How to configure the Mailchimp add-on

Learn how you can build audiences, and turn email addresses into revenue using the Mailchimp add-on.

Introduction

Mailchimp is a popular email marketing and automations platform. WP Full Pay customers can integrate directly with Mailchimp using the Mailchimp add-on for WP Full Pay.

Requirements

The Mailchimp add-on requires WP Full Pay v6.2.0 or newer.

Purchase

If you’ve purchased WP Full Pay on https://paymentsplugin.com then you can purchase the add-on on the Full Pay / Add-ons page in WP admin.

If you’ve purchased WP Full Pay on CodeCanyon then you can purchase the add-on on CodeCanyon.

Installation

If you’ve purchased WP Full Pay on https://paymentsplugin.com then you can install the add-on on the Full Pay / Add-ons page in WP admin.

If you’ve purchased WP Full Pay on CodeCanyon then you can install the add-on just like you’d install WP Full Pay. Please refer to the Installing WP Full Pay (Envato) article for more information.

Configuration

You can configure the add-on on the Full Pay / Settings / Add-ons page in WP admin:

The Mailchimp add-on can be configured on the 'Full Pay / Settings / Add-ons' page in WP admin

Setting the connection parameters

The first step is to set the Mailchimp API key and server prefix:

Configuring the connection parameters - API key and server prefix - of the Mailchimp add-on for WP Full Pay

You can read on how to obtain the API key and server prefix below.

Press the “Save settings” button to validate the connection.

Selecting audiences

If the connection to Mailchimp is successful then you can select the audiences per form to which the email address of customers will be synchronized after payment:

You can select the Mailchimp audiences per form to which the email address of customers will be synchronized after payment

You can select or modify audiences assigned to a form by clicking on the “Select audiences” link or “Edit” icon next to the form, and it will pop up the “Select audiences” dialog:

You can select the Mailchimp audiences in the 'Select audiences' dialog

Select the audiences to which customer emails should be synchronized, and save the settings.

Obtaining the Mailchimp API key and server prefix

The server prefix is the leftmost subdomain of the URL that you can see in the address bar (it’s us7 below):

You can obtain the Mailchimp server prefix from the URL of your Mailchimp service

For obtaining the API key, click on your account menu in the bottom-left corner, and select “Account & billing”:

Select the “Extras / API keys” page from the menu, and copy the API key you’d like to use:

Select the API key you'd like to use on the 'API keys' page

No API key yet?
Press the “Create A Key” button to generate a Mailchimp API key.