MailChimp for WordPress vs Opinion Stage
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| Feature | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Opinion Stage v19.12.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | September 16, 2026 | September 11, 2026 |
| Editions | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) | Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage |
| Pros | 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 | Polls, surveys, quizzes and personality tests from one plugin; Shortcode, block and editor button placement; Optional fly-out widget across the site |
| Cons | 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 | Needs an Opinion Stage account and external service; Content and lead data live on the vendor service; Front-end scripts load from the vendor server |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | socialpoll shortcode to embed polls and quizzes, os-widget shortcode for surveys and widgets, Gutenberg blocks for poll, survey, trivia and personality, Site-wide fly-out widget (optional), Connect the site to an Opinion Stage account, Editor button that opens the content picker |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads | — |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms | — |
| Other | Procaptcha (Prosopo) | Opinion Stage service, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com | www.opinionstage.com, fonts.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 4 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |