Mailchimp API Integration & Reporting Engine

Secure RESTful Connector with Comprehensive Logging

Target Client: SaaS / Marketing Agencies

The Challenge

Agencies and platform owners needed a reliable, secure, and developer-friendly method to connect WordPress to the Mailchimp API.

Existing solutions were often bulky, lacked robust logging for troubleshooting, and didn’t allow for secure credential storage outside the database.

Engineered a lightweight, OOP-based plugin that communicates directly with the Mailchimp API.

We utilized the WordPress REST API to handle the subscription process via AJAX, providing a seamless, no-reload experience.

Crucially, we prioritized security and auditing by supporting environment variables for credentials and implementing a custom logging table.

Reliability: Custom logging table provides 100% auditable subscription attempts, eliminating "lost subscriber" issues.

Security: Credentials secured outside of the WordPress database, meeting agency-level security standards.

Architecture: RESTful Subscription - Uses the WordPress REST API for a smooth, no-page-reload submission.

Security: Secure Credentials - Supports environment variables/constants in wp-config.php to securely store API keys outside the database.

Auditing: Comprehensive Logging - Logs all subscription events, HTTP codes, and errors to a custom database table for reporting and debugging.

Admin UI: Dedicated admin page to view subscription reports and export data to a CSV file.

Let’s build something together.