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  adventuresofalabornurse · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 2:43 pm

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  what is the difference between the “follow blog” and “follow button”?? One says I have 9,000 followers, and one says I have 1200 followers. I think it’s confusing and I’m thinking about taking one off, but wanted to know what the difference is. Thank you so much! xx

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 6:39 pm

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  The Follow Blog widget is applicable to both WordPress.com users and non-WordPress.com users (email subscribers). It also allows you to customize the text that appears above the button/field.

  The Follow Button, on the other hand, only applies to WordPress.com users and isn’t customizable. It also doesn’t take into account Publicize follower numbers (from social networks), which explains the discrepancy.

  If you were to select one, I would go with the Follow Blog widget!

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  adventuresofalabornurse · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:36 am

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  done ;) thank you so much!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 3:43 pm

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  Not a problem at all! Hope you had a great New Year.