Hi Mr. Goethe,
Thanks for hopping in the forum! You can set your default merge tag values in your MailChimp account, which will then show as placeholder values in your plugin’s signup form. Here’s a great guide on adding a default value to fields:
Set Default Merge Values for a List: https://eepurl.com/hcDC
However, since default merge tag values can’t be set for the email field, that will remain blank. The code-changing solution below will fill in the email field as well.
-In wp-admin, go to Plugins > Editor > MailChimp > mailchimp_widget.php.
-Locate this line of code:
<input type=”text” size=”18″ placeholder=”‘.esc_html($var[‘default’]).'” name=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” id=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” class=”mc_input”/>’;
-Change $var[‘default’] to $var[‘name’]. This will begin using your field label as what appears in the placeholder attribute for your input fields.
The labels above the fields can be hidden by adding this bit of css to your site’s css.
#mc_signup_form .mc_var_label {
display: none;
}
There is one thing to note with this option, updates to the plugin could overwrite these changes.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
-mc_d
