How to add a newsletter

Using MailChimp

Connect MailChimp

First you’ll need to make sure MailChimp for WordPress plugin (MC4WP) is installed and active. If it’s not, access Appearance > Install plugins and install it there.

Next you will need to setup a new MailChimp account and create an API key to add in the plugin’s settings to connect with it. Get your API key here.

How to create a form

Access Form in MC4WP plugin, and you should be able to just edit the form. Throughout my demos, i use this HTML markup here:

<p><input type="email" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Your email address" required /></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="JOIN" /></p>

As you can see, it’s mostly the same, with different text strings.

How to add the form into a page

If you’re editing the page with Elementor, you should be able to find the Newsletter Form element in the left editor eg: https://d.pr/i/y8WgbM . After you dragged the element into the canvas, make sure to select the Form ID eg: https://d.pr/i/lPt6ds .

Do know you can always make use if it’s shortcode too eg: https://d.pr/i/oMZlhg .

How to send newsletters

You should be able to find plenty tutorials how to use MailChimp interface and how to send newsletters. Here’s a good starting video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-mw_cAn2c .

Using other 3rd party newsletter plugins (SendInBlue, AcyMailing etc.)

It’s recommended to just copy the form shortcode generated in these kind of plugins and simply paste them into the Shortcode widget in Elementor.

It’s in the backlog to add some support for these plugins to be supported inside the Newsletter Form widget in Elementor (mainly to have more form customisation options).