Notifying Viewers of a New Post

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  auntsam24 · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 10:18 pm

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  Trying to figure out how to add a plug in that will send an email to all invited viewers whenever I publish a new post. Tried downloading a plug-in from another vendor but couldn’t figure out how to upload it to WordPress

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

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  timethief · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm

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  re: http://merextraordinaire.wordpress.com/

  All that’s required to follow any blog hosted by wordpress.COM is exactly what you were required to provide to register here, and that is a valid email address that the published posts can be sent to.

  Here subscribers control their own subscriptions and frequency of receipt of posts from sites they subscribe to. We cannot act on their behalf.

  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widget by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  Widgets can be configured to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by clicking on the Visibility button.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

  We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/ You can also include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

  Staff have recently added the mailchimp widget for subscriptions and here is the link to the guide you must use https://en.support.wordpress.com/mailchimp

  Additional information:
  You can create a Subscribe page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ add and customize a contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard on that page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  Read more at https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=following

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  timethief · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 10:23 pm

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  You appear to be confusing wordpress.COM hosted blogs and wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting. WordPress.com blogs have built-in plugins only. Read https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  Blogger installed plugin capability does not exist on WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.

  For that type of functionality, you’d need a self-hosted WordPress.ORG software install running on a paid web hosting service.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  If applicable, see: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
  https://move.wordpress.com/