{"id":2484,"date":"2021-03-10T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:48:53","slug":"subscribe-newsletter-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/subscribe-newsletter-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Subscription Form (Mailchimp Newsletter)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kata&#8217;s <strong>Subscription Form<\/strong> widget adds an email signup form to any page you build with Elementor. When a visitor submits the form, the email address is sent to your Mailchimp audience, so you can send newsletters from Mailchimp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"before-you-start\">Before You Start: Use Mailchimp, Not FeedBurner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The widget&#8217;s <strong>Source URL<\/strong> option lists two services: Feedburner and Mailchimp. Google turned off FeedBurner&#8217;s email subscriptions in 2021, so a FeedBurner form no longer sends emails to anyone. Choose <strong>Mailchimp<\/strong>. If an existing page still uses a FeedBurner form, switch it to Mailchimp using the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need a Mailchimp account with at least one audience. The free Mailchimp plan is enough for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"get-your-mailchimp-form-url\">Step 1: Get Your Mailchimp Form URL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Log in to Mailchimp, open the <strong>Forms<\/strong> menu and select <strong>Other forms<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select <strong>Create new form<\/strong>, then <strong>Create embedded form<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Give the form a name, pick the audience that should receive the signups and select <strong>Continue to builder<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Make sure the form has an <strong>Email Address<\/strong> field, then select <strong>Continue<\/strong> and <strong>Copy Code<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Paste the code into a text editor and find the <code>action<\/code> attribute of the <code>&lt;form&gt;<\/code> tag. Copy only the address between the quotes. It looks like this:<br><code>https:\/\/yourname.us21.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=...&amp;id=...<\/code><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mailchimp&#8217;s menus change from time to time. If you can&#8217;t find these options, Mailchimp&#8217;s guide <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/help\/add-a-signup-form-to-your-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add a Signup Form to Your Website<\/a> shows the current steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-the-subscription-form-widget\">Step 2: Add the Subscription Form Widget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open the page in Elementor, search for <strong>Subscription Form<\/strong> in the widgets panel and drag it where you want the form to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06.png\" alt=\"Elementor widgets panel with the Kata subscription form widget being dragged onto the page\" class=\"wp-image-3329\" width=\"1648\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06.png 1648w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-06-1536x887.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"connect-the-form-to-mailchimp\">Step 3: Connect the Form to Mailchimp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the widget&#8217;s <strong>General<\/strong> section, set <strong>Source URL<\/strong> to <strong>Mailchimp<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Paste the address you copied in Step 1 into <strong>Mailchimp Signup form URL<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Change the <strong>Placeholder<\/strong> text and the <strong>Button<\/strong> label if you like, and choose a button icon and its position.<\/li><li>Update the page.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-13.png\" alt=\"Kata subscription form widget settings with the signup URL, placeholder and button fields\" class=\"wp-image-3331\" width=\"1442\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-13.png 1442w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-13-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-13-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-13-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1442px) 100vw, 1442px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"style-the-form\">Step 4: Style the Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open the <strong>Styler<\/strong> section of the widget to style the wrapper, the email field, its placeholder, the button and the button icon. Kata icons are SVG, so change their color from the SVG tab in Styler.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-07.png\" alt=\"Styler options of the Kata subscription form widget\" class=\"wp-image-3330\" width=\"1536\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-07.png 1536w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-07-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-07-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/webnus.net\/kata\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subscribe-newsletter-form-07-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"test-the-form\">Step 5: Test the Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open the page while logged out and subscribe with an email address you can check. The form opens Mailchimp in a new tab to confirm the signup. If your audience uses double opt-in, Mailchimp sends a confirmation email first, and the contact appears in your audience after you confirm it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"troubleshooting\">Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Nothing happens or Mailchimp shows an error:<\/strong> check that you pasted only the <code>action<\/code> address, not the whole embed code.<\/li><li><strong>The signup goes to the wrong list:<\/strong> the address belongs to one audience. Create the embedded form again for the right audience and paste its address.<\/li><li><strong>The form still mentions FeedBurner:<\/strong> set <strong>Source URL<\/strong> to <strong>Mailchimp<\/strong> and update the page.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kata&#8217;s Subscription Form widget adds an email signup form to any page you build with Elementor. When a visitor submits the form, the email address is sent to your Mailchimp audience, so you can send newsletters from Mailchimp. 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