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. Click Add on the left side of the editor.
  2. Click Contact and Forms.
  3. Scroll down to the Subscribe section and select a form.
  4. Click Form Settings to edit the text, submit message and more.
  5. Click Publish.
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. You can choose if you want to approve them manually or not and automatically receive email notifications every time you post. 
Some blogs come with the Wix Members Area already installed. If you do not 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. Click Add Apps  on the left side of the editor.
  2. Enter "Members Area" or "Wix Members Area" in the search bar.
  3. Select the Wix Members Area app.
  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.  

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 see a list of readers who unsubscribed using the Unsubscribed filter in your contact list. Learn More

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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