{"id":980,"date":"2020-11-16T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T20:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/?post_type=optinmonster_docs&p=980"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:19:17","slug":"how-to-install-the-optinmonster-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"optinmonster_docs","link":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/docs\/how-to-install-the-optinmonster-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install the OptinMonster WordPress Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The OptinMonster for WordPress<\/a> plugin makes it easy to manage your OptinMonster campaigns from within your WordPress dashboard. It provides even more powerful targeting options that let you assign campaigns to individual posts, pages, categories, tags, products, custom post types and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the plugin, you also unlock the option to use WordPress shortcodes in any campaign. That means you can use the shortcodes from your favorite form builder (WPForms<\/a>, of course) to add complex, custom forms to your OptinMonster campaigns. It even lets you place inline campaigns using a widget, or a Gutenberg block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the best part? The plugin does all the work of adding OptinMonster to your site without needing to touch any code at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, you’ll learn how to install the OptinMonster for WordPress plugin so you can get started creating new campaigns quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before You Begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are some things to know before you begin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n