Easy Mailchimp Optin Form
The MailChimp plugin allows you to quickly and easily add a signup form for your MailChimp list as a widget on your WordPress 2.8 or higher site.
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After Installation, the setup page will guide you through entering API information, selecting your List and then add the Widget to your site. The time from starting installation to have the form on your site should be less than 5 minutes – absolutely everything can be done via the WordPress Setting GUI – no file editing at all!
Developer Mode
You can enable “Devleoper Mode” by adding the following line to your wp-config.php file just above the “That’s all, stope editing!” line.
define('MAILCHIMP_DEV_MODE', true);
This will enable the MailChimp List Subscribe plugin to operate without the need to connect an external MailChimp Account, and will provide a
subscription form widget that will not actually submit anywhere.
This will allow you to style and configure the widget in non-production environments that are not publicly accessible.
For more Developer Mode customization options see the following article:
http://connect.mailchimp.com/how-to/how-to-article-configuring-developer-mode-for-the-list-subscribe-wordpress-plugin
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.