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Arigato PRO 3.2

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The new version of Arigato PRO is here with a lot of improvements and fixes:

  • Added “% unsubscribed” users stats for every mailing list.
  • Added option to mass-pause email automation messages.
  • Formidable Forms integration available. More info: https://blog.calendarscripts.info/formidable-forms-integration-in-arigato-pro/
  • You can now send Webhooks to Zapier or other services when someone subscribes to or unsubscribes from a mailing list.
  • Added a configurable option to store and show subscribers IP address. Do this at your own responsibility depending on your local privacy law.
  • “Send after X o’clock” is now available also for newsletter emails.
  • Added option to automatically log in the user to the site when auto-subscribing them as WP user.
  • Added option to mass activate / deactivate mailing list subscribers.
  • The unsubscribe reason from the unsubscribe poll (if any) will be included in the optional unsubscribe notification email message.
  • The Settings page has been reorganized in logical tabs.
  • Added a shortcode to display a public newsletter archive. You will find the shortcode on Your Newsletters page.
  • Optional tags added to subscribers data for searching in the administration. The tags can also be used in segmentation if you have the Intelligence module installed.
  • Implemented Google reCaptcha v3.
  • Values can be passed as URL parameters to prepopulate a subscribe form. Learn how: https://blog.calendarscripts.info/passing-values-through-url-parameters-in-arigato-pro/
  • Improved handling of emojis in email messages.
  • Custom presets can now be stored in wp-content/uploads/arigatopro-presets folder so you don’t lose them on plugin updates.
  • The raw email log now can show the emails for a start / end date interval.
  • A hook added when an email is sent.
  • Added validation for file type when uploading subscribers.
  • Improvements to handling daily mail limits.
  • Added personal data eraser for GDPR compatibility.
  • Removed session usage for displaying on-screen messages.
  • Displayed field name for a second method of integrating custom fields in Contact form7. This way you can make the fields validate as required and also have these fields sent in the email message that CF 7 sends to you. It will also make the field get saved in Data Tensai.
  • Dynamically get the DB collation when the plugin is activated.
  • Added optional last name to the Contact form 7 integration.
  • [Gozaimasu module] Added A/B tests on message subjects. Learn more at https://blog.calendarscripts.info/a-b-testing-of-email-message-subjects-in-arigato-gozaimasu/
  • [Gozaimasu module] The “sticky bar / ribbon” design now also have option for showing only after the visitor has spent some time on the site.
  • [Fixed bug] After reordering the Settings page changes made in it were not being saved properly.
  • [Fixed bug] Name field was not showing an asterix when it was a required field.
  • [Fixed bug] Checking only some checkboxes on Manage Subscribers page did not reveal the mass action buttons below the table.

Zapier Webhooks in Arigato PRO

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From version 3.2 the WordPress newsletter and email marketing plugin Arigato PRO supports sending webhooks to Zapier and any other services that work accept webhooks.

You can learn more about Zapier’s implementation of webhooks here.

What are Webhooks in Arigato PRO?

Hooks will be notified when an user subscribes to or unsibscribes from a selected mailing list. The notification will contain the user’s email address, name, and up to 3 custom parameters that let you any other predefined data.

Webhooks are used by all kind of low code / no code services to further connect your mailing list with other apps. For example you can add your subscriber to a CRM, to a membership site, and so on.

To get to the webhooks interface click on the Webhooks / Zapier link in your Arigato PRO menu. From there you will be able to add multiple hooks for each mailing list. Here is for example how it looks:

adding a Zapier webhook in Arigato PRO

Using the above example, the hook will be fired each time when someone subscribers to our “Default” mailing list. The data that will be sent to Pipedream (you can use it for testing and more) is this:

Testing webhooks in Arigato PRO

 

Pipedream lets you test your hooks and see the JSON message that you have sent to them. In real usage this data will be used by other apps to do all kind of things with it.

Please don’t forget to respect any privacy laws your country. We are only providing the technology to connect to webhooks but cannot give you a legal advice.

Formidable Forms Integration in Arigato PRO

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From version 3.1.9.5 the WordPress newsletter plugin Arigato PRO supports integration with Formidable Forms.

The integration lets you automatically subscribe respondents who fill your Formidable form to a selected mailing list in Arigato PRO.

If you have the Formidable Forms plugin installed and active you will see the integration link in the “Subscribe form” column for each mailing list in your Manage Mailing Lists page:

link to formidable integration

Clicking on it will take you to a page with a drop-down selector for your existing Formidable Forms. Note that your forms need to contain at least one email field to be integrated.

Select a form and then select which fields from the form match to the fields of your mailing list. You may want to specify that a checkbox field in the Formidable form will be used for confirmation. This means that only users who have selected the checkbox will be subscribed to your mailing list.

Integration page for Formidable forms

That’s it. Save and the integration is completed.

The integration has been added to the light version too.