Title: subscribe me problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# subscribe me problem

 *  [manou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manou/)
 * (@manou)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/)
 * Hi, I just downloaded the subscribe me and installed it, but nothing shows in
   my blog,
    any idea what is wrong?
 * the installation is very straight forwared,
    I unzipped the downloaded file, 
   upload the content of the folder into plug in directory, on wordpress, clicked
   on activate, and everything seems OK, but nothing shows on my blog.
 * I got subscribe me plugin, v.2.6 and wordpress ver 2.0.2 .
    Thanks

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366811)
 * I believe for this plugin to work “right out of the box” your theme must include
   the wp_meta() plugin hook in it’s sidebar (in an appropriate place):
 * `<?php wp_meta(); ?>`
 * Without it the plugin can’t ‘hook’ into the theme template. You can also use 
   the plugin’s own template tag to define where the links are displayed:
 * `<?php the_subscribe_links(); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [manou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manou/)
 * (@manou)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366813)
 * then I can assume my themes/s do not have the this line of code.
    because I did
   change couple of them that I had in them, so what is the solution, I want to 
   use the theme I have,
 * anyway to add something to the theme to make it work?
    I mean put this line of
   code somewhere in the theme, I don’t know may be it is not that simple.
 * thanks
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366815)
 * To use the theme you have now with a plugin like this, you need to add either
   the call to wp_meta(), or the plugin’s own template tag.
 * In the case of wp_meta(), this generally resides in the sidebar at the end of
   ones “meta” section. If a theme lacks this, you can edit the theme’s sidebar 
   to add it. Editing the sidebar is either done online through the theme editor,
   or offline by downloading the theme’s sidebar.php and opening this in a text 
   editor. Then you just slip in:
 * `<?php wp_meta(); ?>`
 * at an appropriate place. Note I can only give general steps since you provide
   neither a link to your blog nor the theme you’re using.
 *  Thread Starter [manou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manou/)
 * (@manou)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366816)
 * thanks for reply,
 * I use college effect 1.0,
    what I did paste the following code that I got from
   the subsribe me page,
    - <?php the_subscribe_links(); ?>
    - into the sidebar.php file located in the collegaeffect folder of theme folder,
      
      now 5 link with image show up, I believe it is working now, if there is anything
      that I should do to test to make sure it works please reply,
    - thanks
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366818)
 * Well I don’t happen to use the plugin so I can only assume that once the links/
   buttons appear, it must be working. `:)`
 *  Thread Starter [manou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manou/)
 * (@manou)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-366821)
 * thank you so much for your help,
 *  [webuk44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webuk44/)
 * (@webuk44)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-367209)
 * I have installed subscribe me and all looked to be working fine. But I noticed
   there are no items in the feed. And the feed that goes to my yahoo is a comments
   feed?
    the link shows [http://www.laser-hair-removal-com.com/index.php/feed/](http://www.laser-hair-removal-com.com/index.php/feed/)
   is there a way to have the posts in the feed rather than comments?
 *  [oncidium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oncidium/)
 * (@oncidium)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-367298)
 * I am trying to use this via a text widget…added both
 *     ```
       <?php wp_meta(); ?>
       <?php the_subscribe_links(); ?>
       ```
   
 *  and still won’t work. Help?
 *  [oncidium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oncidium/)
 * (@oncidium)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe-me-problem/#post-367299)
 * Never mind…I was using the pre-widget instructions! Works perfectly as a widget.

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