Followers required to sign up?

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  etenow · Member · Mar 17, 2015 at 10:00 am

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  Hello. Those who are trying to follow my blog are telling me that they are being asked to create a wordpress.com account in order to follow. I’ve paid for my own domain which is where my followers visit. Having to create a wordpress account is keeping people from wanting to follow my blog and I was wondering if there is any way around this? Is there an easier way for people to follow?

  Thank You!

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  thatrobyn · Member · Mar 17, 2015 at 6:10 pm

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  Hi there!

  Your followers don’t have to sign up to become WordPress.com users! Take a look at the following link for information about how folks can subscribe to your site:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/following/

  If you want a super clear way for folks to follow your site via email, you can add a widget to a sidebar. While your theme, Twenty Fifteen, doesn’t allow for a widget to be placed in the left sidebar. However, a massive amount of our themes allow for the installation of a follow blog widget.

  Here is information about that widget:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you choose use another theme, let me know, and I can you located something that suits your needs!

  Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much.