Subscriptions (Jetpack)

You can allow site visitors to sign up for your latest post and comment notifications using the Subscription module in the Jetpack plugin.

ACTIVATE SUBSCRIPTIONS 

Once you have activated the Jetpack plugin you enable the subscriptions  module as follows:

1.  Go to Jetpack > Settings

2. Click on the Newsletter tab.

3.  Scroll down to the Newsletter module and toggle on the switch next to Let visitors subscribe to this site and receive emails when you publish a post.

4. Scroll down to the Subscriptions module and toggle on the switch next to Enable the “subscribe to site“ option on your comment form and Enable the “subscribe to comments” option on your comment form.

Visitors automatically see an option to subscribe at the bottom of your comment form if you enable “Enable the “subscribe to site” option on your comment form” and/or “Enable the “subscribe to comments” option on your comment form”.

A subscriber is sent an email to confirm their subscription and post/comment emails won’t be sent until the subscription is confirmed.

OTHER SUBSCRIPTION TOGGLES

1. Add the Subscribe Block at the end of each post

Add a signup form at the end of each blog post.

2. Show subscription pop-up when scrolling a post

Display a newsletter subscription pop-up when visitors scroll through a post.

3. Subscription overlay on homepage

Highlight your newsletter with a fullscreen overlay on your homepage.

4. Floating subscribe button on the site’s bottom corner

Places a floating subscription button at the bottom corner of your site for easy access.

BLOG SUBSCRIPTION (JETPACK) WIDGET

You can also add a Blog Subscription (Jetpack) widget to your sidebar.

Here is an example of what the Blog Subscription (Jetpack) widget looks like:

Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see the widget settings look like this:

  • Widget title: Allows you to add your own custom title.
  • Optional text: Can use the default form text, customized or removed entirely so the form only shows the title and the button.
  • Subscribe Button: Used to customize the text on the subscribe button.
  • Success Message Text: Can use the default form text or customized.
  • Show total number of subscribers: Select if you want to display your number of email subscribers in the widget.

MONITORING EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

The emails are sent by the WordPress.com servers, and your email list is stored on their servers.

To view your email list, you need to click on the Manage all subscribers on the Newsletter module in Jetpack > Settings > Newsletter. Alternatively, you can go directly to Jetpack > Subscribers or see an overview in Jetpack > Stats.

You can also select to be notified when someone subscribes to your site using the Email Me – Whenever Someone follows my blog in Settings > Discussion.