How do I add a 'follow blog' widget that all viewers can see?

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  anxietybattler · Member · Sep 5, 2015 at 7:13 pm

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  I am looking to add an email subscription widget or plugin that non-members can see on my site. So far I have tried adding two of these, one widget provided by Jetpack called ‘Blog subscriptions’ the other a plugin I downloaded from MailMunch which was a topbar optin form. I can view both of these on my site when I am logged in but when I log out of my account and access the site as a ‘non-member’ so to speak, they are not visible.
  Could somebody please tell me how to add a subscription tool on my page that all viewers can see and access.
  Thank you.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 5, 2015 at 8:11 pm

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  Hi,

  The WordPress.com Follow Blog Widget, found in the available widgets of every WP.com site, can be seen and used by non-WordPress.com members. It includes two optional texts, only one of which will display depending upon whether the viewer of the page is logged into a WordPress.com account or not.

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  anxietybattler · Member · Sep 5, 2015 at 8:45 pm

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  Hi,

  Thank you for your reply. I do not seem to have that widget for some reason, could there be any reason why? I am using a Simple Catch Pro theme, could that be affecting it somehow?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 5, 2015 at 11:24 pm

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  I am using a Simple Catch Pro theme, could that be affecting it somehow?

  Possibly, but it the theme activated wouldn’t matter if you were referring to a WordPress.com site. http://www.anxietybattle.com/ is not a WP.com site, and the Simple Catch Pro theme is not available for WP.com sites.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are different versions of WordPress, with different support forums. See the WordPress.com and WordPress.org support page.

  This forum is solely for issues regarding WordPress.com accounts and websites. If the site you are seeking support for is a self-hosted WordPress.org site, then please resubmit your request to the WordPress.org support forums. If you haven’t already done so, you may register here: https://wordpress.org/support/register.php, to use the WordPress.org support forums.