Sendinblue
Installation
You can install the Mail Chimp plugin using 2 different ways:
- Automatic Installation: You can install a plugin from the backend of your WordPress. Click Here to see how you can do the automatic installation.
- Manual Installation: You can install the plugin manually using SFTP or FTP tool as well. Click Here to see how you can do a manual installation.
Obtaining Sendinblue API keys
Create your free account on Sendinblue, once you have signed up, you can access API Console for managing your API Keys.
- To get a new API Key for Sendinblue, please go to the SMTP/ API navigation (avatar dropdown menu).
- You will see the key in the “Your API key” section.
Integrating API keys with WordPress at Admin panel
- Go to Admin >> Event Manager >> Sendinblue
- Copy the API key from the Sendinblue account and paste it to the WordPress dashboard.
- Click on save settings.
Your Sendinblue account is synced with the WordPress website.
Sendinblue Settings at Admin Panel
After the keys are connected, certain settings need to be performed in order to enable the functioning of Sendinblue.
Audience List Type selection:
Here the admin gets an opportunity to select upon the list of contacts(audience list that has already been created in your Sendinblue account)
This is type can be either on the basis of events or one list that syncs all the data.
Select Sendinblue Sync Type:
- Auto- When you select the Auto-sync type, the data gets synced automatically.
- Manual- When you select the Manual sync type, the data gets synced only after the Admin manually syncs the data.
When you select auto sync type, we offer you to further 2 options:
1. When New Created: As soon as a new user is registered, it is automatically synced to the Sendinblue list.
2. Cron Job: When you select Cron Job, you get an option to sync the data when the cron job is run, 5 Min, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.
Note: Only after the Admin tick the checkbox to Enable registration sync with Sendinblue, then the data gets synced.
- Auto- When you select the Auto-sync type, the data gets synced automatically.
Field Mapping with Sendinblue
Registration Fields:
The Left-hand fields show you all the fields you generate from the registration form fields. (WP Admin>> Event Registrations>>Registration forms>> form fields).
The right-hand side fields are associated fields in the Sendinblue form.
Please associate correct attributes that you want to sync from Registration form fields to Sendinblue form fields.
How To Manually Sync the Data at Admin panel
In order to manually sync the data, the author has to select manual in the Sync type when setting up the Sendinblue Plugin.
1. Manually Sync Registration Data
- Go to WP-admin >> Event registrations >> All registrations
- Select the events/ and checkmark the audience to be synced.(the registrations received for the event)
- Click on Bulk Action.
- Click on Sync with Sendinblue.
- Check Sendinblue account.
- All the data will be synced.
Also, the status of the user synced can be seen in the Sendinblue column, as subscribed, just before the user status on the same dashboard.
2. Manually Sync Contact Organizer Form Data( We are not providing this right now )
Manual Sync does not apply to contact organizer form data. The information is always automatically synced.
Integrating API keys at Frontend for Organizers
The organizers can sync their user’s data from the frontend in their Sendinblue account.
- Go to Event dashboard >> Sendinblue >> Settings.
- Copy the API key from the Sendinblue account and paste it into the box asked.
- Click on save settings.
Sendinblue Settings at Frontend
After the keys are connected, certain settings have to be done in terms of how the data should be synced.
Audience List Type selection:
Here the organizer gets an opportunity to select upon the list of contacts(audience list that has already been created in your Sendinblue account) or do a syncing type based on Events.
This is type can be either on the basis of events or one list that syncs all the data.
Select Sendinblue Sync Type:
- Auto- When you select the Auto-sync type, the data gets synced automatically.
- Manual- When you select the Manual sync type, the data gets synced only after the Organizer manually syncs the data.
When you select auto sync type, we offer you to further 2 options:
1. When New Created: As soon as a new user is registered, it is automatically synced to Sendinblue list.
2. Cron Job: When you select Cron Job, you get an option to sync the data when the cron job is run, 5 Min, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.
Select Custom Fields to be synced
Registration Fields:
The Left-hand fields show you all the fields you generate from the registration form fields. (WP-Admin>> Event Registrations>>Registration forms>> form fields).
The right-hand side fields are associated fields in the Sendinblue form.
Please associate correct attributes that you want to sync from Registration form fields to Sendinblue form fields.
Contact Organizer Fields
The Left-hand fields show you all the fields you generate from the Contact Organizer form fields. (WP-Admin>> Event Manager>>Contact organizer form fields).
The right-hand side fields are associated fields in the Sendinblue form.
Please associate correct attributes that you want to sync from contact organizer form fields to Sendinblue form fields.
How To Manually Sync the Data at Frontend
In order to manually sync the data, the author has to select manual in the Sync type when setting up the Sendinblue Plugin in the event dashboard.
1. Manually Sync Registration Data
- Go to Event Dashboard >> Sendinblue>> Sync Registrations
- Select the event and press filter.
- Tick mark the attendees to be synced.
- Click on Sync.
- Check Sendinblue account.
- All the data will be synced.
Also, the status of the user synced can be seen in the Sendinblue column, as subscribed.
2. Manually Sync Contact Organizer Form Data
Manual Sync does not apply to contact organizer form data. The information is always automatically synced.
How To Sync Data on the basis of Event from frontend?
In order to sync the data on the basis of the events, the author has to select Event based selection in the Audience list type, while setting up the Sendinblue on the event dashboard.
- Go to Event Dashboard >> Sendinblue>> settings.
- Click on the Event-based selection in the audience list type.
- Go to Event dashboard >> Events.
- Select the event and expand it by clicking on the three lines.
- In the Sendinblue section, select the list that you want these event registrations to be synced in.
- Similarly, select the list for all the events individually.
- Now, these lists are saved for particular events.
- Check Sendinblue account.
- All the data will be synced.
Note: By default, the sync for all the events will be disabled, hence the organizer needs to select the audience list for particular events from this section.
Now depending upon your sync type, Auto or manual, the lists will be synced. In case if it’s auto, the registrations will be synced automatically either when the user is registered or on basis of Cron job, and if the settings are manual, you need to manually sync the attendees from the Event dashboard>> Sendinblue>> Sync registrations.