Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v1.9 Released
By Carl Hancock
Published November 28, 2012
Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v1.9 is now available via automatic update. This release updates MailChimp group handling and also makes improvements with how new subscribers are handled.
The MailChimp API currently overwrites current groups for a subscriber based on what is passed to the API. Rather than append the groups, it overwrites them. We have updated the MailChimp Add-On so that it first gets the existing groups for that user and then appends their selections so existing group selections will still be intact. We have also added a new hook, gform_mailchimp_keep_existing_groups, to allow developers to change this behavior back to the overwrite behavior if they would like to do so.
We have also updated how new subscribers are added to a list if they already exist as an unsubscribed user or their subscription is pending and they did not respond to the MailChimp confirmation email. When this occurs, users will now be added as if they were a new subscriber. Previously subscribers were not added if they were unsubscribed or pending due to default MailChimp API behavior.
Here is a look at what is new in Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v1.8:
- Updated MailChimp Group logic to work around MailChimp API group handling and append groups rather than overwrite.
- Added filter to change logic back to overwriting groups rather than appending groups.
- Updated to treat members as if they were a new subscribe request when currently set to a status on MailChimp’s side of unsubscribed, pending, cleaned.
- Fixed issue with special characters in MailChimp Group names causing issues when creating feed.
Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered a valid Business or Developer License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
You may download the MailChimp Add-On here, and read the documentation here.