I’m sure I wasn’t the only one excited by the irresistible Black Friday LTD offer from MailerPress. It’s a robust platform, but after the purchase, I hit a wall.

I was bummed to find out that there was virtually no way to add a signup form outside of the native Gutenberg editor.

I held out hope for the version 1.1 update released yesterday, but while it brought some cool features, the promised “Shortcode Support” on their roadmap was still missing.

I didn’t want to wait indefinitely just to put a form on my site.

If you are using high-performance site builders like Bricks Builder, Oxygen, or even Elementor, you are basically stuck.

 Your only official options are usually:

1. Force yourself to use Gutenberg (which breaks your builder workflow).

2. Install heavy form plugins like Contact Form 7 or Gravity Forms just to capture an email.

3. Set up complex Zapier webhooks.

I didn’t want to slow down my site with bloat, so I wrote a fix. I reverse-engineered the official MailerPress Gutenberg Block and ported the logic into a standalone, lightweight plugin.

This plugin allows you to render the subscription form anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode.

Key Features:

• 100% Free: No upsells, just a helpful tool.

• Smart List Detection: You don’t need to hunt for numeric IDs. Just type the name of your list.

• Full Data: Captures First Name, Last Name, and Email.

• AJAX Powered: Submits without reloading the page (includes a loading spinner).

• Builder Agnostic: Works in Bricks, Oxygen, Elementor, Divi, or Classic Editor.

How to use it

Download the plugin below and install it via Plugins > Add New > Upload.

Once active, drop a “Shortcode” element into your page builder and paste the following:

[[mailerpress_form list_name="My Newsletter"]]

Note: Change “My Newsletter” to match the exact name of your list in the MailerPress dashboard.

The form comes with basic clean styling, but you can customize it easily.

• Change colors inline:
  [[mailerpress_form list_name="News" button_color="#ff0000" text_color="#ffffff"]]

• Custom Success Message:
  [[mailerpress_form list_name="News" success_message="You are in! Check your inbox."]]

If you are a developer, the form is wrapped in a container with the class .mailerpress-input-wrapper and .mailerpress-submit-wrapper so you can target it with your global CSS.