Wordpress is one of the most popular website creation tools across the world and as such your website might be built through it. If you want to start collecting email addresses directly from your website, you can use our Mail Blaze plugin to make this process easier.
Using this plugin will enable your subscribers to enter their information on a form on your website and be added automatically to a list in your Mail Blaze account.
IMPORTANT: If you currently have the Mailchimp plugin installed, you need to please deactivate it before uploading the Mail Blaze plugin. Having both activated at the same time can cause an issue with your site.
How to download the Mail Blaze Wordpress plugin
The first thing to do is to download the Mail Blaze WordPress plugin from the link below:
DOWNLOAD THE PLUGIN NOW
Install the plugin
- Log into your WordPress admin panel
- Select Plugins (usually located on the left-hand side of the screen and select > ADD NEW
- Now you’ll be on the Plugin page and you’ll be able to select UPLOAD PLUGIN
- Find the zip file you downloaded on your computer and upload the zip file now. Select UPLOAD NOW
- Once you’ve successfully uploaded the plugin, all you need to do is select ACTIVATE PLUGIN
- The plugin for Mail Blaze is now installed!
Setup the Plugin
Well done, you’ve successfully installed the Mail Blaze plugin. All that’s left to do now is to connect it to your unique Mail Blaze again.,
TOP TIP: We recommend opening your Mail Blaze account in a separate tab so you can easily grab some information from there.
- Go to your Settings menu in the sidebar and select MAIL BLAZE
- There will be a text field asking you to enter your API key. The API Key is located in your Mail Blaze account. Simply navigate to your ACCOUNT NAME in the top right > select the dropdown menu > then select API KEYS from the menu
- If you do not have any API keys under your Mail Blaze API Key section, you can simply generate a key now by selecting the GENERATE NOW button
- Once you have your key, you can select the key and copy PUBLIC KEY
- Simply copy the key you generated into the text field in your WordPress account and select SAVE CHANGES
- Once you’ve saved these changes the status should now show CONNECTED.
Well done, you’ve successfully connected the plugin to your Mail Blaze account!
Setting up your form
Of course your form requirements are unique to what you do and as such we would like you to be able to customise your form as you require.
- In your WordPress account you will navigate back to Mail Blaze and select FORM in the sidebar menu.
- There are 2 panes in the Form section, namely Form code and Form preview.
- You can now add the available fields that you would like to appear in your form.
- Now that you have all the fields added that you would like to appear, you will select the list(s) that you want to add subscribers to when they complete this form.
- Simply select the SETTINGS TAB and check the box next to the list you want.
- Make sure you select SAVE CHANGES.
Other form Settings:
- If you would like to update the details of a subscriber in the case that they enter their details again, perhaps in the future, select YES. If not, select NO.
- If you want the form to no longer be shown on the page after they have submitted their details, select YES to hide the form
- If you prefer to redirect a subscriber to another page after they have successfully signed up, enter the URL of the page in the text field provided
- Once you are happy with the form, select SAVE CHANGES.
