Title: Add Interests selection to wordpress registration
Last modified: April 13, 2020

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# Add Interests selection to wordpress registration

 *  Resolved [coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/)
 * (@coatsy35)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-interests-selection-to-wordpress-registration/)
 * Hi all,
 * How do you add the interests checkboxes to the wordpress/woocommerce user registration
   form? I have enabled integration and have the subscribe box there, but it’s not
   much use without the user selecting an interest group. I also need to force the
   selection of at least one interest group with notification.
 * I also need to do this for signup during checkout function as well.
 * Also when the user does get sent to the mailchimp list it sets the first name
   as their wordpress username, instead of the first name field. (I have first name
   and surname field turned on on my registration box)
 * Any guidance appreciated
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/).

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 *  Thread Starter [coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/)
 * (@coatsy35)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-interests-selection-to-wordpress-registration/#post-12667089)
 * I’ve also just realised it doesn’t always add a person to mailchimp? can anyone
   tell me why this is ? I assume because it does not transmit all the required 
   information from the registration form?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Harish Chouhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hchouhan/)
 * (@hchouhan)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-interests-selection-to-wordpress-registration/#post-12668956)
 * Hey [@coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/),
 * ​Can you please go to the “MC4WP > Others” menu in your WordPress admin and share
   with us the errors listed there?
 *  Thread Starter [coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/)
 * (@coatsy35)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-interests-selection-to-wordpress-registration/#post-12669012)
 * [2020-04-13 13:43:02] ERROR: Registration Form > Mailchimp API Error: Bad Request.
   Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
    – LNAME : Please enter a value
   Request: POST [https://us20.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/8ffb348ec7/members](https://us20.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/8ffb348ec7/members)–{“
   status”:”subscribed”,”email_address”:”ecoa****@ya***.co.uk”,”interests”:{},”merge_fields”:{“
   FNAME”:”ecoates5″},”email_type”:”html”,”ip_signup”:”217.155.40.215″,”tags”:[]}
   Response: 400 Bad Request – {“type”:”[http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/&#8221](http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/&#8221);,”
   title”:”Invalid Resource”,”status”:400,”detail”:”Your merge fields were invalid.”,”
   instance”:”51beea92-c7ed-463b-b959-2d49b1c42f3f”,”errors”:[{“field”:”LNAME”,”
   message”:”Please enter a value”}]} [2020-04-13 13:44:36] ERROR: Registration 
   Form > Mailchimp API Error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields 
   were invalid. – LNAME : Please enter a value Request: POST [https://us20.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/8ffb348ec7/members](https://us20.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/8ffb348ec7/members)–{“
   status”:”subscribed”,”email_address”:”bsmi**@ho*****.co.uk”,”interests”:{},”merge_fields”:{“
   FNAME”:”bsmith”},”email_type”:”html”,”ip_signup”:”217.155.40.215″,”tags”:[]} 
   Response: 400 Bad Request – {“type”:”[http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/&#8221](http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/&#8221);,”
   title”:”Invalid Resource”,”status”:400,”detail”:”Your merge fields were invalid.”,”
   instance”:”384eb7de-ac1e-47af-a1e5-e6d8206119ef”,”errors”:[{“field”:”LNAME”,”
   message”:”Please enter a value”}]}
 *  Plugin Contributor [Harish Chouhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hchouhan/)
 * (@hchouhan)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-interests-selection-to-wordpress-registration/#post-12669036)
 * Hey [@coatsy35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coatsy35/),
 * The “LNAME” field is set as mandatory in your MailChimp Audience. Please edit
   the list fields in MailChimp and uncheck the “Mandatory” option.
 * After doing the above, login to your WP website and go to the “MC4WP” menu and
   click on the “Renew MailChimp Lists” button. After this please test the form 
   again.

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