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]
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Installation
- Put subscribe-to-comments.php into [wordpress_dir]/wp-content/plugins/
- Go into the WordPress admin interface and activate the plugin
- 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(); ?> - 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.
- Log out of WordPress
- 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.
- Leave a second comment using a different e-mail address than the one you used in step 2 (it can be a bogus address).
- 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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Thank u for the plugin i was searching for it
wa.. great job.. thanks.
Thanks for a great plugin.
The double opt-in is very good news! I have always refrained from installing a subscription plugin on any of my blogs because I was worried of being accused of spamming. Some hosting companies might even suspend your account if they receive complaints.
With a double opt-in, you have proof that the person who subscribed is the email owner
I’d like to add my encouragement/request for a double-opt-in feature for the next version of this plugin.
Just this past week, my hosting company sent me a warning, saying I was spamming. They forwarded me a redacted version of the “offending” message, and it was a message generated by this plugin.
The person subscribed to a particularly active comments thread, but after a month or so, she reported the e-mail notifications as spam. (Why she wouldn’t use the unsubscribe link that’s in every e-mail notification, instead of reporting me as a spammer, is beyond me.) I have now regrettably disabled Subscribe to Comments. If the next version features double opt-in, I’ll be sure to re-enable the feature.
Thanks for your work on this plugin.
I have tried it with the option both checked and and checked to do a CSS “clear” on the subscription checkbox/message (uncheck this if the checkbox/message appears in a strange location in your theme).
nice puling thank u
Hi Mark, I have the spanish transaltion for this great plugin, just let me know how to send to you.
Is there a way to change the path for this po and mo files, Now I think that they must be on the plugins root to work, wouldn’t be nice if these files were on subscribe to comments plugin folder?
Thanks!
BTW the “Subscribe to Comments Options” text isn’t able to translate so in http://www.anydomain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=stc-optionsmanager it shows in english right now.
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i have a problem. i can sucscribe to mail if i am the author. only other users can!
how can be fixed?>
just implemented on my blog v2.7 and works perfectly, simple to implement and does exactly what it says on the tin.
thank you for your efforts!
This plugin is great for having steady traffic from returning readers. This is really great feature and its great tool for getting quality visitors on your blog.
Thanks for this plugin! The new comment threading via WordPress *unbelievably* doesn’t notify users if someone replies to their comment, so your plugin is still invaluable.
My only issue is that twice now (because I deactivated for a while) I’ve gotten a blank subscriber, and I can’t delete that because I can’t click on it. Is there something I can do about this?
Thanks either way for your hard work!
Hello,
It’s a great tool. I used it now for a few days and it gives my site more traffic already.
I do have one question though. I am goning to translate the subscribe-to-comments.pot file. But can you tell me where I have to place the translated files .po and .mo (which directory)? Also, do I have to give the special names, or is subscribe-to-comments.po and subscribe-to-comments.mo OK?
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Thanx! Just what i wanted.
Were can you see a list of the people subscribed?
Also how does it send out email. Do you need to configure WP to use your smtp server?
nice. i like that
Is there a way to change the path for this po and mo files thanks
I loved this plugin, tnx a lot!!
I just hope visitors use it to blacklist themselves
I loved this plugin, tnx a lot!!
Thanks for this amazing plugin.
I’m running wordpress 2.7 and it seems to work pretty well. Cheers!
Looks nice, but if I test this with a second e-mailaddress (as described) I don’t get any notifications. Secondly, if someone, don’t give an e-mailaddress, and checks the subscribe option, there is a blank line in the subscribtion list.
Thanks a lot for this plugin! It help keeping up conversations a lot.
Nice plugin but not enough documentation for newbies and I’m not even a newbie and still having troubles.
First I wish when people solve their problem they would post back their solution. It would help people like me who spend hours reading these comments trying to solve the same problems.
To solve someone’s problem of the “subscribe to follow-up comments” positioning, I added one thing to the CSS that fixed mine: .subscribe-to-comments {display:inline;}
It was nice to finally read that we could edit subscribers in the admin, but where? I finally found it under tools. But how do you edit the subscribers? When I click on them nothing happens. Also when I try to edit the names in the Subscription Manager from the post page, the page says the email address is not a valid address (it seems to replace %40 for the @ which makes it not a valid email address) Press search to show all the subscribers, try clicking on the name again and goes back to an invalid email address. I never see an option to delete the person. How can you delete an email address?
i can see anything in subscriptions option.
Is it supported on wp-2.7?
The comment notifications are going into my visitors spam folders in gmail…
Thanks for the plugin, appreciated!
I’m having the same problem that Kris Rhoades. Logged as admin, I can’t remove users subscriptions. Inside wordpress control panel, I go to “TOOLS >> Subscriptions”, and I can see the emails, but when I click on them nothing happens. I’m using wordpress version 2.7. Any help on how to remove subscriptions?
Anyone find a solution for the problem Caroline (#27) and I (#11) are having??
Actually, *I* just found it! Or one, anyway. IF you are confident enough about going into your mySQL table, login, go to your wp table, go to comments, and sort by author_email. The ones with no email AND a “Y” value under comment_subscribe are the ones causing you problems. Edit them and change the comment_subscribe value to “N” — problem solved!
Though it would be nice if there were a way to do this within the plugin…
After updating wordpress to version 2.7.1 I’m able to remove user’s subscriptions via “Tools>>Subscriptions” menu. Strange…
Andre: THANK YOU!!!! for doing as I suggested and letting others know of your conquests and also helping me fix my problem. It solved my problem as well!!
oops, a little too quick on the hurrahs because there is still a problem. Clicking on the persons email opens the page to delete them but it doesn’t. Plus when the person tries to unsubscribe themselves from the post page. First goes to the subscription manager page and when you select the email address to unsubscribe the page says the email address is not a valid address (it seems to replace %40 for the @ which makes it not a valid email address) Press search to show all the subscribers, try clicking on the name again and goes back to an invalid email address. I never see a page with options to delete.
I was recomended to use your pluging. I first want to ask, has it been tested on WordPress 2.71. Another plugin I had tried crashed my site so I want to check first.
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The strange thing is that my colleague had the same trouble, but then suddenly behaviour became normal.
Would you be so kind at least show the way how this bug (?) can be eliminated? Thanks in advance.
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This is what I wish to ask . Can I continue using the development code or is there any bug in it that would create a problem for me later .
Thanking you in advance Mark.
Is this 2.7 or above compatible?? And woow how good that someone has a subscribe to comments in there comments. That means i will actually come back to this site. Otherwise how the hell do i return to all the blogs i post to.
But i’m in the same boat i have not got or found a subscribe to comments that works? Can anyone direct please!!
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you claim “Subscription without leaving a comment” is now possible. How? If i try to check the notification box and click submit, it doesn’t work.
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