follow button not working all the time
-
Several people visiting my Blog have indicated the “Follow” button is not working for them. I don’t think they have to have an account to follow my Blog – right?? But do they need to subscribe? Please advise how I can check it out. Many thanks.
Ouida Brown
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
oebrown2.wordpress.comThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
-
Hi there!
It looks like you’re currently using the Follow Button Widget. The Follow Button widget adds a button that WordPress.com users can click to follow your site.
You may be interested in using the Follow Blog Widget instead. The Follow Blog widget adds a box where viewers can subscribe to your site via email.
We try to make it as easy as possible for your readers to subscribe to your blog with or without a WordPress.com account. There are some follow options built into your site already. Anyone who is logged into a WordPress.com account will see this Follow button at the top of your site:
Anyone who is not logged into a WordPress.com account will see this at the bottom of their browser window when visiting your site:
https://cloudup.com/cVBiwM8eAnJ
The email options will not require your followers to create a WordPress.com account. However, they will need to confirm that their subscription by clicking a link in a confirmation email from WordPress.com.
Let me know if I can help with anything else!
-
Thanks – – I did change my follow option to the email option. Will the few folks who have already signed up need to sign up again??
-
If they used the old button, but don’t have a WordPress.com account, then yes they’ll need to sign up again.
Let me know if I can answer any other questions!
- The topic ‘follow button not working all the time’ is closed to new replies.
WordPress.com Forums 