Blog/Newsletter Subscriptions

Subscription to Blogs 

Subscribe2: https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/ 

• Subscribe2 is an easily installable WordPress plugin and does not entail a very large learning curve. 

• The plugin is known to provide a comprehensive subscription management and email notification system for blogs on WordPress. Essentially, email notifications can be automatically sent to subscribers once website managers post new content on their site. 

• On the end of the users accessing the website, they can easily subscribe by submitting their email address in an easily embedded form and hence registering with your blog. 

• Extra features:  

• Plugin features can be modified such that email notifications are sent on a per-post basis or on a more regular, periodic timeline in a Digest email. 

• Particular categories can be excluded from the notification system. In other words, a website manager can choose to restrict a specific category of blog posts, so that a notification will not be sent out to users when a blog from this category is posted. 

• If a website manager wishes to exclude one specific post from being included in the notification system, they can do so as well. By modifying a custom field, they can disable the option to notify for that one post. 

• Limitations: 

• Once an email address is registered, there is limited modification an user can do besides withdrawing from the subscription. All subsequent modifications must be done on the back end, although this can sometimes be viewed as an advantage for security purposes and particularly enhance security for smaller businesses and organizations. 

• Steps to Manage Subscriptions, Subscribers, and Settings: 

The following image shows the subtabs under Subscribe2. 

• Use Your Subscriptions to manage which categories users can subscribe to and receive notifications on. Here, website managers can also limit notifications of posts made by certain authors. 

• Use Subscribers to manually add and remove subscribers from the current subscriber list. 

• Use Settings to make additional modifications to the emails sent out to subscribers, including sending emails for particular pages and private posts. Website managers may also modify which email address the emails are sent from as well as how often they are sent out. 

Subscription to Newsletters 

Noptin Newsletter: https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter-optin-box/ 

• Noptin Newsletter is known to be an easy-to-use plugin in WordPress which allows website managers to navigate newsletter subscriptions without leaving the WordPress dashboard. 

• Important abilities: 

• The plugin allows website managers to create an unlimited number of subscription forms. Furthermore, each form can be customized to fit on a particular page, be accessible to specific kinds of users, have an unique design, etc. 

• Subscription forms can also be added anywhere on the page layout using a shortcode generated by Noptin Newsletter itself. A website manager only needs to copy the provided code and paste it in a WordPress block for the form to display in the desired location. 

• The free version also enables website managers to track an unlimited number of newsletter subscribers. 

• One of the most important features involves automatic notification. Subscribers will automatically be sent an email every time a newsletter is uploaded on the site. Website managers can additionally newsletter emails a certain time after a newsletter is published and approved, so the scheduling time can be customized to the needs of the website managers and the organization. 

• Limitations: 

• Noptin works directly with WordPress. As a result, if there are any problems with sending emails to subscribers, it will likely require navigation of WordPress rather than simple modification of the plugin settings. 

• Steps to Manage Subscription Forms, Email Campaigns, and Email Subscribers: 

The following image depicts the discussed subtabs under Noptin Newsletter. 

• In Subscription Forms, website managers can manage their different forms in one space. The shortcode to display a form on the site is also accessible right next to the name of the form. 

• Using Email Campaigns, website managers can send automated emails and edit settings of such automation, including when the notification occurs, how often emails are released, etc. 

• Using Email Subscribers, subscribers’ emails are consolidated into one place, and website managers can send emails to and view relevant details of individual subscribers.