Title: CF7 AutoResponder Addon
Author: wpsolutions
Published: <strong>April 12, 2012</strong>
Last modified: March 4, 2019

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# CF7 AutoResponder Addon

 By [wpsolutions](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpsolutions/)

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## Description

The Contact Form 7 AutoResponder Addon plugin allows you to automatically add people
to your MailChimp list after they’ve submitted one of your Contact Form 7 forms.

The plugin will read any type of configured fields which are submitted from your
CF7 form and insert the information in the relevant Mailchimp list.

For more information on how to configure and use this plugin please [see this](https://wpsolutions-hq.com/contact-form-7-mailchimp-addon-plugin)
page.

## Screenshots

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Screen shot file screenshot-1.jpg shows Settings menu location of this plugin.

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[⌊Screen shot file screenshot-3.jpg shows the your mailchimp account's list settings
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account's list settings for the form merge-tags.⌉[

Screen shot file screenshot-3.jpg shows the your mailchimp account’s list settings
for the form merge-tags.

## Installation

 1. FTP the cf7-autoresponder-addon folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory,

OR, alternatively,

upload the cf7-autoresponder-addon.zip file from the Plugins->Add New page in the
WordPress administration panel.

 1. Activate the cf7-autoresponder-addon plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in the WordPress
    administration panel.

If you encounter any bugs, or have comments or suggestions, please use the support
forum.

## FAQ

  Will this plugin tell me when I have successfully added someone to my MailChimp
list?

The CF7 AutResponder Addon plugin will automatically attempt to add someone to your
MC list and it will inform you via a log file if a failure occured during a subscription.

The subscription actions and results will be taken care of by MailChimp. The important
thing to note is that provided your API Key and list name have been correctly configured,
your subscriber will need to opt-in by default by clicking on the subscribe link
in the email which will be sent from MailChimp. The plugin also has a setting where
you can disable the double opt-in email. Please beware that MailChimp can suspend
your account if you abuse such a feature.

  Does this plugin add people my MailChimp list by default or can I ask for their
permission?

As long as you have the enabled the settings and created the approporiate CF7 form
with the correct names, this plugin will
 automatically invoke MailChimp to send
your visitors an “opt-in” email. It is up to them to accept the opt-in or not.

You can also let your visitors decide at the time of filling in the CF7 form whether
they want to subscribe to your list by using a checkbox
 with the name “mc-subscribe”
in your CF7 form. In this case, your visitor will receive an opt-in email from MailChimp
only if they’ve enabled the checkbox in the CF7 form.

Alternatively, the plugin also has a setting where you can disable the double opt-
in email which means you can automatically subscribe people without double-optin.

  Can I have multiple CF7 forms on my site where each is used to subscribe people
to a different Mailchimp list?

Yes. Any CF7 form you choose can be configured to add visitors to any Mailchimp 
list you specify via special configuration which you can add in the Additional Settings
tab of Contact Form 7 Settings.
 The detailed instructions for how to configure 
each Contact Form 7 form can be found here: https://wpsolutions-hq.com/contact-form-
7-mailchimp-addon-plugin

  If I have many CF7 forms which are configured for Mailchimp, can I momentarily
disable the Mailchimp integration for just one particular form without affecting
all other CF7 forms?

Yes. Simply put the following line inside the “Additional Settings” tab of the appropriate
CF7 form:

mc_skip: true

Using the above line saves you from deleting your existing configuration in the “
Additional Settings” tab.
 When you are ready to start using that CF7 form with 
Mailchimp again just delete the “mc_skip: true” line.

  Can I add subscribers to one of my Mailchimp list’s interest category (or group)?

This is a premium feature and is only available in the premium version of this plugin
which can be found here:
 https://wpsolutions-hq.com/premium-contact-form-7-mailchimp-
plugin

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“CF7 AutoResponder Addon” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ wpsolutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpsolutions/)

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## Changelog

#### 3.1

 * Added list ID as alternative config item to subscribe a user.
 * Tested with latest WordPress version 5.0.1.

#### 3.0

 * Improved and changed usage configuration. This plugin is now easier to use and
   more flexible in the way you administer it with Contact Form 7. Please [see this](https://wpsolutions-hq.com/contact-form-7-mailchimp-addon-plugin)
   page for more info.

#### 2.0.1

 * Corrected minor paste error.

#### 2.0

 * Updated code and tested up to latest WordPress version (4.9.6).
 * Updated code to use new MailChimp 3.0 API.
 * Cleaned up code and added better sanitization and validation.

#### 1.9.1

 * Fixed code which was producing a PHP warning.

#### 1.9

 * Added ability to insert custom fields/tags to your mailchimp list.

#### 1.8

 * Made compatible with the latest version of CF7 (3.9).

#### 1.7

 * Implemented new Mailchimp API v2.0.

#### 1.6

 * Fixed bug – Latest CF7 version introduced a bug: people were being subscribed
   even when checkbox was disabled.
 * Made settings data sanitation/validation more robust

#### 1.5

 * added new functionality to allow people to add subsribers to different autoresponder
   lists on a per Contact Form 7 basis
 * minor changes – fix some broken links

#### 1.4

*added option to disable mailchimp double opt-in email
 *fixed bug where the CF7
form appeared to hang whenever an existing MC subscriber tried to subscribe again

#### 1.3

 * Fixed bug where new version of CF7 (v3.3) broke the checkbox “mc-subscribe” functionality

#### 1.2

 * Fixed bug where new version of CF7 broke the checkbox “mc-subscribe”

#### 1.1

 * added ability for checkbox in the CF7 form to govern whether the visitors wants
   to allow list subscription
 * added a check to ensure that the main CF7 plugin is present and activated

#### 1.0

 * First Release

For more information on the cf7-autoresponder-addon and other plugins, visit the
[WPSolutions-HQ Blog](https://wpsolutions-hq.com/).
 Post any questions or feedback
regarding this plugin at our website here: [cf7-autoresponder-addon](https://wpsolutions-hq.com/plugins/contact-form-7-autoresponder-addon/).

## Meta

 *  Version **3.1**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.30**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-autoresponder-addon-plugin/)
 * Tags
 * [Autoresponder](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/autoresponder/)[contact form 7](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7/)
   [mailchimp](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mailchimp/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-autoresponder-addon-plugin/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ wpsolutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpsolutions/)

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