Wix Blog: Allowing Readers to Subscribe to Your Blog

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Keep your readers coming back for more by allowing them to subscribe to your blog. They'll receive email notifications every time you publish a new post with a link leading them back to your site.
There are 2 ways readers can subscribe: Through a subscribe form on your site and by becoming members of your blog.
In this article, learn more about allowing readers to:

Allowing readers to subscribe using a subscribe form

Build your mailing list by adding a subscribe form to your site. Anyone visiting your site can sign up and become a subscriber. After you've added your form, you can set your blog to send email notifications to subscribers whenever you publish a post.

To add a subscribe form:

Wix Editor
Studio Editor

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click Add Elements  on the left side of the editor.
  3. Click Contact and Forms.
  4. Scroll down to the Subscribe section and select a form. 
  5. Click the form in your editor.
  6. Click Edit Form and customize your form settings. 
  7. Click Save
A screenshot showing the option to add a contact form.
Want to customize your subscribers form?
Read our article about setting up your subscribe form.

Allowing readers to become members of your blog

Site visitors can sign up as members, and you can decide whether to approve their requests manually or have them automatically approved. Once a member has signed up, they automatically receive email notifications every time you post. 
Some blogs come with the Wix Members Area already installed. If you do not already have the Members Area, you can add it to your site directly from the Wix App Market. 

To add the Wix Members Area:

Wix Editor
Studio Editor
  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click Add Apps  on the left side of the editor.
  3. Search for the Wix Members Area app in the search bar.
  4. Click Add to Site.
A screenshot showing the option to add the Members Area app in Wix Editor

Allowing readers to unsubscribe from your blog

No matter how a reader signed up, they can always unsubscribe if they no longer want to receive email notifications about blog posts. Learn how readers can unsubscribe below:

Readers who signed up through a subscribe form

Every email notification sent to your readers includes an Unsubscribe link at the bottom. Readers can click this link to unsubscribe at any time. You can view a list of readers who unsubscribed using the Unsubscribed filter in your contact list.

Readers who signed up as members

Members automatically receive email notifications whenever you publish a post. They can choose to unsubscribe from these notifications while remaining members of your blog. If a member asks you how they can unsubscribe, you can provide the following instructions:
To unsubscribe from my blog:
  1. Click the login bar at the top of your site.
  2. Click Profile.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click Unsubscribe to stop receiving emails about new posts and updates. 
A screenshot showing the option to unscubscribe from notifications.

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