Add Newsletter Subscription Checkbox to WordPress Comment Form

Are you looking to add a newsletter subscription checkbox to your WordPress comment form?

If you run a WordPress-powered news website or blog that allows visitors and users to leave comments on articles or posts you publish, building an email list from your commenters is a smart way to boost engagement and drive repeat visits. By sending readers links to popular articles, exclusive discounts, and new offers, you can encourage them to return and increase your overall page views.

When a user leaves a comment on your site, MailOptin can automatically add them to a specific email list in your email marketing or newsletter software. In addition, MailOptin’s comment form integration allows users to choose whether to sign up for your list using an opt-in checkbox.

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Subscribing WordPress Commenters to Email Marketing List

Follow the steps below to add visitors and users who leave a comment on your site after submitting the WordPress comment form to a specific email list. But first, make sure your site has the MailOptin plugin activated.

Next, go to MailOptin >> Settings >> Comment Form Optin.

Select your email marketing software (e.g., Mailchimp, AWeber, MailerLite, etc.) and the email list to which to add customers.

If you don’t use an email marketing service, you can save your students in WordPress by selecting “MailOptin Leads” as your integration. Learn more about MailOptin Leads.

You also can pass additional or extra user data about your students besides their names and email addresses by mapping their profile information to the corresponding custom fields in your email marketing software.

You can also specify or select custom tags to assign to them.

Finally, save your changes.

Setting Up Newsletter Subscription Optin Checkbox

By default, MailOptin automatically subscribes all commenters to your email list after they submit a comment. To add an optin checkbox to the WordPress comment form to ask permission from users before adding them to your email marketing list.

Go to MailOptin > Settings > Comment Form Optin

On the “Comment Form Optin” panel, change the Subscribe Commenters setting to “Ask for permission” and configure the optin checkbox label.

Click on Save Changes when done.

Now, when a visitor or a logged-in user leaves a comment on your WordPress blog or website, they will see an optin checkbox nudging them to subscribe to your email list.

It’s that easy to automatically subscribe WordPress users to your email list or let them opt-in to contact lists and assign tags to them.

Conclusion

We hope this guide has helped you add a newsletter subscription checkbox to your WordPress comment form.

With MailOptin, you can effortlessly grow your email list by automatically subscribing users who leave comments on your blog. It seamlessly integrates with popular email marketing platforms like Mailchimp, AWeber, Zoho, and Salesforce, and ActiveCampaign. Plus, the opt-in checkbox feature ensures GDPR compliance while eliminating the need for manual email collection.

Start building your audience today with MailOptin!