Subscribe to Comments

Subscribe to Comments is a robust plugin that enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notification of subsequent entries. The plugin includes a full-featured subscription manager that your commenters can use to unsubscribe to certain posts, block all notifications, or even change their notification e-mail address!

Download

Latest version: Download Subscribe to Comments v2.1.2 [zip]

This plugin has been downloaded 233518 times.

Installation

  1. Put subscribe-to-comments.php into [wordpress_dir]/wp-content/plugins/
  2. Go into the WordPress admin interface and activate the plugin
  3. Optional: if your WordPress theme doesn’t have the comment_form hook, or if you would like to manually determine where in your comments form the subscribe checkbox appears, enter this where you would like it: <?php show_subscription_checkbox(); ?>
  4. Optional: If you would like to enable users to subscribe to comments without having to first leave a comment, place this somewhere in your template, but make sure it is outside the comments form. A good place would be right after the ending </form> tag for the comments form: <?php show_manual_subscription_form(); ?>

FAQ

Q. How can I tell if it’s working?
A.

  1. Log out of WordPress
  2. Leave a comment on an entry and check the comment subscription box, using an e-mail that is NOT the WP admin e-mail address or the e-mail address of the author of the post.
  3. Leave a second comment using a different e-mail address than the one you used in step 2 (it can be a bogus address).
  4. This should trigger a notification to the first address you used.

Q. I’d like the subscription checkbox to be checked by default. Can I do that?
A. Not anymore. But the checkbox status will be remembered on a per-user basis.

Q. My subscription checkbox shows up in a strange place. How do I fix it?
A. Try unchecking the CSS “clear” option. Beyond that, you’re on your own with CSS positioning.

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5,154 Responses to “Subscribe to Comments”

  1. [...] plugin à installer pour pouvoir souscrire aux commentaires, c’est tout simplement “subscribe to Comments 2.1“. Je vois encore trop de blogs qui n’offre pas cette possibilité et très vite je [...]

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  3. smilies packages you can as long as you write a package-config.php file telling the plugin what text gets replaced with what image. To use clickable smilies in comments, you have to edit the comments.php file. Subscribe To Comments This plugin is another option for subscribing to comments of a particular post aside from the RSS feed, since not everyone knows what RSS is nor how to use it. It’s really good because you don’t have to touch any of the theme files to

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  8. eJabs says:

    Subscribe to comments…

    You can now subcribe to eJabs comments.  If you leave a comment, you have the option of receiving an email every time an additional comment is added to that post.
    Thanks to Mark Jaquith of Tempus Fugit for the plugin that gave eJabs this new, awesome …

  9. flashmotus says:

    ottimo plugin, l’ho installato sul mio blog http://www.flashmotus.it

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  11. Simon says:

    I also have the same problem as Pinju

    The blog works fine, as do the comments and everything. It’s been upgraded a couple of times from WP version 1.5 to 2.0. I don’t get it. What should the permissions fot the database be if the blog is working fine already?

  12. [IMG] If you check the box, you will be notified of any new comments on that topic (and that topic only). Please give this a try! [Note to WP admins: This function is made possible by a plugin called Subscribe to Comments 2.1.]

  13. MindBloin says:

    Subscribe to Comments 2.1 [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ]

  14. slacko says:

    Very nice plug-in, it make 30% better posts in my blog

  15. Simon says:

    Ah, I see the problem. My server is not called ‘localhost’. But I have no idea how to change that call. :(

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  18. Mike says:

    Simon, Pinju’s problem is not that his server isn’t localhost…Mark replied that he needs the ALTER permission in MySQL. See his comment below Pinju’s.

    My database server isn’t localhost either, and everything runs fine (just be sure to have the correct setting in wp-config.php).

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  26. Business 2.0 says:

    is another example. For a complete directory of all WordPress plugins you should visit the following official and unofficial website. Also, definitly check out ToolSoup’s links to wordpress plugins. FUNCTIONALITY Subscribe To Comments lets readers recieve email notifications of new comments that are made to a post. Simple Recent Comments shows a list of who has made recent comments with a link to their comments. WP-ContactForm is an easy-to-use and easy to modify contact form for

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  29. Moof says:

    I just had to go into the mySQL database for my blog and delete over 4000 spam emails which were input through the “subscribe without leaving a comment” option. I looked all afternoon for where those emails were hidden in my database before I finally found them.

    We really *really* need an option to edit (DELETE!) large groups of emails without needing to go to in our server’s PHP MyAdmin and doing it by brute force.

    I would love to keep using the plug in, but I don’t ever again want to do what I had to do today. Without some sort of recourse against a future similar spam attack … I just can’t take the chance.

  30. Masio IT says:

    que no son muchos. Ademas active el plugin de mini posts, que permite diferenciar entre posts pequeños (como este) y los posts normales. Por ahora, aparecen en el sidebar Pueden encontrar los plugins aqui: Mini-Posts Suscribe to comments Copyright © 2007 Masio IT Este feed es solo para uso personal y no comercial

  31. Kesämaa says:

    Very nice plugin! Thank you very much. :)

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  33. thing to have up on the site though. This is another reward system for my readers, as it provides a way to interact and check out each others blogs. As you can see my community is a bit lacking in the people department, so don’t be shy and join! Subscribe to comments: This plugin puts a check box after the comment box so that you can get e-mail updates to the comments and come back to reply. In case you haven’t figured it out, I want you to comment, because I want to know what you have to say, so comment.

  34. thing to have up on the site though. This is another reward system for my readers, as it provides a way to interact and check out each others blogs. As you can see my community is a bit lacking in the people department, so don’t be shy and join! Subscribe to comments: This plugin puts a check box after the comment box so that you can get e-mail updates to the comments and come back to reply. In case you haven’t figured it out, I want you to comment, because I want to know what you have to say, so comment.

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  36. Blogowski says:

    , ali samo inspiraciju! Bez copy/paste molim ;) Ukoliko misliš da je za tvoj profil čitalaca RSS pretplata po malo Geek fora, onda uvedi sistem pretplate preko newslettera. Što se WordPressa tiče postoji odličan plugin Subscribe to Comments 2.0 koji se totalno jednostavno instalira. Interaktivnost Bloga kroz komentare Obavezno ostavi otvorenu mogućnost komentara na svoč blogu. Blog na kome nema te mogućnosti ne možemo nazvati blogom. Jedna od osobina blogova je i razmena mišljenja,

  37. Simon Jones says:

    Ah ha! Thanks for the feedback. I got it working. Thanks again.

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  44. OK, maybe I am being a wee bit lazy in not going through all the comments, but, what is the POT file for?

    Great update, BTW. Just upgraded to 2.1, and the old version made the comments go wonky.

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  52. I have noticed a greater influx of spam comments lately, but not from any registered users. So…. Fortunately my spam filter plugins, Akismet and Spam Karma 2 have been doing their job, unlike my Subscribe to Comments plugin, which doesn’t seem to work properly. I’ll keep you posted! [IMG :) ]

  53. subscribe to comments WordPress plugin. Now, if you elect to do so, you can receive via email subsequent comments to any you leave on this blog. Just check the box! Speaking of MInTheGap, I have an article up there: The Power of a Positive Habit

  54. Sidebar Widgets This is a pretty basic plugin as it enables the widgetizing of your sidebar. It comes with its own menu where you drag, drop and order your widgets as you want to them to be displayed. Subscribe To Comments Subscribe to comments simply adds the check box way down where a reader enters a comment. It adds a stickiness to the blog as it sends an e-mail whenever someone else has replied to a user’s comment.

  55. know you are talking to them. Threaded comments are achieved with Brian’s Threaded Comments plugin. Keeping up with your comments may be a tough thing to do, especially if you visit and comment on a lot of blogs. With this in mind I installed the Subscribe to comments plugin. This will ad a check box in the comment section that users can click that will subscribe them to the comments via e-mail. So when someone comments on the post they are notified. One thing I really like about a lot of blogs and even websites is

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  63. Nate says:

    Hi there – thanks for the sweet plugin! We had to remove Subscribe-To-Comments for a while since bots were signing people up for emails and then trying to sneak a single spam comment through. Got some big huge ugly lists of “subscribers”.

    The fix I implemented in this new version is in the add_subscriber function – I changed the SQL that selects the comment_post_ID to check for an approved comment:

    $postid = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT comment_post_ID from $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_ID = '$cid' and comment_approved='1'");

    Seems to work well in testing, so I’m pushing it out. Just posting this for anyone else looking for info…

  64. Life Style says:

    Add functionality to your blog with plugins, the following plugins will not only make your blog more user friendly but search engine friendly as well (plugins listed below are only for WordPress). Subscribe to Comments – Allows commenter’s to receive email updates when new comments are posted. This is a great way to increase traffic and participation. Ultimate Tag Warrior – Allows you to tag individual posts with keywords, which will help the popular blog search

  65. Owen says:

    Thanks, I’ve been looking for a plugin to do this for me!

  66. [...] Falls ein fehler von dem Plugin “Subcribe to Comments” angezeigt wird: Auf die Version 2.1 des Plugins [...]

  67. comments on your website against their lists and determines whether it is just spam or a genuine comment. Google Sitemaps: Makes a google compliant sitemap of your blog. No Ping Wait: Speeds up posting by changing the way wordpress pings your posts. Subscribe to Comments: Allows a commentor to be notified if a response has been posted to their comment. Related Posts: Shows your reader a list of posts related to the one they are currently viewing. WP Database Manager: Create, manage and restore your blogs database.

  68. Whitesquid says:

    comments on your website against their lists and determines whether it is just spam or a genuine comment. Google Sitemaps: Makes a google compliant sitemap of your blog. No Ping Wait: Speeds up posting by changing the way wordpress pings your posts. Subscribe to Comments: Allows a commentor to be notified if a response has been posted to their comment. Related Posts: Shows your reader a list of posts related to the one they are currently viewing. WP Database Manager: Create, manage and restore your blogs database.

  69. Tony says:

    Hi, this plugin is exactly what I need but I need the “subscribe without commenting” and I am at a loss as to how to set it up. Would like it to appear between bottom of post and above regular comment form. Person I am doing it for would like subscribers to not have to comment to subscribe to comments. When I put all of function show_manual_subscription_form() in single.php tells me is already called by the subscribe-to-comments.php plugin file. I’m a WordPress newbie, I think I am missing something very obvious. Thanks, Tony

  70. [...] Subscribe To Comments Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. [...]

  71. Mark says:

    Tony,

    <?php show_manual_subscription_form(); ?>

    Place that in the desired location. Use CSS to style appropriately.

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  76. GB says:

    Hi, does v2.1 of this plugin work in WP2.1.1?

    I can’t get it to work at all – no emails turn up – I have followed instructions explicitly.

    Also, I note that the “clear:both” option in WPAdmin stays on no matter what I set in the options page, I click update, but when I go back to the page its selected again.

    Thanks

  77. Make$ Money$ says:

    Personally, I am always careful to un-tick the little box so that I don’t get notification unless I want to follow the ongoing discussion. In fact, sometimes, I find it annoying too. Hehehe. However, this plugin – Subscribe to Comments is still a very good way for me to communicate with my blogs visitors. I have a way of them coming back to my site. Then, chances of them browsing around my blog increases if they have landed on it when the email notified them that I have replied.

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  79. m.e. says:

    hi, this is a nice plug-in, unfortunately a lot of spammers added random addresses to my db and i’d have to delete them one by one. so it would be nice to have an interface to delete several marked addresses at once, even better if there was an option to invert the selection.

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  82. Subscribe to Comments von Tempus Fugit. Ein Fehler des alten Plugins war es unter anderem, dass die “Subscriber” nicht mehr fehlerfrei verwaltet werden konnten. Deshalb war es mir leider nicht möglich, Eure Abos zu übernehmen. Wenn Ihr also nun die Kommentare eines Beitrags per

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