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New in 4.12.2: Campaign Archive block and Mailchimp Site Tracking Pixel
Version 4.12.2, released last week, ships two new features worth highlighting. Both were contributed by Faisal Ahammad, who has been making steady contributions to the plugin over the past few months. Campaign Archive block You can now display an archive... Read more →
Why we removed the ability to unsubscribe through sign-up forms
Version 4.12.0, released last week, removes the ability to process unsubscribe requests through Mailchimp for WordPress forms. This is a change we’ve been considering for a while, and I want to explain the reasoning. A bit of history In version... Read more →
New: GDPR-friendly spam protection with Prosopo
Version 4.9.19, released last week, adds integration with Prosopo — a CAPTCHA solution built specifically with privacy and GDPR compliance in mind. It’s the first built-in anti-spam option we’ve offered since removing the Google reCAPTCHA integration earlier this year. Why... Read more →
Security update: XSS vulnerabilities fixed in version 4.9.17
Version 4.9.17, released last week, fixes two XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities. Please update as soon as possible. What was fixed Reflected XSS via the {email} tag The {email} dynamic tag — used to display a subscriber’s email address in form... Read more →
Mailchimp sign-up checkbox now works with the WooCommerce Checkout Block
If you use our WooCommerce checkout integration to show a Mailchimp sign-up checkbox during checkout, you may have noticed it disappear after updating WooCommerce over the past year. Version 4.9.16, released last week, fixes that. What happened WooCommerce introduced a... Read more →
Why we removed the built-in Google reCAPTCHA integration
Version 4.9.2, released last week, removes the built-in Google reCAPTCHA integration that we added back in version 4.5.0 in 2019. If you were already using it, it remains enabled for you — but it is no longer available for new... Read more →
Security update: CSRF vulnerability fixed in version 4.8.5
On June 1st we released version 4.8.5 of Mailchimp for WordPress, which fixes a CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerability. If you haven’t updated yet, please do so now. What was the issue? CSRF is an attack where a malicious website... Read more →
Version 4.7.5: AMP support and a 40% smaller JavaScript bundle
We just released version 4.7.5 of Mailchimp for WordPress, and it comes with two changes worth a dedicated mention. AMP compatibility Sign-up forms now work correctly on AMP pages, thanks to a contribution from Claudiu Lodromanean. AMP is a framework... Read more →
User survey 2020
We are constantly monitoring our support tickets for input in trying to determine what we should be working on. Whether that is improving an existing feature already in the plugin, adding a new feature, improving plugin performance, writing better articles... Read more →
Announcing the User Sync feature
Moments ago, we released an update for our Premium add-on which adds a new feature called User Sync. It allows you to keep your WordPress user fields in sync with subscriber fields on a given Mailchimp list. You may be... Read more →