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
- Now you need to go to PLUGINS (this is usually found on the left-hand side of the screen) and then click on > ADD PLUGIN.
- You’ll now be on the Plugin Page where you’ll click on UPLOAD PLUGIN.
- Next you’ll find the zip file that you downloaded on your computer and upload the file by clicking on INSTALL NOW.
- Once you've successfully uploaded the plugin, you need to click on ACTIVATE PLUGIN.
- Congratulations, you’ve now successfully installed the Mail Blaze plugin.
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.
- In WordPress, you need to go to the Settings menu in the sidebar and select MAIL BLAZE. You’ll see a text field asking you to enter your API key.
- You can find the API key in your Mail Blaze account. Click on your ACCOUNT NAME in the top right > then select API KEYS from the dropdown menu.
- Generate a new API key by clicking on the GENERATE NEW button. Select and copy the PUBLIC KEY and enter it in the text field in your WordPress account.
Don’t forget to click on SAVE CHANGES.
- You will now see that the status will change and 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.
- In the Form section, the FORM CODE pane is where you will define the form's structure by adding the necessary form fields and the code that handles form submission.
The FORM PREVIEW pane will then display how your form will appear to users.
- You will now add the available fields that you would like to appear in your form.
Once all the fields have been added, you will select the list(s) that you want to add subscribers to when they complete this form.
- Now you will select the SETTINGS TAB and check the box next to the list you want and click on SAVE CHANGES.
OTHER FORM SETTINGS:
- If you would like to update the details of a subscriber (for example in the case that they try and subscribe again), 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.
You’ll be able to set up a dedicated page for this in our platform under the Brand Hub.
- Once you have adjusted these settings click on SAVE CHANGES.
