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How Easy Is It To Follow Your Blog? How To Add A Subscribe Button To All Your WordPress Posts

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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.

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Is it easy for visitors to follow your blog?

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.
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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.

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You’re following my blog. Thank you.

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59 responses to “How Easy Is It To Follow Your Blog? How To Add A Subscribe Button To All Your WordPress Posts”

  1. Let’s Chat About Blogging: Ten Quick Blogging Tips – Marsha Ingrao – Always Write avatar
    Let’s Chat About Blogging: Ten Quick Blogging Tips – Marsha Ingrao – Always Write

    […] Hugh W. Roberts How Easy Is it to Follow Your Blog, How to Add a Subscribe Button to All Your Word Press Posts […]

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  2. Marsha avatar
    Marsha

    When your post goes out, it says something like, “This post was emailed to 2,100 subscribers.” Is WP actually emailing everyone our posts? Or do they need to subscribe to an outside service?

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Yes, WordPress emails everyone, but only those who have their settings set to receive notifications of new posts via email will get the email. Many users turn that setting off to avoid their email boxes being flooded with emails from WordPress, and use the WordPress Reader instead.

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      1. Marsha avatar
        Marsha

        It sounds like you prefer the reader.

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        1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
          Hugh W. Roberts

          No, I’ve never liked the WP Reader. I get email notifications of all new posts from WordPress (except those bloggers who publish more than once a day).

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          1. Marsha avatar
            Marsha

            If I get more than one or two emails a day – except from people I’m conversing with, I’m overloaded. I want to keep in touch with them, but I think I need to clean out! I don’t get any except those I have specifically signed up for, and then I’m usually sorry. Others that I want, like yours, I don’t get. I thought I had everything checked. I need to go back and reread your post more carefully. :)

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  3. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com avatar
    Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com

    I’m glad you included this post in your “Did You Miss Any of These?” monthly roundup. I had meant to add the subscription block to my blog but forgot. I think my subscribe button was fairly easy to find before, but why not make it even easier? Thanks again for a great tip!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      I’m glad these monthly roundup posts help, Janis. Many readers have thanked me for publishing them.

      I agree that we must make it easy for visitors to follow or subscribe to our blogs.

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  5. Arizona Kate avatar
    Arizona Kate

    Fantastic! Thank you for this info!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      You’re welcome.

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  6. Marie avatar
    Marie

    Is there a difference between following a blog and subscribing to a blog? I might be imagining it but it seems like on Jetpack on my phone I only see ones I’ve subscribed to rather than followed. Then again, Jetpack could just limit the amount of space it uses. Thanks for any info.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Subscribing tends to get an email notification when a new post is published, whereas with ‘following,’ there’s no email unless you have turned on the option to get notified via email.

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      1. Marie avatar
        Marie

        Thanks, Hugh. That helps.

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  7. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    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!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      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.

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  8. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    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. 😆

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      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.

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      1. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar
        Terri Webster Schrandt

        I already deleted mine from “My patterns.” Thanks again for the clarification, Hugh :)

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  9. Eugi avatar
    Eugi

    Wow! This is easy! Thank you Hugh for this and all your helpful tips!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      One of my shortest posts when it comes to ‘How To;, Eugi. I’m glad it helped.

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  10. Liesbet @ Roaming About avatar
    Liesbet @ Roaming About

    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.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      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.

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  11. Liesbet @ Roaming About avatar
    Liesbet @ Roaming About

    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.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      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.

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