MailChimp for WordPress vs WPForms Geolocation
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| Feature | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WPForms Geolocation v2.14.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 16, 2026 | — |
| Editions | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) | WPForms Geolocation ($) |
| 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 | Adds visitor location to form entries; Address search with Google Places or Mapbox; Shows entry locations on a map in the admin |
| 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 a paid licence to use; IP lookups go to third-party services; Google Places and Mapbox need their own API keys |
| 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 | Look up visitor location from the IP address ($), Geolocation data as a smart tag on entries ($), Address search with Google Places ($), Address search with Mapbox ($), Map of the entry location ($), Elementor and Divi integration ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads | — |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms | WPForms ($), Elementor ($), Divi ($) |
| Other | Procaptcha (Prosopo) | Google Places API ($), Mapbox Search ($), ipapi.co ($), KeyCDN geo lookup ($), WPForms geolocation service ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com | api.mapbox.com, geo.wpforms.com, ipapi.co, tools.keycdn.com, maps.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |