Sometimes, I struggle to find a subscribe or follow button on blogs. I came across one recently where there wasn’t one. I spent ages looking and even left a comment asking how to subscribe to receive more posts, but the host didn’t reply to my comment!
But I’m delighted that WordPress now makes adding a subscribe (to my blog) button to all your posts (past and future) even more effortless. And the best part is that once you switch on this setting, you won’t have to do it again.
Where and how to switch on the Subscribe Block button.
- On the dashboard of your blog, go to Settings – Newsletter.
- On the Newsletter settings page, look for ‘Add the Subscribe block at the end of each post,’ and slide the button to the ‘on’ position.
- Click the ‘Save Settings’ button.
That’s it! The ‘Subscribe’ block will appear on all of your posts (past and future), making it easy for anyone visiting your blog to follow you.
This is what the block looks like if you’re already subscribed to the blog or have just signed up.
How easy is it for a new visitor to follow or subscribe to your blog?
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Apparently I had this feature selected already, Hugh, LOL! Talk about a redundant “follow.” I just deleted the blocks in My Patterns. This is better than the follow/subscribe pop ups that many folks still have!
I’m glad you think so, Terri. Those pop-ups are awful! But people can switch them off on their blogs under the other settings in Newsletter. Hopefully, those who checked this setting out will also have seen the ones to turn off pop-ups.
I’ll have to check out this easy fix, Hugh! I’ve been adding the “new here” and subscribe to blocks to my WW posts. But this looks easier! I hope it doesn’t make it easier for spammers to follow. 😆
There is no longer a need to add reusable blocks for a subscription block, Terri, unless you don’t like the block’s look under this setting. I like its simplicity.
I already deleted mine from “My patterns.” Thanks again for the clarification, Hugh :)
Wow! This is easy! Thank you Hugh for this and all your helpful tips!
One of my shortest posts when it comes to ‘How To;, Eugi. I’m glad it helped.
Update: I did some more poking around my website after activating the “subscribe” button in the WordPress dashboard and it seems to have been added to the posts where I used the block editor. It wasn’t added to the ones I used the classic editor (my expense reports), which makes sense.
No, this won’t work on the classic editor or any posts created with it, Liesbet. The Classic editor is falling behind in terms of what users can do, but I know that some bloggers still prefer using it. That’s why WordPress has the ‘Classic’ block on the block editor available to everyone.
Thanks for the tip, Hugh. I’d love to have a “subscribe” button at the bottom of every blog post. But I don’t seem to be able to activate that setting, unfortunately.
What confuses me is that – as a self-hosted blogger – I seem to have two dashboards. One for Roaming About and one WordPress one, which I don’t even know how to get to. It’s not straightforward. This also means that I can’t get to the reader easily.
Anyway, I somehow stumbled across the WordPress Dashboard and that’s where I found a way to follow your instructions (this was not possible on the Roaming About dashboard). So, I clicked the “add the subscribe” button, but when I refreshed my blog posts, nothing has changed.
I don’t think this dashboard works for me as the Roaming About dashboard seems to be my primary one.
Good to have your update and know that you’ve been able to switch on this setting and that it’s worked, Liesbet.
I’ve never had a self-hosted blog, so I am not much of a help in that respect. But it’s always good to hear when something on WordPress.com also works on a self-hosted blog.
Done! Thanks so much. I don’t use the newsletter feature so I never thought to look at those settings.
Same here. I wonder why that setting is under Newsletter, so they may move it.
Wow! As easy as that? I’m going to do it immediately.
Yes, as easy as that. Once that setting is switched on, there will be no more worrying about visitors being unable to find a subscribe button.
Well, that was very helpful. Thanks!!
You’re welcome, Brenda. I’m glad it helped.
Thanks for this useful reminder, Hugh. I was under the impression that the subscribe button was already in place on my blog but it turns out it wasn’t. It is now!
The subscribe/follow button can be hard to find on many blogs, June. Turing on this setting sorts that problem out.
Great tip, Hugh. I manually add the subscribe block to all my posts but it seems I don’t have to!
No, not anymore, Michelle. Turning on this setting takes care of it for you.
Wow Hugh! This was such a helpful post. There are so many things on WordPress in which I have no idea that they even exist. Thank you so much for letting us all know about this easy feature! I just added it to my blog.
That’s great to hear, Michael. You’re right about WordPress. It has so many excellent features, and I enjoy finding them.
And I so appreciate you passing along what you find!
What would we do without you, Hught? Thanks for this input. I just fixed it.
Good to hear, Erika. You’re welcome.
Thanks, Hugh! This was a great tip. Much appreciated.
Always a pleasure, Colleen.
Oh I like this idea. I hate that the button I created can only be added on the website, not through the Jetpack app. I’ll definitely be looking at this before I share my next post
Glad it’s been helpful, Brenda.
Thanks for sharing, Hugh!
No need to thank me, Jan. It’s always a pleasure.
Hugh, you diamond geezer you! I’ve just done it and it looks so much easier to subscribe now. It doesn’t mean people will but it is far more likely than it was ten minutes ago!
Now all I have to do is start posting!
I’m glad it helped, Paul. Unless you had a subscribe button in the widget bar on your blog or you saw the ‘follow’ link when scrolling up on a page of a blog, you’ll have missed it. This block makes it so much easier to now subscribe or follow.
That was easy! Thanks.
It’s a section of Settings I’ve never opened before.
You’re welcome. Check out the other settings while there, especially the ones about pop-ups appearing on your blog. Lots of bloggers, including me, dislike pop-ups, so turn them off if you feel the same way about pop-ups.
I didn’t realise this so thank you for pointing it out, Hugh. I just assumed it was there for everyone, but I have often struggled to subscribe to others’ blogs. It’s so easy to change too!
Many WordPress blogs have a follow button that becomes visible, but only when you’re scrolling up the page of the blog, Esther. It’s easy to miss when scrolling. This new setting ensures it’s easy for visitors to subscribe or follow a blog. I see you’ve already implemented it on your blog.
You’re right about the follow button – very easy to miss when scrolling. I always find your blogs so useful, Hugh. Thank you for taking the time to help us.
I think I have that setting on, but I have to double check. No matter what I know that I have a subscribe button there.
Good to hear, but is it visible and easy to find?
I hadn’t really thought of that. I go through the menus a lot. In self-hosted WordPress it’s easier I think to find every setting. On WordPress.com – not so much 😝.
I’ve never had a self-hosted blog so I can’t comment on that.
Thank you for the good advice. A very easy, but important thing to fix
Certainly a fix if you don’t have a subscribe/follow button that’s easy to find.