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[iTurtle]

hi there,

i would like this on my blog page:

https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

it there a way to import new widgets into the theme? and how would i get such a new widget?

background: i would like people to be able to “subscribe” to my blog page. what is the best way to do that?

thanks a lot! best wishes, kai

[Rad]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing in.

It’s usually added by plugins, and you’ll just need to drag and drop them at Admin > Appearance > Widgets to your preferred sidebar.

If it’s just about subscription, you can try the ConvertPlug plugin or X’s Email form plugin then add its widget on the sidebar.

Cheers!

[iTurtle]

hi rad,

thanks a lot! understood the thing with adding widgets 😉

you suggest i use an email subscription plugin. how would it connect to the blog?
i would like to have every subscriber automatically informed the moment there is a new blog entry. is that possible?

thanks a lot! kai

[Thai]

You can try with this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/.

Hope it helps 🙂

[iTurtle]

hi thai,
thanks for your suggestion.
that looks like a normal newsletter solution like mailchimp.
but i would like to have a solution which connects to the blog. preferably only a button “subscribe” like the wordpress.com platform offers.
thanks a lot! kai

[Rue Nel]

Hello Kai,

Thanks for updating in! Please keep in mind that the Follow Blog Widget is only available to WordPress.com users. This widget is not available to self hosted WordPress sites. If you want something similar, please check out Jetpack plugin’s module Subscription. You can find out more about it here: https://jetpack.com/support/subscriptions/

Hope this helps.

[iTurtle]

hi rue nel,

thanks for your tipp! i tried this one already but in order to subscribe one has also have to have or open a wordpress.com account. that is not something i want to put my potential subscribers through.
so the only other option is to use a seperate mailing list like mailchimp?

thanks again! best regards, kai

[Rue Nel]

Hello There,

Thanks for updating in! You can try out the bundled X plugin called “Email Forms”. You can install it by going to X Addons > Extensions. For more details about this plugin and how you can set this up, please check out our knowledge base: https://community.theme.co/kb/extension-email-forms/

Please let us know how it goes.

[iTurtle]

hi rue nel,
thanks a lot!
it would help me tremendously if you could let me know if the email list solution is all which is left for what i am trying to achive. is there no other way to subscribe people more easily? like let them log in by their social media account and then receive updates automatically?
thanks so much and have a great sunyday! kai

[Christian]

Regretfully this isn’t a feature offered by X. It could be possible with custom development, but this would be outside the scope of support we can offer. You might want to contact our trusted partners who caters X setup and customization needs. Please see https://community.theme.co/custom-development/. Thanks for understanding. Take care!

[iTurtle]

hi christian,
the newsletter plugin was a big help. thanks a lot!
i also found a solution via mailchimp by the rss feed of the blog.
best wishes, kai
ps: did i read somewhere about x version 5? or did i dream this? 😉

[Rue Nel]

Hello There,

It’s good to know that you found a solution to your blog subscription. We appreciate for letting us know. Yes you were not dreaming. We are currently prepping up for the release for version 5.0 soon. Watch out for it.

Cheers.

[iTurtle]

hi rue nel,
that’s terrific news. i am very curious about the new version and can’t wait to play with it 😉
all the best! kai

[Rad]

We’re on the same side 🙂 Thanks!

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