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MailerLite Webhooks

  • Last updated on February 9, 2023

#Overview

Using webhooks with MailerLite you can create new users on your WordPress site when subscribers are added to a certain group, or automatically update existing users’ meta data and groups when changes happen in MailerLite.

Having trouble receiving webhooks? Check out our troubleshooting guide.

#Setup

The “update” method is very straightforward: check the checkbox next to Update Trigger, and any updates to subscribers in MailerLite will automatically be synced back to WordPress. This includes adding and removing subscribers from Groups.

To automatically add MailerLite subscribers as WordPress users, first create a group that designates site members. Then navigate to the Webhooks section on the General settings tab of the WP Fusion settings, and select this group from the dropdown. Now, whenever a subscriber is added to this group, they will automatically be imported as a new WordPress user.

Screenshot of a webhooks configuration page for seamlessly integrating MailerLite with WordPress. Options include: Update Trigger with a checkbox marked, Import Group labeled WordPress Members checked, and Return Password option also checked.

The import group method will update a user if an existing user already exists. It will not create a duplicate user.

Note: By default, user accounts will be created with their email address as the username and a randomly generated password. However, if you have created a custom username field and password field in MailerLite, and enabled these fields in WP Fusion for sync with user_login and user_pass on your website, the new users will be given the usernames and passwords stored in their MailerLite contact record.

#User passwords

New user accounts will be created with an automatically generated password. If you’d like to use this password in your email marketing, you can send the password back to MailerLite after it has been generated.

In the Webhooks section of the General settings tab, check the box for Return Password, and select a field in MailerLite where the password should be stored.

Form interface for password settings. The checkbox for Send new users passwords back to your CRM after import is checked. Below, a text box labeled Return Password Field features the word Password. Integrate with Keap or Infusionsoft efficiently using HTTP Posts.

After a new user is created, their automatically generated password will now be saved back to their contact record, and you can use a merge field to include it in an email. The username will be the contact’s email address.

#Debugging webhooks

Occasionally MailerLite webhooks can get messed up— for example if you’ve copied your site to a new URL, or you’ve reset WP Fusion and your access key has changed.

To see which webhooks are registered in MailerLite, you can click the list all registered webhooks link under the webhooks heading.

Screenshot of a WP Fusion CRM integration via the webhooks configuration page, displaying setup details. It includes code specifics like ID, target URL, and event triggers such as subscriber.updated and subscriber.added_to_group. Options for update triggers and import groups are also visible.

The webhooks will be loaded from MailerLite and listed. If you need to reset everything and start over, you can click the next link to delete all webhooks.

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