no doubt that the sign-up request succeeded. Mailchimp could have a slight delay sending the confirmation email though. Please check again in a few minutes (sometimes hours) and don’t forget to check your junk folder too.

When you have double opt-in disabled, new subscribers will be seen as imports by Mailchimp. They will not show up in your daily digest emails or statistics. We always recommend leaving double opt-in enabled.

How can I style the sign-up form?

You can use custom CSS to style the sign-up form if you do not like the themes that come with the plugin. The following selectors can be used to target the various form elements.

.mc4wp-form { ... } /* the form element */
.mc4wp-form p { ... } /* form paragraphs */
.mc4wp-form label { ... } /* labels */
.mc4wp-form input { ... } /* input fields */
.mc4wp-form input[type="checkbox"] { ... } /* checkboxes */
.mc4wp-form input[type="submit"] { ... } /* submit button */
.mc4wp-alert { ... } /* success & error messages */
.mc4wp-success { ... } /* success message */
.mc4wp-error { ... } /* error messages */

You can add your custom CSS to your theme stylesheet or (easier) by using a plugin like Simple Custom CSS

How do I show a sign-up form in a pop-up?

We recommend the Boxzilla pop-up plugin for this. You can use the form shortcode in your pop-up box to show a sign-up form.

How do I subscribe from my WooCommerce checkout form?

You can use our WooCommerce integration for that. How to subscribe to Mailchimp from the WooCommerce checkout form.

How to connect my WooCommerce store with Mailchimp?

You can find instructions for connecting your WooCommerce store with Mailchimp on our website.

I’m getting an “HTTP Error” when trying to connect to Mailchimp.

the “HTTP Error” type is usually because of a firewall configuration issue or outdated software on your web server.

Please contact your webhost and ask them to check the following:

Whether remote HTTP requests to https://api.mailchimp.com are allowed.
Whether cURL and the PHP-cURL extension are installed and updated to a recent version.

My question is not listed here.

Please search through our knowledge base.

Reviews

teetrik November 23, 2025

It’s a good plug-in that’s worth having on your WordPress website as it helps you with emails, as well as, other marketing features, such as, website pop-up, website contact form, etc.

tsengco September 12, 2025

Connected my newsletter lists in a minute. New subscribers sync immediately, no extra setup needed.

m4 September 12, 2025

This is an excellent plugin — reliable, well maintained, and easy to use. I’ve been using the Pro version for several years and it has always delivered exactly what I needed. The developers clearly put a lot of care into both the product and the documentation, and the support team is fast, professional, and very helpful. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a solid Mailchimp integration for WordPress!

Benova August 23, 2025

Costa Brava contenidos muy agradecido y sencillo de aplicar

ilumos July 17, 2025

We’ve used this for over a decade and it continues to work very reliably. Thanks!

kosteve July 10, 2025

nice plugin with good interface

Read all 1,484 reviews

Contributors & Developers

“MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

“MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress” has been translated into 33 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

4.10.8 – Oct 21, 2025

Show warning to administrators if a form is showing but Mailchimp API key is not set.
Update third-party JS dependencies.

4.10.7 – Sep 05, 2025

Handle renewing lists through server-side redirect instead of JS component.

4.10.6 – Jul 23, 2025

[WooCommerce Checkout] Fix checkbox from showing up in order confirmation email if using Checkout Block.
[Forms] Fix {response} tag being escaped.

4.10.5 – Jun 25, 2025

[Ninja Forms] Always show at least one list option so that onchange event fires properly (to load Audience fields).
Update third-party JS dependencies.
Optimize SVG icons for reduced file sizes.

4.10.4 – May 26, 2025

Improved context-dependent escaping in dynamic content tags.

4.10.3 – Apr 16, 2025

Update third-party JS dependencies.
Add message setting for when a form submission is marked as spam.
Log exact anti-spam rule when a form submission is marked as spam.
Handle potential Prosopo connection errors gracefully.

4.10.2 – Feb 28, 2025

Fix WPForms parameter type change causing a fatal error if using WPForms with a Mailchimp sign-up field.
Add Mailchimp data to Personal Data exporter. Contributed by David Anderson from UpdraftPlus.
Prevent PHP notices in lists overview on general settings page.

4.10.1 – Feb 06, 2025

Fix JS error breaking Ninja Forms edit form page when not connected to a Mailchimp account or account has no audiences.
Remove sprintf usage in hot path.
Lazy load MC4WP_API_V3 class to save some memory and parse time.
Save a tiny bit of memory in autoloader implementation by not repeatedly storing plugin directory.
Remove unused setting key from default options.

4.10.0 – Jan 23, 2025

Bump required PHP version to 7.4 or higher.
Obfuscate API key the same way as in the Mailchimp.com interface.
Delete all plugin data when plugin is uninstalled / deleted via WP Admin.
Fix several PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings.
Address warning about translations being loaded too early if using Ninja Forms integration.
Run stored setting values related to user-facing textual messages through i18n functions to allow translating them through plugins like Loco Translate or WPML.

4.9.21 – Jan 08, 2025

[Forms] Rename “list choice” to “audience choice” in available form fields.
[Ninja Forms] Fix gettext being called too early warning in Ninja Forms base class.
[WooCommerce] Allow pre-checking of sign-up checkbox in Checkout Block.

4.9.20 – Dec 18, 2024

Fix Ninja Forms integration field no longer showing up.
Fix “link is expired” message because of missing nonce on button to dismiss API key notice.
[WPML] Added text_no_lists_selected to the config file so it can be translated. Thanks Diego Pereira!

4.9.19 – Nov 11, 2024

Add integration with Prosopo, a GDPR compliant anti-spam solution for protecting your sign-up forms against bot sign-ups. Thanks Maxim Akimov!

4.9.18 – Oct 21, 2024

Bump required PHP version to 7.2.
Prevent non-functional checkbox from showing up on WooCommerce my account page if WooCommerce checkout integration is enabled.
Update default form content to include a “for” attribute on the label element.
Minor performance optimizations to MC4WP_Form::get_subscriber_tags()
Begrudgingly rename Mailchimp lists to Mailchimp audiences throughout the plugin’s admin interfaces.

4.9.17 – Sep 17, 2024

Fix compatibility with WooCommerce versions 8.5 to 8.8 because of private method that was later made public.
Fix potential reflected XSS by stripping and escaping all HTML from {email} tag replacements. Thanks to kauenavarro for responsibly disclosing.
Fix potential stored XSS for attackers with both administrator access and Mailchimp account access by escaping HTML from interest group name. Thanks to Jorge Diaz (ddiax) for responsibly disclosing.

4.9.16 – Sep 11, 2024

Add support for WooCommerce Checkout Block in sign-up checkbox integration.

4.9.15 – Aug 13, 2024

Improved anti-spam measures on the custom form integration. If you are using the custom form integration (using the mc4wp-subscribe checkbox), please test your forms after upgrading and report any issues to us.
Improved anti-spam measures on all sign-up forms.
Remove unsupported filter hook from Gravity Forms integration.

4.9.14 – Jul 17, 2024

Very minor code-size improvements to public forms related JavaScript.
Update third-party JS dependencies.
Bump tested WordPress version to 6.6.

4.9.13 – Apr 25, 2024

Fix issue with Composer classmap throwing a fatal error when an older version of Composer is already loaded.

4.9.12 – Apr 22, 2024

Fix last 10 Mailchimp lists not being pulled-in when having more than 10 lists.

4.9.11 – Jan 8, 2024

Update third-party JS dependencies.
Bump tested WordPress version.

4.9.10 – Nov 20, 2023

Integrations: Update CheckoutWC hook name for WooCommerce checkbox integration.
Forms: Don’t show form preview to users without edit_posts capability.
Forms: Explicitly exclude form preview from search engine indexing.
General: Don’t unnecessarily go through service contrainer while bootstrapping plugin.
General: Remove some unnecessary JavaScript now that browser support has caught up.

4.9.9 – Oct 3, 2023

Fix class “MC4WP_Usage_Tracking” not found error for WP Cron / WP CLI processes.

4.9.8 – Oct 3, 2023

Remove the opt-in usage tracking functionality as we’re not really using it for decision making anymore.
Add missing label element to the select element for setting the logging level.
Our JavaScript assets are now transpiled to support the same set of browsers as WordPress core.
This drops support for some very old browsers, but results in smaller bundle sizes for the supported set of browsers.
Update third-party JS dependencies to their latest versions.

4.9.7 – Aug 29, 2023

Update third-party JS dependencies.
Minor textual improvements.
Bump tested WordPress version.

4.9.6 – Jul 12, 2023

Update third-party JS dependencies.
Address some minor codestyle issues.

4.9.5 – Jun 7, 2023

Fix generated HTML for list/audience choice fields.
Fix deprecation warning in includes/admin/class-review-notice.php.
Update JavaScript dependencies.

4.9.4 – May 2, 2023

Fallback to default checkbox label if none given. Thanks to Shojib Khan.
Improve WooCommerce integration settings page by disabling position field if integration is disabled. Thanks to Shojib Khan.
Update JavaScript dependencies.

4.9.3 – Mar 31, 2023

Defend against breaking change in latest WPForms update.

4.9.2 – Mar 21, 2023

Add support for a field named MARKETING_PERMISSIONS to enable GDPR fields configured in Mailchimp. A sample code snippet can be found here.
Remove Google reCaptcha feature. This was already disabled if you were not already using it.

4.9.1 – Feb 7, 2023

Fix generated value attribute for fields of type choice (dropdown, checkboxes, radio fields).
Fix type of marketing_permissions field in API requests. Thanks to George Korakas.
Refactor list overview JS to not depend on Mithril.js anymore.
Simplify admin footer text asking for a plugin review.
When renewing lists, renew cached marketing permissions too.

4.9.0 – Jan 13, 2023

Removed deprecated filter hook mc4wp_settings_cap, use mc4wp_admin_required_capability instead.
Removed deprecated filter hook mc4wp_merge_vars, use mc4wp_form_data or mc4wp_integration_data instead.
Removed deprecated filter hook mc4wp_form_merge_vars, use mc4wp_form_data instead.
Removed deprecated filter hook mc4wp_integration_merge_vars, use mc4wp_integration_data instead.
Removed deprecated filter hook mc4wp_valid_form_request, use mc4wp_form_errors instead.
Removed deprecated function mc4wp_get_api() and deprecated class MC4WP_API.
Removed deprecated function mc4wp_checkbox().
Removed deprecated function mc4wp_form(), use mc4wp_show_form() instead.
Added filter mc4wp_debug_log_message to modify or disable messages that are written to the debug log.
Fix color of invalid Mailchimp API key notice.
Sanitize IP address value from $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] too.
Fetch GDPR marketing permissions via first subscriber on list and show them in lists overview table.

4.8.12 – Dec 06, 2022

Minor performance, memory usage & size optimizations for all JavaScript code bundled with this plugin.

4.8.11 – Nov 1, 2022

Improved default styling for the WooCommerce sign-up checkbox integration.
Add <strong> to allowed HTML elements for GDPR disclaimer text on settings pages.
Remove all references to obsolete placeholders.js polyfill.
Move the GiveWP sign-up checkbox closer to the email input field. Thanks Matthew Lewis.

4.8.10 – Sep 14, 2022

Fix mc4wp_get_request_ip_address() to return an IP address that matches Mailchimp’s validation format when X-Forwarded-For header contains a port component.

4.8.8 – Aug 25, 2022

Fix mc4wp_get_request_ip_address() to pass new Mailchimp validation format. This fixes the “This value is not a valid IP.” error some users using a proxy may have been seeing.

4.8.7 – Mar 2, 2022

Fix PHP 8.1 deprecation warnings in MC4WP_Container class.
Fix name of action hook that fires before Mailchimp settings rows are displayed on the settings page. Thanks LoonSongSoftware.
Improve WPML compatibility. Thanks Sumit Singh.
Fix deprecated function for AMP integration.
Only allow unfiltered HTML if user has unfiltered_html capability. Please read the below.

Despite extensive testing, we may have missed some more obscure HTML elements or attributes from our whitelist.
If you notice that some of your form HTML is stripped after saving your form, please get in touch with our support team and provide the HTML you attempted to save.

4.8.6 – Jun 24, 2021

Add nonce field to button for dismissing notice asking for plugin review.
Add strings from config/ directory to POT file.
Add nonce check to AJAX endpoint for refreshing cached Mailchimp lists.
Add capability check to AJAX endpoint for retrieving list details.
Schedule event to refresh cached Mailchimp list upon plugin activation.

Thanks to the team over at pluginvulnerabilities.com for bringing some of these changes to our attention.

4.8.5 – Jun 1, 2021

Add nonce verification to all URL’s using _mc4wp_action query parameter.
This fixes a CSRF vulnerability where a malicious website could trick a logged-in admin user in performing unwanted actions.

A special thanks to Erwan from WPScan for bringing this issue to our attention.

4.8.4 – May 7, 2021

Add defer attribute to JS file, so page parsing isn’t blocked at all.
Rewrite plugin CSS to optimize for selector performance and get rid of some duplication.

After installing this update, make sure to also update any add-on plugins like Mailchimp for WordPress Premium and Mailchimp Top Bar.

4.8.3 – Jan 21, 2021

Fix fatal error on older PHP versions when submitting form without any subscriber tags set in the form settings.
Minor performance improvement in bootstrap method of the plugin.

4.8.2 – Jan 20, 2021

Allow short-circuiting mc4wp_subscriber_data filter by returning null or false.
Use a subdirectory for the default debug log file location, so that it’s easier to protect using htaccess.
Improved reliability for fetching lists from mailchimp when lists have high stats.member_count property.

4.8.1 – Aug 25, 2020

Fix notice by explicitly setting permission_callback on registered REST route.
Minor internal code improvements.

4.8 – Jul 9, 2020

Plugin now requires PHP 5.3 or higher.
Prefix overlay classname to prevent styling collissions with other plugins.
Form sign-ups can now add tags to both new and existing subscribers.
Update JavaScript dependencies.
Register script early to work with Gutenberg preview.

4.7.8 – Jun 04, 2020

Add MC4WP_API_V3::add_template method.
Minor code hardening to ensure a default form is always set.
Update JS dependencies to their latest versions.
Fix icon for Gutenberg block.

4.7.7 – Apr 28, 2020

Update JS dependencies to their latest versions.
API client add_list_member method now has an additional parameter to skip merge field validation.
Simplify code for updating an existing form.

4.7.6 – Apr 9, 2020

Update JS dependencies to their latest versions.
Check if className is of type string, fixes a console warning when clicking inside a SVG element.
Minor improvements to the AMP implementation to address harmless validation warnings.

4.7.5 – Feb 10, 2020

Add AMP compatibility to sign-up forms, thanks to Claudiu Lodromanean. This uses the official AMP plugin for WordPress.
Add settings key to WPML config so settings can easily by copied over to translated versions of a form.
Optimize size & performance of JavaScript code, resulting in a file that is 40% smaller.
Update CodeMirror to its latest version.
Escape all string translations.

4.7.4 – Dec 7, 2019

Fixes

htaccess config for servers running Apache 2.4 or later.

4.7.3 – Dec 4, 2019

Fixes

Top Bar & User Sync add-on using API v2 since version 4.7.1.
Revert change in formatter for date fields, breaking all forms with date fields in them.

Improvements

Add getter method for raw (unmodified) data on form class.

4.7.2 – Nov 27, 2019

Fixes

Invalid .htaccess file in case there already is one in the uploads directory.

4.7.1 – Nov 26, 2019

Improvements

Update MemberPress hook names. Thanks Ian Heggaton!
Use WordPress.org translations instead of bundling translation files in plugin itself.
Write .htaccess to directory of debug log file, to prevent file access.
Add some convenient hooks for Checkout for WooCommerce.
Stop parsing shortcodes in text widgets as WordPress core does this since version 4.9.

4.7 – Nov 7, 2019

Improvements

Add role=alert to form notices.
Add setting to pre-check sign-up …

Worth it!

Mailchimp integration is smooth

Reliable, well-maintained, and highly recommended

Millan V.

Reliable for a decade

Nice