Install the Sign-Up.to Mailing List Plugin for WordPress
Our free WordPress plugin lets you easily add a subscription form to your WordPress blog and add new subscribers directly into your chosen list in your Sign-Up.to account.
You need to do a couple of things to prepare for installation:
- Download our WordPress plugin files here: http://www.signup-onlinemarketing.co.uk/assets/others/sut_wp_capture.zip (leave them in the zipped file)
- Get your API details from your Sign-Up.to account. Log in and click on the ‘Account’ button, then ‘API Access’ from the sub-menu. Note down the ‘API Access Hash’ and ‘CID’ values.
Now you’re ready to install your plugin!
- Log in to your WordPress administration interface (you will need administrative access)
- Click on the ‘Plugins’ option on the left hand menu, then select ‘Add New’ and click on the ‘Upload’ link just below the heading.
- You’ll see the screen shown below. Click on ‘Choose file’ and locate the zip file you downloaded, which contains the plugin.
- Click the ‘Install Now’ button.
Once WordPress has completed the installation (this will only take a few seconds) you now simply need to link it to your Sign-Up.to account:
- Under the ‘Plugins’ menu on the left you’ll now see a link labelled ‘Sign-Up.to Integration’. Click on this to enter the configuration screen.
- Paste in the CID and Hash values that you copied earlier.
- Then note down the IP address shown on the page (where it says ‘Your server’s IP address is:’ ).
- Go back to your Sign-Up.to account’s API Access page and add the IP address to your allowed IP list – click the ‘Update’ button once you’ve entered it.
- Back on your Plugin configuration page click ‘Update options’ and you should then see a green success message.
- When you reload the page you’ll see a drop-down menu showing the lists in you Sign-Up.to account. Select the list that you’d like to add new subscribers who complete the form to, then click ‘Update options’ again.
- Finally, if you use WordPress widgets, just drag the widget into your sidebar. Otherwise, place the code <?php sut_captureform();?> in your theme editor to make the form appear.
That’s it! Your form will now appear on your blog and inherit the styling used by your theme. If you’re comfortable with PHP you can edit the plugin to easily customise the fields displayed.