Overview
With the MailUp plugin you can easily add a newsletter sign-up form to your Web site or blog, and then send and track email and sms with MailUp
What it does
Visitors to your WordPress-powered blog or Web site will be able to subscribe to your newsletter using a configurable sign-up form. Their information will be saved in your MailUp account. You will use your MailUp admin console to manage those subscribers, create and send messages to them, view statistics on sent messages, and more.
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It also supports sign-up via a social networking account (additional fees apply: see the MailUp web site for details).
How to use it
- Signup for a free trial (no credit card required): English / Italiano
- Create one or more Lists (e.g. two WordPress sites: you will create two Lists in MailUp).
- Install the plugin in your WordPress admin area, as described below
- Configure settings such as the header, footer, message templates, confirmation request email, welcome message, etc.
- Visitors to your Web site will start signing up, and you will be able to track the subscription trend over time in your MailUp admin console.
- Create and send email and/or text (SMS) messages to your subscribers.
- Use the NEW MESSAGE FROM RSS feature to create a newsletter from RSS feeds (a list of recent articles from your WordPress-powered blog). Just select the posts and choose a template and priority. You will be able to edit the newsletter after it has been automatically created, before you send it, without any copying and pasting.
- MailUp automatically manages the unsubscribe process and gives you access to statistics down to the individual recipient level (opens, clicks, social sharing, etc.)
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- Download plugin from WordPress Directory
- Copy it to /wp-content/plugins/ folder
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins page (wp-admin/plugins.php)
- Add the widget to your sidebar on the Widgets page (wp-admin/widgets.php)
- Configure "WP MailUp" plugin through admin page. Please use "?" buttoms to obtain help when something is not clear. No file editing required.
- Open MailUp console and register IP address of your server (go to "Manage->Web service" and then select "frontend" in the dropdown menu to insert IP address of your server. More than one address could be registered)
Configuring the plugin
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After installing the plugin as described above, access the WordPress administration panel and selectSettings > WP MailUp in the left-side navigation menu.
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The setup page will be displayed.
Configure the settings in each section as described below. Please note that all the data required to configure the plugin is available in your MailUp console under "Settings > Codes Table".
General Data
Use this section to configure general properties, including the MailUp account URL, form title, etc.
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This section refers to which List the new subscriber will be added to. MailUp accounts support multiple lists.
Field | Description |
List ID (REQUIRED) | Numeric list identifier. You can locate the ID in your MailUp console under "Settings > Codes Table". |
List displayed name (NOT REQUIRED) | Not currently in use |
Group ID (NOT REQUIRED) | Numeric group identifier within the list. You can locate the IDs in your MailUp console under "Settings > Codes Table". You can add the same person to multiple groups by entering multiple IDs separated with a ";" |
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