Adding Follow Blog Button in a post or on a page

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 5:05 pm

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  Hi

  I would like to add a button on a page and in a post that allows visitors to follow my blog but can’t for the life of me work out how to do it.

  I would like to name the button ‘Follow Our News’.

  The theme I use is SeIa.

  Any help gratefully received :)

  Thanks in advance.

  Tracy

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  yoga1103 · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 5:18 pm

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  Hi,

  I checked your blog http://nantwichfabricsale.com/ and it has a button to ‘Follow Our News” and it works fine.

  Do read this helpful guide about “Follow Blog Widget”: https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  – bests,

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 5:44 pm

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  Hi yoga1103

  Many thanks for your reply.

  I am happy with the widgets but want to put a Follow Blog button in a post and a page and I can’t do this with a widget.

  Any ideas?

  Tracy

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Feb 16, 2018 at 9:19 pm

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  Hi Tracy you can use the subscription shortcode in a page or post:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/

  Let me know how it goes.

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 9:50 pm

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  Hi Kathryn

  I followed the instructions and pasted it into a page but only the copied code showed.

  Not sure what I did wrong!

  Tracy

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Feb 16, 2018 at 9:59 pm

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  Could you please provide a link to the page so I can have a look?

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 11:07 pm

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  nantwichfabricsale.com

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 11:10 pm

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  Oops sorry. I have tried it on different pages and on a post but then deleted the copied text as there wasn’t any form when published.

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 17, 2018 at 12:47 pm

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  I have followed the instructions in this link but all that happens is the code pasted shows on the page or post.

  Any ideas gratefully received :)

  Tracy

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  tracyjfox · Member · Feb 17, 2018 at 12:50 pm

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  Just had a thought, the instructions say to paste the code into the ‘Visual tab’. Pasted into the ‘Text’ tab and it seemed to work! So not sure the instructions are correct.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Feb 19, 2018 at 3:06 pm

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  Glad you’re set. The subscription shortcode should work when added either in the Visual or Text tab.

  Again, if you could provide a link to the page or post where you’ve added it, I’d be glad to take a look. I spot-checked a number of your pages but I’m not finding it quickly. Thanks.