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This section describes how to install the plugin and get started using it.

Version 2.8+

1. Unzip our archive and upload the entire mailchimp directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Go to Settings and look for "MailChimp Setup" in the menu
4. Enter your MailChimp API Key and let the plugin verify it.
5. Select One of your lists to have your visitors subscribe to.
6. (optionally) Turn on or off the Monkey Rewards option
7. (optionally) Turn your Merge Vars and Interest Groups on and off
8. Finally, go to Appearance->Widgets and drag the MailChimp Widget widget into one of your Widget Areas
9. And you are DONE!

Advanced

If you have a custom coded sidebar or something else special going on where you can't simply enable the widget through the WordPress GUI, all you need to do is:

If you are using WordPress v2.8 or higher, you can use the short-code:

[mailchimpsf_form]

If you are adding it inside a php code block, pop this in:

mailchimpSF_signup_form();

Or, if you are dropping it in between a bunch of HTML, use this:

<?php mailchimpSF_signup_form(); ?>

Where ever you want it to show up.

Note: in some environments you will need to install the Exec_PHP plugin to use that method of display. It can be found here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exec-php/