MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
The #1 Mailchimp plugin for WordPress. Allows you to add a multitude of newsletter sign-up methods to your site.
4.8(1,492 reviews)
·1.0M+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress is a WordPress form plugin with 1.0M+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 1,492 reviews. It has been downloaded 73M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 40% this week. Support resolution rate: 89%. Top alternative: MW WP Form.
4.8/51,492 reviews
1.0M+active installs
89%resolved
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Allowing your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter should be easy. With this plugin, it finally is.
This plugins helps you grow your email list in Mailchimp. You can use it to create good looking and accessible sign-up forms or integrate with any other existing form on your WordPress site, like your contact, comment or checkout form.
Some (but not all) features
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Connect with your Mailchimp account in seconds.
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Sign-up forms which are good looking, user-friendly and mobile optimized. You have complete control over the form fields and can build your forms using native HTML.
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Seamless integration with the following plugins:
- WordPress Comment Form
- WordPress Registration Form
- Contact Form 7
- WooCommerce
- Gravity Forms
- Ninja Forms 3
- WPForms
- BuddyPress
- MemberPress
- Events Manager
- Easy Digi…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.81,492 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good but Limited
by jesushillman·4 days ago
Works well for basic email setup & easy to connect with Mailchimp. UI is simple. But needs more flexibility in forms. Overall, a good plugin. tnx 👍
Simple Mailchimp Connect
by Bentomen·4 weeks ago
Good plugin for connecting Mailchimp with WP. Setup was pretty easy and forms started collecting emails without much hassle. UI is clean too. A few more design options would be nice, but overall works well.
Just Started Using This API
by 4mifix·1 month ago
I like it so far and will update this review as time goes on.
Great Customer Service
by psfcomunicacion·2 months ago
I talk with them and they help me adding functionalities to the plugin 🙂
Does What Says It Does
by queviaje·2 months ago
Like the title says, it does what it says it does and that is just what i need. Up to the moment, have had no issues and still working out what else I can do.
The plugin came with the template I bought and started using and it works.
Download Trends
Today: 16KYesterday: 19KThis week: 207KPeriod total: 9.5M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.10
30.2%
v4.12
27.3%
v4.9
20.7%
v4.11
9.9%
v4.8
8.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.12.1 – Mar 26, 2026
- Supply a custom capability type to
register_post_typefor themc4wp-formpost type. - Limit allowed HTML in the various form messages to a safe subset on load (versus only on update).
Contributors
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