MailChimp WordPress plugins reviews
MailChimp is all the rave these days. A few customers have contacted me recently about integrating their WordPress website with MailChimp and fortunately these two marry together VERY nicely thanks to a large amount of plugins which are developed for integrating WordPress and MailChimp. This review covers three MailChimp WordPress plugins which I am testing for a client.
MailChimp List Subscribe Form – WordPress Plugin
Pros:
- Super easy setup
- Lot’s of options
- Puts a signup form directly in the widget area
Cons:
- Custom styling does not work with most WordPress themes.
MailChimp Widget- WordPress plugin
Pros:
- Provides customization for the success message users get once subscribed.
- User does not have to leave page to use the widget.
- Looks really nice.
Cons:
- Did not offer nearly as many options as the MailChimp List Subscribe Form
- No built in customization for the look and feel of this plugin widget.
- This plugin does not give the option to show the custom signup form fields, only name and email.
- Widget disappears after a user sign up…this is confusing.
Other Worthy MailChimp WordPress Plugins
Here are a few other WordPress plugins for using with MailChimp which I did not test out but would love to:
- MailChimp via Formidable Pro for WordPress
- ChimpExpress
- WordPress Registration and Comment Form Integration
- Easy MailChimp Integration
- WordChimp
- WP MailChimp Widget
- YIKES, Inc Easy MailChimp Extender for WordPress - allows you to easily add a MailChimp signup form to a page or post.
- AutoChimp - Sync your WordPress user user data with your MailChimp mailing list. Create campaigns from blog posts.
- WordPress MailChimp Comment Optin
- and there are 50 more WordPress plugins to integrate your MailChimp account here.