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Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat · Version history

Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat changelog and version history

Latest version
2.6.2
Aug 16, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
48
since 2014
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 201410 releases
  • 201512 releases
  • 201614 releases
  • 20175 releases
  • 20184 releases
  • 20192 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.6.2Latest

20192 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.4.1

    • Fix/optimize table creation
    • Tested up to WordPress 5.2.2

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.4.0

    • Fix MailChimp single optin setting not working
    • Remove unused onboarding code
    • Tested up to WordPress 5.1.0

20184 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.3.0

    • Add WordPress 5.0 block (Gutenberg) support
    • Allow resubscribing to MailChimp (e.g. add interest groups to existing customer)

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.2.2

    • Fix potential error on activation
    • Tested up to WordPress 4.9.8

  3. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.2.1

    • Fix name field not being sent if GDPR checkbox enabled
    • Fix GDPR checkbox not showing if description field is disabled

  4. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.2.0

    • Added Subscribers table
    • Added GDPR compliance checkbox
    • Integrated with WordPress’ GDPR data export and erasure features

20175 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.1.0

    • Added 2 new layout options
    • Added MailChimp single/double optin toggle to free plugin
    • Added descriptive names for each layout
    • Improved HTML formatting & bullets
    • Improved editor screenshots and styling
    • Improved default color palette for color pickers
    • Improved error messages
    • Changed menu position from 105 to 106 to fix conflict
    • Updated featherlight library to 1.7.9
    • Misc bug fixes

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.0.4

    • Add uninstall survey
    • Tested up to WordPress 4.8

  3. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.0.3

    • Check if user is already subscribed to MailChimp before optin

  4. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.0.2

    • Fix optin form JavaScript sometimes not being enqueued on post boxes

  5. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 2.0.0

    • Added Success Cookie feature – stop showing optins to users that have already opted in
    • Rewrote targetting feature for improved compatibility
    • Fixed name and email field responsive scaling
    • Minified all CSS and JS files to improve performance

201614 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.8.1

    • Fix popup rule backward compatibility issue where some settings would not save (Device & Go Live toggle)
    • Fix some text inputs having escape slashes around quotation marks
    • Changed delete rule button to always show
    • Changed add rule button to hide when all rules have been added
    • Removed ‘Never’ as a display frequency option – replaced with Go Live toggle

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.8.0

    • Added AJAX thank you message
    • Added setting to target popups based on device (desktop and/or mobile)
    • Added button hover color picker
    • Added width picker for Form, Button, Name, and Email fields
    • Added placeholder colors based on font colors for email and name
    • Added show/hide toggle to Headline, Description, Privacy Policy sections
    • Improved visual editor behavior and design
    • Improved UI of popup targetting rule builder
    • Changed Privacy Policy area to “After Button Area”
    • Changed subscribing animation to simple text
    • Changed various texts in UI
    • Fix rare case of ‘one a month’ and ‘only once’ display cookie date possibly being invalid

  3. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.7.2

    • Fix “Class ‘K’ not found” error some users reported on activation

  4. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.7.1

    • Fix Power Up settings potentially getting reset on activation

  5. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.7.0

    • Merged Power Ups and Licensing page in to one with improved UI
    • UI updates
    • Up to 15% improved performance

  6. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.6.3

    • Update Tooltipster library to latest version for better compatibility
    • Change API inputs to activate on any input (e.g. paste)
    • Fix editor not working on Safari
    • Fix metaboxes potentially being hidden by WordPress

  7. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.6.1

    • Fix button hover color being white on new forms
    • Fix potential PHP issue ‘Can’t use function return value’

  8. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.8

    • Add auto-focus on popup
    • Change ‘Name’ placeholders to ‘First Name’
    • Fix MailChimp 10 lists maximum
    • Fix custom css box sometimes hidden for personal plan
    • Fix a FireFox popup display issue

  9. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.7

    • Fix an issue with some icons being removed/hidden
    • Fix potential MailChimp issue with empty user names
    • Fix for potential encoding type being changed by theme

  10. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.6

    • Fix an issue with saving forms a small number users reported

  11. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.5

    • Each form can now be connected to a unique account (API key)
    • Performance improvements: All CSS is pre-compiled, Removed several deprecated .css files
    • Upgraded to use MailChimp API 3.0
    • Fixed a form saving issue that affected some PHP/WordPress installations
    • Fixed PHP warnings related to remove_meta_box()

  12. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.4

    • Performance improvements: optin forms (particularily widgets) now load much faster

  13. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.2

    • Added spinning animation after form submission
    • Changed ajax error message (inside of button) into something more humanly readable
    • Numerous bug fixes

  14. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.5.1

    • Fixed a JS bug introduced with 1.5.0

201512 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.4.2

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.4.1

  3. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.4.0

  4. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.9

  5. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.8

  6. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.6

  7. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.5

  8. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.4

  9. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3.1

  10. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.3

  11. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.2.1

  12. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.2

201410 releases

  1. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.1.4.1

  2. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.1.4

  3. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.1.3

  4. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.1.2

  5. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.1.1

  6. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.0.4

  7. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.0.3

  8. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.0.2

  9. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.0.1

  10. Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat 1.0

Questions about Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat’s releases

What is the latest version of Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat?

2.6.2, released on Aug 16, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.