Title: Trouble with subscriptions Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Trouble with subscriptions * [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/) * I just moved my blog from wordpress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org site. I thought my subscribers would have been moved with everything else, but it doesn’t look that way. I added the Ajax Quick Subscribe plugin, which seems to allow new subscriptions, but I don’t see them anywhere. When I tried adding an extra email address as a new subscriber it didn’t show up in anywhere in my settings. I’m getting a bit frustrated, since it seems as if new subscribers may be getting lost in this technical snafu. Ack! I considered moving to another subscriber plugin but most havent been tested on this version of WordPress yet. Any advice or tips? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334509) * Why are you adding subscription plugins? * Thread Starter [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334512) * Hmmm. Clearly I’m a newbie here, but I didn’t see anywhere on this template for subscriptions, while it was an obvious widget on the wordpress.com interface. I thought I had to use a plugin to offer this feature. My site is [http://www.risk-within-reason.com](http://www.risk-within-reason.com) in case that helps. I appreciate any pointers if I’m missing something obvious with this subscription thing? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334515) * Try adding the Meta widget to one of your sidebars via Appearance->Themes. * Thread Starter [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334522) * Thanks, but if I understand correctly, the Meta widget just allows Admin login and doesn’t have anything to do with subscriptions to my blog for other people. Am I wrong? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334523) * Look below the member/admin login form. There’s a register link. * Thread Starter [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334526) * There isn’t a register link on mine. Maybe it’s the version I’m using. I see the following under the customizable Meta title: Site Admin, Logout, Entries RSS, Comments RSS, WordPress.org * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334528) * Try logging out and then follow the link to log in again. * Thread Starter [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334536) * Wow – you are right! There it is. But “Register” is not an ideal way to get people to subscribe. I’d like to change it to “Subscribe” and I like the way the Ajax plugin offers a button to click on. Do you know if I can alter the way this looks? Thank you so much for your patience! 😉 * Thread Starter [alissasklar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alissasklar/) * (@alissasklar) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334540) * From what I can see, the Register button is very different from subscribe. It lets people register for wordpress and has nothing to do with subscribing to my blog. I want readers to be able to put their email addresses down so they get emailed updates with each new post. Do you know anything about this? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334593) * People who register to your WP blog are called “subscribers”. what you want is something very different. Try setting up a Feedburner account to that people can subscribe to your **feed** by email. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Trouble with subscriptions’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [subscribers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subscribers/) * [subscription](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subscription/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-with-subscriptions/#post-2334593) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics