Title: MailChimp widget
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# MailChimp widget

 *  [sasnick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sasnick/)
 * (@sasnick)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/)
 * I installed and activated the Mailchimp plugin and added the widget( to subscrib
   into my WordPress site ([http://www.themissingpersians.com](http://www.themissingpersians.com))
   and everything worked beautifully, then the next day when I logged in, the widget
   had totally disappeared, from both the location selected and the widget area 
   in the dashboard
 * How do I retrieve the widget and why has this happened? Is there a bug?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 *  [mc_dominic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_dominic/)
 * (@mc_dominic)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299393)
 * Hi sasnick,
 * Sorry to hear you’re having some problems with the plugin. So we can narrow down
   what’s happening, we will need a little more information. In the WordPress Admin
   area under Appearance > Widgets. Do you see a [MailChimp Widget button](http://screencast.com/t/OASmzrJ95)
   on the right side? If you don’t, and the MailChimp plugin is installed, the MailChimp
   widget button should be in the main section on the left side of the page. Drag
   it to the left to install the form.
 * If you’re not using the widgets are you using a shortcode? If so, where is it
   being inserted?
 *  Thread Starter [sasnick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sasnick/)
 * (@sasnick)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299396)
 * As explained (maybe not definitively), the widget button has totally disappeared
   both from the widget area on the left and from the widget area, that it was placed
   on the right
 * Basically, no widget now exists
 * In response to your question re shortcodes – no I was not using a shortcode, 
   I had installed the widget (which now no longer exists)
 *  [mc_gabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_gabe/)
 * (@mc_gabe)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299459)
 * If the widget isn’t appearing as an option at all, that could indicate the plugin
   has been deactivated for some reason. If you head to the WordPress Admin area,
   then go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, is the MailChimp plugin currently active?
   If it’s been deactivated, then activating it again from there should bring the
   widget back under Appearance > Widgets.
 *  Thread Starter [sasnick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sasnick/)
 * (@sasnick)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299470)
 * No, the plugin has not been deactivated, but the plugin is not to be seen or 
   found anywhere, even though it originally existed
 *  [mc_dominic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_dominic/)
 * (@mc_dominic)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299499)
 * Have you tried reinstalling the plugin? Since we don’t have access to your wordpress
   install, it’s hard for us to narrow down why the plugin was uninstalled. Reinstalling
   should add it back.
 * If you go to the plugins page, you should be able to search for “MailChimp” and
   reinstall the plugin. Also it can be manually installed by visiting this page:
   [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp)
   Download the file then upload it into the plugins area in wordpress.
 * This page from wordpress can help with installing plugins:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins)

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/mailchimp/assets/icon.svg?rev=3156997)
 * [Mailchimp List Subscribe Form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp/)
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 * Last reply from: [mc_dominic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_dominic/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget/#post-4299499)
 * Status: not resolved