GetSiteControl vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | GetSiteControl v3.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | December 19, 2025 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Getsitecontrol popups | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| Pros | Connects the site to the vendor dashboard with a sign-in flow; Adds the vendor's popup and form script without editing theme files; Small plugin with few settings in WordPress | Native HTML sign-up forms with full field control; Sign-up hooks for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce; Form widget and block for placing forms; Lists refreshed daily from the Mailchimp account |
| Cons | Popup content and subscriber data live on the vendor's cloud service; Needs an account on the external dashboard to be useful; Front-end behaviour depends on the vendor's remote script | Form designer, logging and user sync are Premium only; Needs a Mailchimp API key connected to the site; Procaptcha bot protection loads a third-party script when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Loads the vendor popup and form script on the front end, Sign in or sign up to the vendor dashboard from wp-admin, Choose which dashboard site this WordPress site is linked to, Disconnect the site by clearing the stored API key | Sign-up forms built from native HTML, Sign-up form widget, AMP-compatible sign-up forms, Campaigns archive block, Daily Mailchimp list refresh, Background subscribe through Action Scheduler or WP-Cron |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp | |
| Marketing | Getsitecontrol dashboard | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | — | Procaptcha (Prosopo) |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | dash.getsitecontrol.com | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | — | 2 |