Help with following and liking

uniquecreativeweb · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:18 pm
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Hello,

I’m really new to this. Does anyone know how to allow people to follow and like blog posts without having to sign into WordPress?

Any help would be appreciated.

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timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 10:24 pm
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All they need is a valid email address to follow any site.
All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=following+blogs
Results https://en.support.wordpress.com/following/

All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
Search for likes https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=likes
Results https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

re: like button use
Just like any other place with a like button, for example, Facebook, one has to register a username account and be logged in to be able to use it. All that’s required to register a WordPress.COM account is a valid email address and many of us do not choose to activate like buttons on our sites. https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

If you assume that like button clicks are an accurate and true reflection of engagement with your content then you are not aware of how many like button spammers there are. They click the like buttons on other sites for traffic driving purposes ie. simply so visitors will click their gravatars and visit their sites.

Bottom line: The value of a like button click in no way compares to the value of a thoughtful comment, so encourage commenting.
timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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re: wordpress.com blog subscriptions

All that’s required to follow any blog hosted by wordpress.COM is exactly what you were required to provide to register here, and that is a valid email address that the published posts can be sent to.

Here subscribers control their own subscriptions and frequency of receipt of posts from sites they subscribe to. We cannot act on their behalf.

You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widget by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

Widgets can be configured to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by clicking on the Visibility button.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/ You can also include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

Staff have recently added the mailchimp widget for subscriptions and here is the link to the guide you must use https://en.support.wordpress.com/mailchimp

Additional information:
You can create a Subscribe page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ add and customize a contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard on that page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

Read more at https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=following

re: social networking
See also:
Publicize https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/
Sharing https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
uniquecreativeweb · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 2:01 pm
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate the information and the help.

:)
timethief · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 7:19 pm
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You are welcome and best wishes with your site.

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