How to Create Kit (ConvertKit) Opt-in Forms in WordPress

ConvertKit integration in MailOptin optin campaign setup

Do you want to create a Kit (ConvertKit) opt-in form in WordPress to grow your email list?

Capturing leads is a critical component of any successful online marketing strategy. One effective method to achieve this is by creating Kit (ConvertKit) opt-in forms on your WordPress site. These forms can help you grow your email list, engage with visitors, and convert them into loyal customers.

In this tutorial, we will learn to integrate MailOptin with Kit (ConvertKit) so you can start capturing and saving leads with email sign-up forms to your Kit account.

Creating a Kit (ConvertKit) Optin Forms in WordPress

To build a Kit (ConvertKit) optin form for your WordPress website, first, purchase a MailOptin license.

When you’re done with the purchase, you can log in to your WordPress admin dashboard, next go to the Plugins page, click the Add New button and Upload Plugin.

Then, click Choose File to select the downloaded plugin zip file. Click Install Now.

After installing the plugin, activate it by clicking ‘Activate Plugin’.

Connecting Kit (ConvertKit) with MailOptin

The next step is to connect MailOptin with Kit (ConvertKit). When you are done, return to this page.

Create an Opt-in Form

Next, create the Kit (ConvertKit) email signup form for your WordPress website using MailOptin. In the MailOptin menu, click on “Optin Campaigns.”

Click “Add New” to create a new optin form for Kit.

Enter a campaign title, select the optin type (for this tutorial, we’ll select Lightbox), and click the optin form design you want.

You will then be redirected to the form builder, where you have options and the flexibility to customize the optin form to your heart’s content.

See: Adding Extra Fields to Your Optin Form

After customizing the form, open the Integration panel, Select Kit (ConvertKit) in Email Provider, and select from the dropdown the Form to subscribe users to. You can also select the sequence to add subscribers to and the tags to apply.

ConvertKit integration in MailOptin optin campaign setup

To get the Kit (ConvertKit) WordPress form to display on your site, toggle the activate switch ON at the top (close to the “Save Changes” button).

Navigate to the “Display Rules” panel.

If you want the opt-in form to be displayed everywhere (all pages) of your WordPress site, check “Globally load optin”. Otherwise, use the page-level targeting and triggers to determine how and where the opt-in will show on your site.

MailOptin display rules and targetingPage level targeting of optin forms

Finally, save the changes. Preview your website, and you should see the optin displayed. If it doesn’t, clear your website and browser cache.

Creating Kit (ConvertKit) optin forms in WordPress using MailOptin is straightforward and can significantly enhance your lead-capture efforts. Following the steps outlined in this guide, you can design and implement attractive, effective opt-in forms that integrate seamlessly with your Kit (ConvertKit) account.

We hope this article helped you learn how to create Kit (ConvertKit) opt-in forms for your WordPress website. Follow the guides below for more tutorials on creating different email opt-in forms. And don’t forget to select Kit (ConvertKit) in the Integration panel:

Tags: convertkit