Constant Contact Forms

Description

Please note: Version 2.0.0 of this plugin is a significant release, including both security and feature updates. After updating to version 2.0.0, you will be required to reconnect the plugin to your Constant Contact account & reselect the lists associated with your forms.

Work smarter, not harder. The Constant Contact Way

Create branded emails, build a website, sell online, and make it easy for people to find you—all from one place.

Constant Contact Forms is the easiest way to connect your WordPress website with your Constant Contact account.

• Effortlessly create sign-up forms to convert your site visitors into mailing list contacts.
• Customize data fields, so you can tailor the type of information you collect from your users.
• Captured email addresses will be automatically added to the Constant Contact email lists of your choosing.
• Have immediate access to all your Constant Contact lists to integrate with your signup forms, right from your WordPress dashboard

Not a Constant Contact customer? Sign up for a Free Trial right from the plugin.

How To Get Started.

1. Signup for a Free Trial. ( Existing Constant Contact users can skip this step).
2. Follow first-time setup instructions.
3. Create your first form.
4. Add a form anywhere on your website.
5. Watch as your visitors turn into lifetime contacts!

Development

Development of Constant Contact Forms plugin occurs on GitHub. Please see the security policy there to report any security issues. General support should start on our WordPress forums

Screenshots

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

• Constant Contact: Single Form Display a single Constant Contact form.

FAQ

Installation and Setup

HELP: Install the Constant Contact Forms Plugin for WordPress to Gather Sign-Ups and Feedback

Constant Contact Forms Options

HELP: Add email opt-in to a WordPress Form created with the Constant Contact plugin

Frequently Asked Questions

HELP: Enable Logging in the Constant Contact Forms for WordPress Plugin

Constant Contact List Addition Issues

HELP: Troubleshooting List Addition Issues in the Constant Contact Forms Plugin for WordPress

cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem

HELP: WordPress cURL Error 60: SSL Certificate Problem

Add Google reCAPTCHA to Constant Contact Forms

HELP: Add Google reCAPTCHA to Your WordPress Sign-up Form to Prevent Spam Entries

How do I include which custom fields labels are which custom field values in my Constant Contact Account?

You can add this to your active theme or custom plugin: add_filter( 'constant_contact_include_custom_field_label', '__return_true' );. Note: custom fields have a max length of 50 characters. Including the labels will subtract from the 50 character total available.

Which account level access is needed to connect my WordPress account to Constant Contact?

You will need to make the connection to Constant Contact using the credentials of the account owner. Campaign manager credentials will not have enough access.

Error: Please select at least one list to subscribe to.

Some users are experiencing errors when upgrading from an older version of the plugin. If you are receiving an error “Please select at least one list to subscribe to” on your form submissions we recommend “Sync Lists with Constant Contact”, this can be found in your admin dashboard Contact Form > Lists. If problem still persists we recommend recreating the form from scratch.

Reviews

Works great, support is excellent.

jackgalactic September 4, 2024

Not sure what all the negative reviews are about…it works great for me.

Great when it works

wiha0webmaster August 30, 2024 3 replies

It is so convenient to have this plugin available and sync to your CC lists. However, the plugin randomly deactivates and gives you no notification of when it is no longer syncing. Then you’ll be notified of a new subscriber to your email address, but that person will never make it over into CC. It’s very stressful to try to figure out who made it to the list and who didn’t and when it stopped syncing. This can’t be that hard of issue to solve! At minimum, sending an email that the list is no longer syncing so we can go in and disconnect and reconnect (that seems to be what works).

Randomly Disconnects

dccstacey August 20, 2024

When it works, it works, but the plugin randomly resets the connection which causes email signups to be hung up and clears all the lists. It also doesn’t show as disconnected but seems to be solved by disconnecting and then reconnecting. If this could be solved then it would be 5 stars

Great plug in, awesome support

renan909 May 15, 2024

We have been using this on our website and it works well. I had a small issue and the support jumped in quickly to help out. Between the great plug-in and the awesome support I highly recommend this plugin.

Randomly disconnects and stops working

davecriswell April 24, 2024 5 replies

Our experience wasn’t good. The plugin regularly disconnect from ConstantContact so no lists are attached, resulting in lost submissions.

You’d think this would work, coming from such a big company

randybh April 23, 2024 3 replies

I guess I expected a plugin from ConstantContact to be bullet-proof. If we temporarily disconnect it, we have to go through their whole process again to connect it again.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

2.7.0

• Fixed: Issues around opt-in options not showing until a list was chosen and the form saved.
• Fixed: PHP warnings with login/register/comment signup integrations.
• Added: Extra form submission catching if connection issues detected. Will notify administrators right away when detected as well.
• Updated: Dismissable admin notice recommending to update the Constant Contact Forms plugin when one is available.

2.6.1

• Fixed: Issues around opt-in option display that were introduced with version 2.6.0.
• Fixed: Issues regarding lists display in admin emails after user signup.
• Updated: Removed unused images and changed some.
• Updated: Social sharing icons in plugin list page.

2.6.0

• Updated: Amended the list selection process for a given form. Should not break existing forms, and now you can make use of drag-n-drop to order the list selection when offering multiple lists.
• Updated: reworked the underpinning of the Constant Contact block to be more in line with modern WordPress coding patterns, including block.json based. Should not break existing forms.
• Updated: Show general List metabox regardless of connected status. Messaging will reflect connection state.
• Added: New duration timing for a review request and displayed notification.

2.5.0

• Updated: Better handling of email notifications around spam submission attempts.

2.4.4

• Fixed: Consistently set address kind to “home”.

2.4.3

• Fixed: Hardened up details around error log files and access.

2.4.2

• Fixed: Extra early return check before we process form submissions.
• Updated: Accessibility around disabled submit buttons during form processing.

2.4.1

• Fixed: White font on light gray in admin page modal popups.
• Fixed: Prevent potential PHP fatal errors with access token fetching.

2.4.0

• Updated: Removed reliance on jQuery library for frontend scripts.
• Updated: Individual address fields and available required fields match up to what’s included.
• Updated: Internal logging library.
• Updated: Moved disclosure messaging to outside of the generated <form> tag.
• Added: Include list name in sent admin emails.
• Fixed: Empty list information when creating a list in WordPress Dashboard.
• Fixed: Prevent fatal errors in functionality that checks for a note.

2.3.0

• Added: Background catch for new contact API requests that fail due to need to re-authenticate. Requests will be re-tried once newly reconnected.
• Added: Site health integration to help with debugging and troubleshooting.
• Updated: Removed reliance on WP Cron for sending submissions. All API submission should be run right away from now on. “Bypass cron” setting negated.
• Updated: Amended “address” field to allow for choosing which address components to use as well as allow requiring only certain components.

2.2.0

• Added: Admin notice if its been determined that the account connection needs human intervention.
• Updated: Revised and improved access token refreshing in the background.
• Updated: Removed Google Analytics opt-in option.
• Updated: Prevent Constant Contact WooCommerce lists from being imported to local lists.

2.1.0

• Fixed: Option saving process for Multisite installs.
• Fixed: Further touchups and fixes around reported security vulnerabilities.
• Fixed: Prevent potential issues with lists property and contact actions.
• Fixed: Compatibility with other oAuth2 based services. Specifically: Site Kit at this time.
• Updated: Obfuscated API values in debug logs.
• Updated: Adjusted account information lookup frequency. Reduced to every 12 hours.
• Updated: Adjusted and fixed up details around custom field usage and needing unique labels.

2.0.3

• Updated: Resolution for fatal errors regarding autoloading.
• Updated: Further security fixes for reported issues.

2.0.2

• Updated: Rate limits on API requests. Should help address list sync issues.
• Added: Notifications of issues with list fetching with API version 3. Shorter transient cache time.
• Added: More conditions to show “APIv3 upgrade needed” notice while needed.

2.0.1

• Fixed: Fatal error regarding objects and arrays upon update to 2.0.0

2.0.0

• Updated: Plugin has been migrated to use Constant Contact API version 3.0. This will require new authentication workflow.
• Updated: Addressed security issues with regards to opt-in notification.
• Updated: Added support to check for DISABLE_WP_CRON constant usage and bypass cron scheduling if true.
• Fixed: moved “Edit form” link to outside the <form> markup.
• Fixed: Custom color choices were not applying to all parts of form text output.