Automattic / Automattic/jetpack
MailChimp Block: form labels appear when not in WordPress context (RSS feed, WordPress.com Reader)
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Description
#### Steps to reproduce
1. Start a new post (Site -> Posts -> Add New)
2. Add a MailChimp Block to the post, then publish.
3. View post in the Reader
#### What I expected
I expected to not see any part of the form and its associated debug notifications at all, since the post is being viewed in the Reader.
#### What happened instead
Instead, all status/alert messages of the MailChimp block were shown, i.e. "Processing…", "Success! You're on the list.", "Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again."
#### Browser / OS version
Firefox, Chrome / MacOS Catalina version 10.15.4
#### Screenshot / Video

#### Context / Source
Originally discovered through #manual-testing when publishing a personal post
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the MailChimp Block steps and viewing the published post in the WordPress.com Reader, then inspect the block's rendering behavior outside the normal WordPress context. Done means the form and its status or alert messages are not shown in the Reader or RSS feed, while the block still works in the WordPress post view.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- wordpress
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100