WordPress Newsletter Sign Up

Last updated 08/04/2022

You can add the Bread & Butter IO Newsletter Sign Up tool to any page on your site. The Newsletter Sign Up window appears after a specified number of seconds. It prompts users to subscribe through a trusted account or using an email address.

Bread and Butter IO remembers who has signed up, and won’t prompt subscribers again.

You can add the Newsletter Sign Up tool to any page on your site, and configure the content you want it to display, including background image.

Before You Start

In order to set up the Newsletter Sign Up tool, you will need to create a custom API event. Follow the steps for creating API Events, and then take note of the event code for Step 3 below.

Step 1

In the left menu in WordPress Admin, click on Bread & Butter IO.

Step 2

From the Newsletter Sign Up tab, select the page or pages where the newsletter sign-up prompt/window will appear.

Step 3

Enter the event code previously set up in your Bread & Butter IO app.

If you have not yet done so, follow the steps for creating API Events.

Step 4

Set up the messaging that will prompt the user to sign up for the newsletter.

The Header is the text that appears at the top of the window.
The Main Message is the main body of text in the window. This should explain what your newsletter is, and why the user would want to sign up.
The Success Message is the message that users see after they have signed up successfully.
The Popup Delay is the amount of time after the page loads that the Newsletter tool pops up.
The Custom Image appears on the left side of the Newsletter prompt. If you don't include an image URL, a default image is used.

Step 5

Click Save to save and apply your changes.

The Newsletter tool will now appear on the page(s) you specified in Step 4.

Tip: You can set up a rule that, for example, adds the user to your Mailchimp campaign. See Mailchimp Integration & Rules for more information.

Next Steps

Set up a rule that triggers an Integration.
Add your newsletter event to your Dashboard's User Journey.