Description
Mailstroom Subscribe is a WordPress plugin that allows visitors to easily subscribe to your newsletter through a modern modal form.
Features:
- Modern, accessible modal form
- Fully responsive (desktop, tablet, mobile)
- AJAX processing without page reload
- Double opt-in (GDPR compliant)
- Customizable colors and texts
- Shortcode for flexible placement
- Secure: nonces, escaping and sanitization built-in
How it works:
- Place the shortcode
[mailstroom_button newsletter="ID"]on your page - Visitors click the button
- A modal opens with the subscription form
- After filling in, they receive a confirmation email
- After confirmation, they are subscribed
Requirements:
- An active Mailstroom account
- API credentials (available in your Mailstroom admin panel)
Privacy
This plugin:
* Sends submitted data to the Mailstroom API
* Does not store personal data locally
* Does not place tracking cookies
* Uses WordPress nonces for form security
For more information about how Mailstroom handles data, see the privacy policy of your Mailstroom administrator.
Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP
- Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- Select the ZIP file and click “Install Now”
- Activate the plugin
- Go to Settings > Mailstroom
- Enter your API URL and API Key (found in Mailstroom under “WordPress Plugin”)
- Place the shortcode on your page
FAQ
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Where do I find my API credentials?
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Log in to your Mailstroom admin portal, go to the newsletter and click “WordPress Plugin” in the menu. There you will find the API URL, API Key and List ID.
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What data is collected?
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The form asks for email address (required), first name, last name and organization (optional). All data is sent directly to Mailstroom.
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Is the plugin GDPR compliant?
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Yes. The plugin:
– Sends data directly to Mailstroom (no local storage)
– Uses double opt-in
– Does not store cookies
– Only collects necessary dataMake sure you have a privacy statement on your website.
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Can I customize the style?
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Yes, in two ways:
1. Via Settings > Mailstroom you can adjust the primary color
2. All elements have CSS classes with prefixmailstroom-that you can override -
Yes, place multiple shortcodes with different newsletter IDs:
[mailstroom_button newsletter=”1″ text=”Newsletter A”]
[mailstroom_button newsletter=”2″ text=”Newsletter B”]
Reviews
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Contributors & Developers
“Mailstroom Subscribe” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.5
- Re-validate the configured colour at output before it is used in the inline CSS, hardening against malformed stored values
1.0.4
- Send the page URL (source_url) where the signup was made
- Send the plugin version with each subscription
1.0.2
- SSRF protection: API URL must be HTTPS and may not resolve to an internal/private address
- Send client IP with the subscription for abuse prevention
- Prevent double form submission (JS guard)
- Sanitize and unslash the client IP before use
1.0.1
- Added input sanitization callbacks to all registered settings
- Unslash POST data before sanitization in the AJAX handler
- Removed debug logging
- Improved API error message parsing
1.0.0
- Initial release
- Modal subscription form
- Shortcode support
- Customizable colors and texts
- AJAX form submission
- Double opt-in support