Richard Leishman

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<p>This is a <strong>simple plugin</strong> that allows visitors to enter their name and email address on your website, the visitors details are then added to the subscribers list which is available to view and modify in the WordPress admin area.</p>
<p>This plugin can be used not only for Mailing List subscriptions but can be used generally for collecting email address and/or peoples names that are visiting your website.</p>
<p>The name/email form can not only be customised but can also be displayed on any WordPress page by using either the ‘Subscribe Widget’, WordPress shortcode [smlsubform] or from your WordPress theme by calling the php function.</p>
<p>I developed this plugin as I could not find any plugin that simply allows users to submit their name and email address to a simple list viewable in the WordPress admin, all the plugins that I found had lots of extra features such as 3rd party integration, mass emailing and double opt-in, my clients do not need any of these features.</p>
<h4>Extra Options</h4>
<p>I have developed some customizable options that allow you to change the way the plugin is displayed.</p>
<p>Below is an explanation of what each option does:-</p>
<ul>
<li>“prepend”     ->  Adds a paragraph of text just inside the top of the form.</li>
<li>“showname”    ->  If true, this with show the name label and input field for capturing the users name.</li>
<li>“nametxt”     ->  Text that is displayed to the left of the name input field.</li>
<li>“nameholder”  ->  Text that is displayed inside the name input box as a place holder.</li>
<li>“emailtxt”    ->  Text that is displayed to the left of the email input field.</li>
<li>“emailholder” ->  Text that is displayed inside the email input box as a place holder.</li>
<li>“showsubmit”  ->  If true, this with show the submit button, return required to submit form.</li>
<li>“submittxt”   ->  Text/value that will be displayed on the form submit button.</li>
<li>“jsthanks”    ->  If true, this will display a JavaScript Alert Thank You message instead of a paragraph above the form.</li>
<li>“thankyou”    ->  Thank you message that will be displayed when someone subscribes. (Will not show if blank)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Extra Options – How to Use (Short Code Method)</h4>
<p>Short codes can be used simply putting the code into your wordpress page, here is an example of the shortcode in use.</p>
<pre><code>[smlsubform prepend="" showname=true nametxt="Name:" nameholder="Name..." emailtxt="Email:" emailholder="Email Address..." showsubmit=true submittxt="Submit" jsthanks=false thankyou="Thank you for subscribing to our mailing list"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Extra Options – How to Use (PHP Method)</h4>
<p>The PHP method can be used by putting the following PHP code into your WordPress theme, here is an example of php code for your template.</p>
<pre><code>$args = array(
'prepend' => '', 
'showname' => true,
'nametxt' => 'Name:', 
'nameholder' => 'Name...', 
'emailtxt' => 'Email:',
'emailholder' => 'Email Address...', 
'showsubmit' => true, 
'submittxt' => 'Submit', 
'jsthanks' => false,
'thankyou' => 'Thank you for subscribing to our mailing list'
);
echo smlsubform($args);
</code></pre>


Mail Subscribe List

Simple and easy to use! I've been using it for over a year now.
Thank you so much for this plugin!



Great plugin! Love it!

good plugin to collect email addresses.



Simple and efficient

Does what is expected from it, simple and effective.

A focused plugin

Does exactly what you would expect and is very easy to use. Great plugin!

Does exactly what you would expect and easy to use

Simple customizable plugin that displays a name/email form where visitors can submit their information, manageable in the WordPress admin.

MailerLite

<h4>MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin</h4>
<p>The Official MailerLite signup forms plugin makes it easy to grow your newsletter subscriber list from your WordPress blog or website. The plugin automatically integrates your WordPress form with your MailerLite email marketing account.</p>
<p>If you don’t have MailerLite account yet, <a href="https://www.mailerlite.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">you can signup for a FREE trial here</a>.</p>
<p>Once you activate the plugin, you’ll be able to select and add any of the pre-built webforms from your MailerLite account or create a new form from scratch. You can place the form in the sidebar using a widget or use a shortcode to put it wherever you want.</p>
<p>Setup is fast and easy! You just need to enter your MailerLite account API code and you’re all set.</p>
<p>Plugin features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easily-to-add webforms from MailerLite to your WordPress blog or website</li>
<li>Option to create new webforms</li>
<li>WordPress 5 new editor support</li>
<li>Save subscribers automatically to your MailerLite account</li>
<li>Place webforms using widget or shortcode</li>
<li>Double opt-in signup</li>
<li>Updated plugin layout</li>
<li>Automate welcome emails from your MailerLite account</li>
</ul>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>


MailerLite – Signup forms (official)


	I got errors on activation and errors on trying to create a form, which I reported in the WordPress support forum. No response after over a month.
	The widget quit working, as I also described in the support request. 
	The link for where to get the API key, doesn't go to the place to get an API key. It's apparently trying to do a search of your help system, but the search fails, so basically it's just a link to the help system.
	When designing a form in the plugin:
	The label for the firstname field is "Name". So you have "Name" and "Last Name".
	There's no way to customize the field labels.
	There's no way to specify that we want a checkbox field for the user to select groups.
	There's no way to specify which fields are required vs. optional.
	It asks which groups as the first step before creating the form, when that could just be part of editing the form, so that screen is unnecessary.
	The default form description is "Just simple MailerLite form!". This is a poor default both because it's ungrammatical, and because nobody would want this to appear above their form.
	The default success message is "Thank you for sign up!" which is ungrammatical.
	There's no option for a consent checkbox as required by GDPR.


There's a lot wrong and a lot missing

This is a good plugin to add a for fairly quick and easy. If you are trying to do anything more, you will run out of luck fast. There are no settings or useful code hooks (actions or filters) for customizing redirect to landing page or other useful tricks with forms. 

Good but only for a very basic integration

I remained unable to use this plugin and related service due to errors on both and no one replies to the support questions.

Not recommended at all.

Poorly developed and no support.


The plugin does not work correctly with the new block based checkout. There are some issues regarding this from mora than 3 months with no resolution 😕 


No support for block based checkout

Add newsletter signup forms to your WordPress site. Subscribers will be saved directly to your MailerLite account. Super easy to set up!

Mail Subscribe List vs MailerLite – Signup forms (official)