MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar
Adds a Mailchimp opt-in form to the top or bottom of your WordPress site.
4.6(30 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar is a WordPress form plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 30 reviews. It has been downloaded 365K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 10% this week. Top alternative: MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress.
4.6/530 reviews
7.0K+active installs
365K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Adds a beautiful, customizable sign-up bar to the top or bottom of your WordPress site. This bar is guaranteed to get the attention of your visitor and
increase your Mailchimp subscribers.
This plugin is an add-on for the Mailchimp for WordPress plugin.
Features
Mailchimp Top Bar adds a simple yet beautiful & customizable opt-in bar to the top or bottom of your WordPress site.
Using this bar, people can subscribe to a Mailchimp audience of your choice.
- Guaranteed to boost conversions.
- Unobtrusive, visitors can easily dismiss the bar.
- Easy to install & configure, just select a Mailchimp audience and you’re good to.
- Customizable, you can edit the bar text and colors from the plugin settings.
- The bar can be at the top or bottom of the visitor’s screen
- Lightweight, the pl…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Terrible
by labtecdxmp·4 years ago
The Support staff are not interested in helping you, just marking their Topics as ‘Resolved’.
You need to Hire a WordPress Developer if you want to get the full functionality from the ‘add-on’.
I’ve spent 4 days wasting my time on this plugin and will never ever install this rubbish again.
I’d give it 0/10 if i could.
missing GDPR support
by mykilos·5 years ago
This useful topbar does need to be updated to allow a required checkbox otherwise it’s no longer useful/legal to use on any website within the EU or any website collecting data from EU citizens.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by mykilos.
doesn’t work
by leclerc-web·7 years ago·1 reply
the plugin is displayed in “plugins” but no menu, no settings, completely useless … it is useless!
Perfect
by miggy91·8 years ago
Works exactly as described with great support!
Great !
by kikinovak·8 years ago·4 replies
Hi,
I just installed MailChimp Top Bar on my website (where it became a Bottom Bar), and it works just great. Setup is hassle-free, and it looks great without being too aggressive.
Cheers,
Niki
Download Trends
Today: 52Yesterday: 61This week: 349Period total: 35K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.7
71.0%
v1.6
15.0%
v1.5
10.2%
Other
3.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.7.4 – Feb 23, 2026
- Bump required WordPress version to 7.4 or higher.
- Modernize code base by using latest PHP features and removing legacy compatibility code.
1.7.3 – Oct 1, 2025
- Minor performance or memory usage related improvements.
- Compatibility check with latest WordPress version.
1.7.1 – Jul 2, 2025
- Update dependencies and WordPress compatibility.
…and 20 more changes
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