Top bar does not add email address to Mailchimp

Hey @mauvemary,

Thanks for reaching out to us.

I tested the form and got an error. ?Can you please go to the “MC4WP > Others” menu in your WordPress admin and share with us the errors listed there?

This is in the Debug Log. Hope this is what you want!

[2020-03-23 22:45:13] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Forgotten Email Not Subscribed. beau**********@gm***.com was permanently deleted and cannot be re-imported. The contact must re-subscribe to get back on the list.
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"beau**********@gm***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Forgotten Email Not Subscribed","status":400,"detail":"beau**********@gm***.com was permanently deleted and cannot be re-imported. The contact must re-subscribe to get back on the list.","instance":"b9525366-23e9-46a3-9d91-0c1eec596ec7"}
[2020-03-23 22:45:29] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"maxa*******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"87103d51-06ad-4149-8ced-5e2c7d840e3b","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-23 22:46:05] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"maxa*******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"d97cd719-42dc-4a55-bef9-7ff1d5c2b6f9","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-23 22:47:20] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: PATCH https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members/0d0e1839cd3a3dbef423de057eb6630f - {"status":"pending","email_address":"bren***@li**.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"1f7dbafb-8e12-4668-acd3-bdfc90f47ae3","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-23 22:47:23] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: PATCH https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members/0d0e1839cd3a3dbef423de057eb6630f - {"status":"pending","email_address":"bren***@li**.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"b07c9a99-f748-4bdd-a124-2101dd1d8c61","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-23 23:23:53] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"maxa*******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"99ad0a2f-593d-4a5e-b962-07ff8d06d6b1","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 05:17:17] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"cass**********@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"0e957535-26be-4a6f-893e-26b1a2662cd1","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 08:27:59] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"gala*******@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"4d4158b2-155b-41b7-94c2-3e9161f3a056","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 08:28:50] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"brio*******@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"b60d8b17-347b-4767-8699-1bbc846a7893","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 08:28:55] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"brio*******@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"d91786d1-b290-47f2-9192-bea2ad605fa6","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 08:28:58] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"brio*******@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"4dedb4de-3b61-4fae-a574-d28ee1f510ba","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 10:08:55] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"maxa*******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"e04d96b8-4048-4bc1-8749-f5458bb31d76","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 10:09:07] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Forgotten Email Not Subscribed. beau**********@gm***.com was permanently deleted and cannot be re-imported. The contact must re-subscribe to get back on the list.
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"beau**********@gm***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Forgotten Email Not Subscribed","status":400,"detail":"beau**********@gm***.com was permanently deleted and cannot be re-imported. The contact must re-subscribe to get back on the list.","instance":"5500ef2e-cb59-45b5-9f2b-cc587ef2526c"}
[2020-03-24 10:13:21] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: PATCH https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members/0d0e1839cd3a3dbef423de057eb6630f - {"status":"pending","email_address":"bren***@li**.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"36513875-96d4-401e-91af-36895d3b9b64","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 18:22:46] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"nanc****@ya***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"c8d9ec07-a361-436e-8171-830c2012353c","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 19:49:09] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"katj******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"acd4b957-eff5-49c6-bd45-bd0f1ad041a2","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 22:20:48] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"maxa*******@co*****.net","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"d3237d43-600a-4be3-b8cf-a0c6dfe677e5","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 22:21:09] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. timb**********@gm**.com looks fake or invalid, please enter a real email address.
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"timb**********@gm**.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"timb**********@gm**.com looks fake or invalid, please enter a real email address.","instance":"841a6d58-63e0-4fff-ae01-4cb8820e8194"}
[2020-03-24 22:21:16] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"timb**********@gm***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"f0e283fa-312a-4e43-b03a-7a6d7cb0b145","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 22:21:20] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"timb**********@gm***.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"f5fc8c04-b167-447f-b140-4d1b19ddf48b","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}
[2020-03-24 22:59:09] ERROR: Top Bar > Mailchimp API error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
- FNAME : Please enter a value
- LNAME : Please enter a value
- MMERGE3 : Please enter a value
Request: POST https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/731566a2cb/members - {"status":"pending","email_address":"me@ha***********.com","interests":{},"merge_fields":{},"email_type":"html","tags":[]}
Response: 400 Bad Request - {"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Your merge fields were invalid.","instance":"c2d29a14-e065-4d53-b0b5-af640b20b140","errors":[{"field":"FNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"LNAME","message":"Please enter a value"},{"field":"MMERGE3","message":"Please enter a value"}]}

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).
• This reply was modified 5 years ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).

Can you help fix the problem?

Hey @mauvemary,

I apologize for the delay in replying.

The issue is that you have some mandatory fields in your MailChimp List/Audience. They are:

– FNAME : Please enter a value
– LNAME : Please enter a value
– MMERGE3 : Please enter a value

Please edit your MailChimp Audience/List and uncheck the mandatory box for these 3 fields. Once that is done, login to your WordPress website, go to the “MC4WP” menu and click on the “Renew MailChimp Lists” button. After doing this, please test the form again.

Hello,

There have been no replies to this topic, so I’m marking this as resolved. Please do let us know if you’re still experiencing an issue.