Subscribe forms

#The built-in route: Mailchimp

Subscriptions in Verba work through the theme Mailchimp integration. It is not a wrapper around somebody else's plugin and not a form you assemble by hand: the integration is self-contained, installs as one unit, and pulls nothing external behind it.

What that saves you: a working signup form does not require a forms plugin, plus a newsletter plugin, plus a plugin to connect the two. One integration is the whole chain.

Everything about the form (connecting your account, choosing a list, the fields, the wording, and what happens after somebody subscribes) lives in the integration itself. See Mailchimp.

Where the form appears on the site: the call to action above the footer, content zones, and the sidebar. See Call to action, Content zones and insertions, and Basic settings.

#If you use another service

Mailchimp is not required. If you are already on another service, the theme does not get in the way; the route is just different. Two cases, and they really are different.

Your service gives you form code. That code has to go somewhere. Two working options: show the form in a modal window through the modals integration, or put the code in a free content zone, meaning the call to action above the footer, the footer, or an insertion point inside a post.

Your service has a WordPress plugin. Easier still: almost all of them provide a form shortcode. Put the shortcode in the same zones the theme uses for its own form, and yours replaces it. Nothing needs overriding in code.

#Consent and privacy

A subscribe form collects personal data. Handle consent and link your privacy policy from near the form. See Cookie consent and Legal pages.

Contact forms are a different job with a different integration. See Contact Form 7.

Can I have more than one form on a page?

Yes, but ask whether you should. Two signup boxes on one page look like a site that wants your address more than it wants to be read.

Do subscribers go into WordPress?

No. They go to your mailing list at your provider, which is where they belong: the list is yours and it survives any change to the site.

Last updated 22 Sep 2026