by Danny van Kooten 4.6 (31 reviews)

MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar – Email Subscribe Notification Bar

Name: MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar – Email Subscribe Notification Bar
Rating: 4.6 (31 reviews)
Author: Danny van Kooten

Add a customizable Mailchimp top bar that turns WordPress visitors into email subscribers without interrupting their browsing.

MC4WP ranks #2,763 among WordPress.org plugins with 6,000+ active installations, is #166 of 3,349 in the Communication category, a 4.6/5 rating from 31 reviews, and was last updated Aug 20, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.7.7 Current Version v1.7.7

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 20 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#166 of 3,349 in Communication Top 5% by installs Downloads -30.3% this week Actively maintained

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#2,763

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6K+

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KW Avg Position

6.2

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Downloads

365.3K

+21 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (31 reviews)

Next Milestone 7K

Total Progress 86.7%

6K+ 7K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

31 reviews

Overall 92%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Oct 1, 2024

MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar – Email Subscribe Notification Bar [mailchimp-top-bar] < 1.6.1

CVE-2024-9210 · Fixed in v1.6.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.7
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2026
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Danny van Kooten

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 31
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use Mailchimp for WordPress and want to grow their email list. It adds a customizable, dismissible subscribe bar to the top or bottom of the site that stays visible while visitors browse without blocking content.

Customizable email signup bar
Top or bottom position
Customizable bar and button text
Customizable colors
Dismissible by visitors
Lightweight front-end JavaScript
Add-on for Mailchimp for WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar – Email Subscribe Notification Bar

Yes. Use the mctb_show_bar filter to control where the bar appears. This example shows it on blog posts only: add_filter( 'mctb_show_bar', function( $show ) { return is_single(); } ); This example shows it only on the contact page: add_filter( 'mctb_show_bar', function( $show ) { return is_page( 'contact' ); } ); See the WordPress Conditional Tags documentation for other conditions.

Yes. Add a name field and pass its value to the selected Mailchimp audience: add_action( 'mctb_before_submit_button', function() { echo '<input type="text" name="NAME" placeholder="Your name" />'; } ); add_filter( 'mctb_subscriber_data', function( $subscriber ) { if ( ! empty( $_POST['NAME'] ) ) { $subscriber->merge_fields['NAME'] = sanitize_text_field( $_POST['NAME'] ); } return $subscriber; } ); See adding a name field to Mailchimp Top Bar for more details.

Add this CSS to hide the bar on screens narrower than 600 pixels: @media ( max-width: 600px ) { #mailchimp-top-bar { display: none !important; } }

The plugin keeps its front-end footprint small. Its JavaScript is under 2 kB when compressed, and the stylesheet loads without blocking page rendering.

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