Make MailChimp subscribe field a hidden field in the WP-Members registration form

Suppose you are using the WP-Members registration form essentially as an opt-in to your MailChimp list. Essentially, you want anyone who fills out the form to be added to the MailChimp opt-in process.

This requires you to have the MailChimp extension installed and a subscribe field set up and configured. This filter will take that field and make it a hidden field, essentially triggering the MailChimp opt-in process for all users.

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Tagged: filters, mailchimp, wpmem_register_form_rows

This topic has 6 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 10 months ago by Chad Butler.

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- March 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm #7384
  
  Chad Butler
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  Suppose you are using the WP-Members registration form essentially as an opt-in to your MailChimp list. Essentially, you want anyone who fills out th
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- October 10, 2017 at 8:44 pm #13699
  stephenlee
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  I’m getting an error on this code snippet:
  
  The snippet has been deactivated due to an error on line 4:
  syntax error, unexpected ‘ ‘ (T_STRING)
  
  (I’m using the Code Snippets plugin)
  - This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by stephenlee.
  - October 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm #13704
    Chad Butler
    Keymaster
    There aren’t any errors in the code snippet as written. If you’re copy/pasting, double check that you’re getting single quotes for all the quotes and not “curly” quotes.
    
    It may be difficult to notice the difference,
    but they should look like this: '
    And not this: ‘
    nor this: ’
    
    If they are the “curly” kind, then the encoding was transposed in the copy/paste process (which can depend on the platform and tools used). Best thing to do in that case is simply re-type them so they are the correct encoded character.
    
    This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Chad Butler.
    
    This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Chad Butler.
- October 12, 2017 at 5:11 pm #13707
  
  stephenlee
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  Thanks Chad!
  - October 12, 2017 at 5:20 pm #13708
    
    Chad Butler
    Keymaster
    
    No problem! Hope it helps you track down the issue.
- April 23, 2018 at 9:06 am #14611
  Paul Ryan
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  Chad
  
  I have several functions.php files, which is the correct one to put this snippet in?
  
  Paul
  
  Never mind I hae found the correct one and the script works a treat 🙂
  - This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Paul Ryan.
  - April 23, 2018 at 1:22 pm #14613
    
    Chad Butler
    Keymaster
    
    Glad you found it!
    
    Just for reference (for you or anyone else reading this later), here are some helpful articles on the site:
    
    When mentioning “functions.php” – it generally means the one in your theme folder:
    https://rocketgeek.com/basics/the-functions-php-file/
    
    Ideally, your active theme (and thus, the functions.php being used for custom code snippets) would be a child theme:
    https://rocketgeek.com/basics/create-a-child-theme/
    
    Some people choose to create a custom plugin file to hold their custom code snippets. This makes them independent of your theme (i.e. if you change themes, they still will be loaded):
    https://rocketgeek.com/basics/create-a-custom-functions-file/
    
    Some general information on using code snippets from the site:
    https://rocketgeek.com/basics/using-code-snippets-from-the-site/
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