• Using the Mailchimp Site Tracking Pixel

    The Mailchimp Site Tracking Pixel lets Mailchimp track visits to your WordPress site. When enabled in Mailchimp for WordPress, the plugin loads Mailchimp’s tracking script on your public site. It also identifies subscribers after they successfully sign up through one of your forms. You can use this data in Mailchimp for automations, segmentation, and activity-based […]

  • Send email campaign with latest posts

    A very effective way to keep your mailing list “warm” is to regularly send out an email campaign featuring the latest posts on your blog. Naturally, you can log in to your Mailchimp account and manually send out an email campaign containing your latests posts but that’s far from optimal. Luckily, Mailchimp has a feature […]

  • Send site language to Mailchimp

    If you want to send your subscribers translated email messages (for the confirmation email etc.) then you may want to send your site language to Mailchimp. An easy way to do this is by downloading our Mailchimp for WordPress — WPML integration and then browsing to the Mailchimp for WordPress > WPML settings page after […]

  • Set Mailchimp list(s) based on site language

    If you are running WPML and have different Mailchimp lists for each language, you can set the lists dynamically based on which site language your visitor was browsing before subscribing to your newsletter. To make this easy for you, we built an add-on plugin which you can install & activate to configure which of your […]

  • Translating Mailchimp for WordPress

    If Mailchimp for WordPress is not yet translated in your language or you’re spotting issues with the current translation, you can help translate the plugin on WordPress.org. After logging in with your WordPress.org account you can submit your translations right away, after which a moderator will approve them. Usually translations are approved within 2 weeks. […]

  • What does “replace interest groups” do exactly?

    When you enable the update existing subscribers setting in any sign-up method, another setting labelled replace interest groups appears. On this page we will clarify what this setting actually does. Replace Interest Groupings When enabling the “update existing subscribers” setting it means that people may already be subscribed to the selected Mailchimp list(s) when using […]

  • Customising opt-in confirmation email

    The opt-in confirmation and welcome email are sent by Mailchimp and not by our plugin. You can edit these emails in your Mailchimp dashboard by going to Lists > *one of your lists* > Signup Forms > General forms. You can then select the email you wish to edit from the select box. Should you […]

  • Filters and Hooks

    Mailchimp for WordPress comes with a range of so called filter and action hooks. These hooks allow you to modify certain functionality in the plugin without having to edit the plugin files itself. As mentioned, there are two types of hooks: actions and filters. Example filter: Add a custom LANGUAGE field to the data that […]

  • GDPR Compliance

    In this article, we’ll be outlining some tips to help you comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law, which takes effect on May 25, 2018. This article is provided as a resource, but is not legal advice. First things first. Since you install our Mailchimp for WordPress plugin on your own site […]

  • Manually updating to the latest plugin version

    If you activate your Premium plugin license from the Mailchimp for WP > Other page in your WP Admin, then the plugin will check for updates like any other WordPress plugin. So normally, you should not need to manually update the plugin to its latest version. If however for some reason the automatic update is […]