Title: Error: Bad Request
Last modified: April 6, 2019

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# Error: Bad Request

 *  Resolved [thedjsessions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedjsessions/)
 * (@thedjsessions)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-bad-request-3/)
 * Hello I am getting this message when trying to sync Users fro mWP to Mail Chimp
 * Error: Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid. – MMERGE5:
   Please enter a value Request
 * and then some other information that I can’t share here because it has user info.
 * Any help with this would be great. Thank you.
 * The DJ Sessions

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Lap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lapzor/)
 * (@lapzor)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-bad-request-3/#post-11397991)
 * Hi,
 * This error means that the field MMERGE5 is set to be a required field in your
   MailChimp list settings but the field was not included in the form.
 * I recommend unchecking the box for Required field in the field settings for this
   list in your MailChimp.com account.
 * Please see [https://kb.mc4wp.com/fix-the-oops-something-went-wrong-error/](https://kb.mc4wp.com/fix-the-oops-something-went-wrong-error/)
 * Hope that helps. If you have any questions, please let us know!
 *  Thread Starter [thedjsessions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedjsessions/)
 * (@thedjsessions)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-bad-request-3/#post-11493530)
 * Now I am getting this.
 * [2019-05-03 09:07:05] ERROR: User Sync > Error subscribing or updating user 64:
   Bad Request. Invalid Resource. Your merge fields were invalid.
    – MMERGE3 : Please
   enter a value – PHONE : Please enter a value Request: PATCH [https://us5.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/2469124d20/members/34754058ef8b9d90350165b992a0ffe8](https://us5.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/2469124d20/members/34754058ef8b9d90350165b992a0ffe8)–{“
   email_address”:”darr*******@gm***.com”,”interests”:{},”merge_fields”:{“FNAME”:”
   testyrdy”,”LNAME”:”rytuigjcghjcf”,”NAME”:”testyrdy rytuigjcghjcf”},”status”:”
   unsubscribed”,”email_type”:”html”,”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”:”dad49e64-b14a-406c-ba02-c8e1c0d76730″,”errors”:[{“field”:”MMERGE3″,”
   message”:”Please enter a value”},{“field”:”PHONE”,”message”:”Please enter a value”}]}
 *  Thread Starter [thedjsessions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedjsessions/)
 * (@thedjsessions)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-bad-request-3/#post-11493531)
 * I did enter a value for the phone btw.

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