Prerequisite: You must have at least one list defined.

Things to think about before you start:

• Do you want a small, compact form that lives in a sidebar (e.g., home page) or a link in the sidebar to a more elaborate form (e.g., home page, and signup form).

When you’re ready…

1. Go to lists > create forms.
2. Select the list you want to associate with this Signup Form
3. Select the build it tab.
4. Select Signup Form from the forms and response emails dropdown.
5. Add and delete fields to get the fields you want on your form.
6. Select create embed code for a small form

If you are doing a sidebar form:

1. Select either include only required fields or include all fields depending on which fields you want visible.
2. Uncheck include form label. You probably want to use a sidebar widget in WordPress with its own styling.
3. Decide on whether you want the include required fields notice or not
4. You probably don’t want include interest groups in this version.
5. Leave set form width empty. The sidebar widget sizes things properly.
6. Leave the rest alone, probably. Although you might want “include subscriber count chicklet.”
7. Click on create embed code.
8. Copy the code in the copy/paste into your site box.
9. Go to WordPress admin for your site > Appearance > Widgets.
10. Drag a text widget to where you want to install it.
11. Paste the embed code into the text box.
12. Add a title such as “Subscribe to our mailing list.”