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Subscribe to Comments in a Wordpress Blog

June 12, 2006 by debbie T | WordPress

If you are using Wordpress as your blogging or CMS software, then you might allow your visitors to post comments. Comments are an effective way to receive feedback from your visitors. The downside is unless your visitors regularly check back to the article, they will not be notified of any subsequent comments, along with your personal response to their comment.

This is where the Wordpress Subscribe to Comments plugin can help. When a visitor posts a comment, they just put a check in the box to “nofify” and they will receive all future comments posted.

The plugin is easy to install.

Upload a couple of files to the appropriate directories on your web account.
Activate the plugin in your Wordpress Admin
Copy and paste the code where you want the notification checkbox to display on your page.
If you want to utilize the optional form to allow notification for any visitor, whether they post a comment or not, then paste in the code outside the comment form tags.
Important: Please read the plugin’s “readme” files for more specific details.

I have been using this plugin (back when it was first programmed by ScrippyGoddess) and it has always worked very well. I think it is a great way to promote communication using the Wordpress comment system!

And don’t forget to use Akismet to help control your comment spam!