Plug In for Subscribers and Sign Up

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  maninthemiddleqg · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 7:54 pm

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  I need a sign up plug, so I can collect emails of subscriber requests. Also, add a how to install a plug-in link.

  Thanks.

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 8:05 pm

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  You cannot install any plugins into any wordpress.COM hosted sites. You are confusing wordpress.com hosted sites with wordpress.org software installs on paid hosting. For that type of functionality, you’d need a self-hosted WordPress.ORG software install running on a paid web hosting service. See: Moving to self hosted wordpress https://move.wordpress.com

  At present there is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  What is available is what I will post below. Note that the mailchimp pop up code cannot be used. You have to use the mailchimp widget.

  re: wordpress.com blog subscriptions

  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

  re: social networking
  See also:
  Publicize https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/
  Sharing https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 8:09 pm

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  so I can collect emails of subscriber requests

  Your wordpress.com subscribers are found here

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers

  * Replace NAME_OF_BLOG with the actual name of the blog.

  Note that the title there includes Publicize followers from social networks. https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/

  Your email only subscribers are here https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers&type=email

  If what you are asking is for the personal identities of those who follow you then know that many of us refuse to provide our personal name and email addresses so we aren’t spammed. Instead, we use a pseudonym and a throw-away email address for blogging purposes. That way we do not get spammed with anything we do not want.
  Be aware that is some countries like mine Canada it is illegal to use an email address for any purpose other than what it is submitted for. Your followers submit email addresses to receive your posts ONLY and not for any other purpose.

  Here at wordpress.COM subscribers control their own subscriptions and the frequency re: receiving our posts. We cannot subscribe on their behalf or adjust their subscription settings for them. They have to act.

  For more on following see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/following/

  To export the email addresses see here See here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-export-all-email-addresses-added-through-a-contact-form?replies=5#post-2624409