Mailchimp plugin and OPT-IN?

[Neb]

Hi,

We have the Mailchimp add-on and have each Member level setup to be added to a ‘New subscriber’ list. This works fine, but with the advent of GDPR we would need to offer the ‘opt-in’ feature of a mailchimp list (where it first email from Mailchimp asking if they would like to subscribe).

Is this possible with the plugin? At present it seems to just add a user, rather than firing off a opt-in email from MailChimp upon registration.

Thanks

[The Assurer]

I think opt-in is best handled by MailChimp, instead of the plugin. Does this “Double Opt-In” feature meet your requirements?
https://mailchimp.com/help/about-double-opt-in/

[Neb]

Thanks for the reply.

I have Double-opt in selected within the list settings. This does appear under Form Settings, so I am wondering if this only applies if you are using an MC generated form (which is not the case with SWPM).

The process is tested and works as follows:

1. user signs up and pays
2. user receives an email from SWPM
3. user follows the link and completes registration
4. with registration complete they are subscribed to the MC list by the add-on plugin.

However, what is required is that instead it uses double opt-in:

1. user signs up and pays
2. user receives an email from SWPM
3. user follows the link and completes registration
4. with registration complete they are sent an opt-=in email from MC
5. user click opt-in email link and is subscribed

I have used the MailChimp plugin for Contact Form 7 and you must select that it uses double opt-in. I would guess the MC add-on for SWPM would need to do the same?

This link suggests perhaps you need to set the subscribed state in the api call to “pending”, not subscribed.

With the current scenario, I believe this breaks the GDPR rules, making the plugin of no use to us here in the EU.

Any thoughts? I will follow this up with MailChimp and get their input.

Thanks

[Neb]

Hi,

I have updated the plugin code to allow for enabling/disabling of the Opt-in for MailChimp and this now works. It adds a Double opt-in checkbox below the list name for each Membership Level. Pretty simple to achieve.

Happy to contribute the code, but not sure how to go about this.

Thanks,

Ben

[The Assurer]

Happy to contribute the code, but not sure how to go about this.

Thank you for the offer. You can either post your changes to the forum (if they are simple), or post a link to a DropBox or gDrive (zip) file.

[Neb]

Sure thing. Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lz6w5jlx6qqhkn5/simple-membership-mailchimp-integration-nebrekab-edit.zip?dl=0

The files edited were:

• swpm-mailchimp-action.php
• swpm-mailchimp-signup.php
• readme.txt (notes added)

At present we are running this modified version. So if/when you update, if you could let me know that would be helpful.

Thanks

[Neb]

Sorry, new link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ab9dkzp7fwtogay/AAA_8MHgciQRVmGiDMwZLReia?dl=0

[The Assurer]

Thank you, this will be shared with the developers.

[admin]

I have released a new version of the mailchimp addon. It has a checkbox in the settings menu to enable double opt-in for mailchimp subscription.

[Neb]

Thanks. Looking at it this is a global setting (along with the API key) to enable double opt-in for all membership levels across the board, which would work if ALL membership levels have their lists set to be double opt-in.

However, the way my modifications worked is that the double-opt-in was at a Membership level, along with the List name. This made more sense, and I think was more flexible, as the double opt-in at the MailChimp level is based on the List’s settings.

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