Title: [Plugin: MailChimp List Subscribe Form] Default fields values
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: MailChimp List Subscribe Form] Default fields values

 *  Resolved [Nowado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowado/)
 * (@nowado)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-default-fields-values/)
 * I would like to add something in default email field, like “Enter your email 
   address…”. How can I do it?
 * I tried this one without plugin, but anytime someone tried to sign-up there was“
   blank email address” error. I asked mailchimp support, after they run out of 
   ideas they asked to try with the plugin 😉
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 *  [mc_nate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_nate/)
 * (@mc_nate)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-default-fields-values/#post-2771322)
 * Hey Nowado!
 * There’s a couple of options that you have for pre-filling a field for the form.
   You could add some “pre-filled” text in that field by adding a predefined value
   for your list:
 * How do I set default merge values (like Dear Customer)?: [http://eepurl.com/hcDC](http://eepurl.com/hcDC)
 * So, for example, you could use “mm/dd/yyyy” as the predefined text for a “date”
   area so that your subscribers know exactly how to format their date field. Here’s
   generally how it will look in the form:
 * Screenshot — [http://cl.ly/3F2Y0V1B3746180B021Z](http://cl.ly/3F2Y0V1B3746180B021Z)
 * Or, if you want to get a little fancier, you can also use a slightly more intensive
   method, laid out in this post:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-request-add-placeholder-text-for-mailchimp-widget?replies=12](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-request-add-placeholder-text-for-mailchimp-widget?replies=12)
 * Let us know if we can assist with anything else!
 * Cheers
 *  Thread Starter [Nowado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowado/)
 * (@nowado)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-default-fields-values/#post-2771324)
 * 1st solution doesn’t let me change “email” field. I like the 2nd one.
 * Moving to it from embed right after I will have this one fixxed: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-sign-up-thank-you-page-after-subscribtion?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailchimp-list-subscribe-form-sign-up-thank-you-page-after-subscribtion?replies=1)
   🙂
 * Thanks 🙂

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