Newsletter form submit button hide when user is already member?

[wulps]

On the default form for the newsletter plugin ([newsletter]), would it be possible when a user signed in to his account on my WordPress site and with his email signed up for the newsletter that the Subscribe button would be hidden in the [newsletter] form?

[Genius Store SL]

Yes, it’s possible to hide the Subscribe button (or the entire form) by detecting whether the user has already subscribed — at least partially — using JavaScript. Keep in mind this method is limited to the same browser and device where the subscription was submitted.

Right now, what I know is that after a successful subscription, the plugin sets a cookie (named something like “newsletter”) in the visitor’s browser. You can use this to conditionally hide the form or any part of it, like this:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
  if (document.cookie.includes('newsletter=')) {
    const newsletterSection = document.querySelector('.newsletter_section');
    if (newsletterSection) {
      newsletterSection.style.display = 'none';
    }
  }
});

simply replace .newsletterSection with the class you want to hide.

This approach helps keep things user-friendly: if someone has just subscribed, the form will automatically disappear on future visits from the same browser.

We’re currently waiting for further details from the plugin’s technical support regarding broader possibilities — for example, querying the user’s metadata when logged in, to check subscription status directly from User metadata (useful if the logged visitor is browsing from a different device or with the “newsletter” cookie expired/blocked/removed).

Also this thread asked something similar, but it looks like the feature reuqest was abandoned

Hope that helps!

[Michael]

Hello,

thanks for your precious feedback!

Michael

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