Cakemail

Overview

The AFI plugin makes it easy to connect your WordPress forms with Cakemail, allowing you to automatically add contacts to your mailing lists. When someone submits a form, their data is sent directly to the selected Cakemail list.

Perfect for automating newsletter subscriptions, lead collection, and growing your email audience.

✅ Supported Features

• Add Contact to a selected Cakemail list

• Map custom fields

• Apply tags and interests

• Enable double opt-in

🔧 How To Setup

Step 1: Connect Your Cakemail Account

Before setting up an integration, you’ll need to enter your Cakemail login credentials.

1. Go to AFI → Settings → General

2. Enable Cakemail and click Save Changes

3. A new Cakemail tab will appear — click on it

4. Enter your Username and Password

5. Click Save Changes

📌 These credentials are used to generate a secure access token for Cakemail API.

Step 2: Create a New Integration

1. Go to AFI → Add New

2. You’ll land on the New Integration setup screen

🔹 Title

Give your integration a clear name, e.g., “Newsletter Signup – Cakemail”

🔹 Trigger

• Form Provider: Choose your form plugin (e.g., WPForms, Elementor, Contact Form 7)

• Form/Task Name: Select the specific form you want to integrate

Step 3: Configure the Action

🔹 Platform

Select Cakemail

🔹 Task

Choose Add Contact to List

This action will send the form submission data to your selected Cakemail list.

Step 4: Map Fields

Once you choose the task, more options will appear:

🔹 Cakemail Account

Select your stored Cakemail account

🔹 Mailing List

Select the target list to which the new contact should be added

🛠️ AFI will fetch all your lists from the connected Cakemail account.

🔹 Map Form Fields

Match your form fields with the fields in Cakemail:

• Email (required)

• Any available Custom Attributes

• Optionally map Tags and Interests (comma-separated)

🔹 Double Opt-in

Enable this option if you want users to confirm their subscription via email

Step 5: Save Integration

Click Save Integration at the bottom of the page.

🎉 You’re done! All new form submissions will now be sent to your selected Cakemail list.

🔍 Troubleshooting

If the integration isn’t working as expected:

1. Go to AFI → Log

2. Review the log entries for any errors related to Cakemail

Things to check:

• Username and password are correct

• The selected list exists and is active

• Required fields (like email) were mapped correctly

• No API error or authentication issue