MailChimp for WordPress vs Relevanssi Live Ajax Search
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| Feature | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi Live Ajax Search v2.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | September 16, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
| Editions | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) | Relevanssi Live Ajax Search |
| 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 | Works with default WordPress search without configuration; Results can be restyled through theme template overrides; Uses Relevanssi automatically when it is active |
| 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 | Some themes need template or CSS changes to look right; Only the live results are improved; full search quality needs Relevanssi; Few settings, so layout changes need code |
| Mentioned in our posts | 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 | AJAX live search results, Live search added to search forms and blocks, Theme template overrides for results, Customisable no-results and message templates, Filter for query arguments |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms | Relevanssi |
| Other | Procaptcha (Prosopo) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 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 | — |
| Blocks | 2 | — |