Widgets »Follow Blog Widget
The Follow Blog Widget enables your readers to sign up to receive your posts via email.
Looking for more ways to add a subscription form? You can use the Subscription Form block!
Here’s an example of the widget when it’s activated on a blog’s sidebar:
View for logged out users.
View for logged in users.
The appearance of the widget is configured through the Customizer:
Widget title — Enter the title for the widget, which can include a different message depending on whether users are already following the site or not (as in the screenshots above: “Follow The Daily Post” vs. “You’re already following The Daily Post!”).
WordPress.com optional text – Enter a message to display to WordPress.com users. This will only be displayed when the user is logged in. The user will see this message followed by a follow button.
Non-WordPress.com optional text – Enter a message to display to readers who are not logged in to WordPress.com. The reader will see this message followed by an email field and follow button.
Follow button – Enter the message to display in the subscription button. (e.g. Follow, Sign me up)
Show total number of followers – If you choose, the widget will display the total number of followers, which is the sum of:
- WordPress.com users following your blog
- Any followers from connected Publicize services (Facebook and Twitter)
Note: This doesn’t include blog post (comment) followers.
Click here to see how to add a widget on your site.
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