Someone creating an account is a good moment to ask whether they also want your emails.
The Login & Signup block in Nexter Blocks Pro adds a subscribe checkbox that sends new users to Mailchimp.
For every Login & Signup setting in one place, see the Login & Signup block guide.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Login & Signup block is part of Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Login & Signup, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- Registration switched on: in Settings > General, tick Anyone can register.
- A Mailchimp API key and Audience ID: see About API keys and Find your audience ID.
Connect Mailchimp
- Go to Nexter > Extra Options > Settings.
- Turn on Connect Mailchimp CRM and click its settings icon.
- Enter your API Key and Audience / List ID, save the popup, then save the settings page.
Add the Subscribe Field
- Add the Login & Signup block to your page and click Design from Scratch.
- In the Forms panel, set Type to Register.
- Choose a Layout: Inline Form shows the form on the page, Button opens it from a toggle button.
- Open the Register tab, click + Add Field and choose MailChimp Subscribe in the Field dropdown.
- Write the checkbox text, then choose whether to turn on Double Opt-In.
- Optional: turn on Tags and enter the tag IDs to apply to these subscribers. Save.
How It Behaves
- When someone registers with the box ticked, their email is added to your Mailchimp audience.
- With Double Opt-In off they are added as subscribed straight away; with it on, Mailchimp emails them to confirm first.
- The keys come from the site-wide Mailchimp settings, so every form uses the same audience.
Limitations
- Pro only.
- The subscribe checkbox must be ticked for the form to submit. Leave the field off any form where subscribing should be optional.
- One audience per site, set in Extra Options.
Troubleshooting
The form does nothing when someone clicks register
The subscribe box is not ticked. Tick it to submit, or remove the MailChimp Subscribe field from the form.
Subscribers do not reach Mailchimp
Check the API key ends with its data centre (for example -us21) and that the Audience ID is correct.
