Allow your users to Subscribe to Comments in WordPress

Often there are posts on your blogs that can generate a lot of community discussion or a heated debates which some of your users would like to stay updated with. Now they can subscribe to your comments feed, but most users don’t know about comment feeds. Therefore, In this article we will share a plugin called Subscribe to Comments that allows commentators on your blog to check a box before commenting and get e-mail notification of further comments. It is one of the most popular WordPress plugins out there for the simple reason that it helps foster a community around your blog by encouraging commentators to come back and stay engaged in the dialog.

One of the best features of this plugin is that it does not spam your users, and they are in full control. Users who are not subscribed to the post comments sees a checkbox which they can select to subscribe to the post whereas users who are subscribed to the post’s comment, sees a link to manage subscription in which it shows all the posts they are subscribed to. They can easily unsubscribe to any post from there which is a great way to allow your users to manage their subscription without having them register.

Another thing about this plugin that is very good for new WordPress users is that it does not require for theme modification as long as you are using a WordPress version 1.5+ which we hope that you are for the sake of your blog’s security. As long as you activate the plugin, it will add a check box below the submit button on the comments.

If you choose to display this message at another location in the comment files, you may add the following code in your comments.php:

<?php show_subscription_checkbox(); ?>

You may also choose a place to display the option of subscribing without commenting by placing this manual code:

<?php show_manual_subscription_form(); ?>

This plugin has great back-end features for the site admins. You can configure the display of the codes itself and other nitty gritty from a settings page by going to your Settings Tab > Subscribe to Comments

You can also see stats such as:

• How many total users subscribed to the posts
• Which is the most subscribed post in your blog
• List of users who are subscribed to each post with their emails

You can unsubscribe a user’s email, block emails and manage other issues related to the comment subscription from the subscription manager.

This is a great plugin to have and it is definitely in our recommended plugins list for all WordPress users.

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