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Constant Contact

How to create WordPress email subscription popups for Constant Contact

This tutorial will guide you how to connect to your Constant Contact account and create a WordPress email subscription popup or an email sign-up form with Newsletter Popup Plugin.

To connect to Constant Contact, you need to signup for a Constant Contact Developer account, register an application for your website, get an API key and an access token.

For detailed information, please refer to the Constant Contact help document:https://developer.constantcontact.com/api-keys.html

The steps are also explained in the following tutorial:


Step 1: Select Constant Contact from the Email Subscription Service List

In Newsletter Popup plugin, create a new popup or edit an existing popup, click Email Service on the left navigation menu, then select Constant Contact from the Email Subscription List.

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Step 2: Signup for a Constant Contact Developer account

Visit the link https://constantcontact.mashery.com/member/register, signup for a Constant Contact Developer account and confirm your email address.


Step 3: Register an Application for your Website

Click the Create a New Application button, enter the information of your website and create an application.

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Step 4: Get the API key

After your application is created, copy the API key and enter it to the Newsletter Popup plugin.

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Step 5: Get an Access Token

Click the link Get an access token and try the API, in the following page, click the button Get Access Token.

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After you click the Get Access Token button, you are taken to a Constant Contact account sign up page. Create a new account or if you have an existing Constant Contact account (not your developer account), sign in.

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Click Allow to grant access and generate an access token. Copy the access token and enter it to Newsletter Popup Plugin.

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Step 6: Get an Access Token

In Newsletter Popup Plugin, after you have entered the API key and the access token, click the Apply button. After the options are saved, select a value from the Contacts list.