Title: Interest Group Fields Require option?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Interest Group Fields Require option?

 *  [Robert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrearubin/)
 * (@adrearubin)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interest-group-fields-require-option/)
 * This is a great plugin. Was wondering if there is a way I can edit the plugin
   to make the Mailchimp Interest Groups a required filed. We are using the pluggin
   for newsletter subscription. The user can select several newsletters to subscribe
   to but if they don’t they can still submit the form which we don’t want them 
   to do.
 * We have the subscription on the footer of our page: [http://bit.ly/1jz4CI5](http://bit.ly/1jz4CI5)
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 *  [mc_gabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_gabe/)
 * (@mc_gabe)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interest-group-fields-require-option/#post-4943315)
 * Hey there,
 * Thanks for writing in to us for assistance. In MailChimp, groups are always seen
   as optional so none of the official subscription methods allow for requiring 
   groups, including the official WordPress plugin.
 * A developer may be able to modify the Embedded code ([http://eepurl.com/gOGN](http://eepurl.com/gOGN))
   to turn groups into required fields. Otherwise, we’d recommend getting a developer
   to create custom forms with required checkboxes which use the API to submit the
   accepted values to MailChimp. API Documentation can be found here: [http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/](http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/)
 * If we can help out with other questions, please let us know. We’ll be glad to
   help out!
    -Gabe

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interest-group-fields-require-option/#post-4943315)
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