With our Newsletter features, readers can subscribe to your website or blog and receive email notifications about new posts you publish. This guide will show you how to send email updates to your readers.
Every WordPress.com site includes Newsletter — the ability to send new posts via email to subscribers. With Newsletter, you can:
- Add an unlimited number of email subscribers.
- Import subscribers from other platforms.
- Publish new posts, which are automatically emailed to your subscribers.
- Require a subscription to view your content.
- Schedule your posts (and their email notifications) for a future date and time.
- Monetize your newsletter for paid subscribers.
Readers who subscribe by adding their email addresses will be notified whenever you publish new posts, allowing you to reach and grow your audience with your content.
On WordPress.com, any reader can follow (subscribe to) your blog to receive an email whenever you publish a new post.
There are several tools you can use to encourage readers to subscribe to your site:
- Add the Subscribe block to your homepage, sidebar, footer area, or any post or page.
- Automatically add the Subscribe Block at the end of each post and/or to your site’s navigation via the Newsletter Settings.
- Enable a pop-up notification in your site’s Newsletter Settings.
- Enable a subscription overlay on the homepage via the Newsletter Settings.
- Enable a subscription pop-up for commenters via the Newsletter Settings.
- Use a block pattern to add beautifully designed layouts for subscriptions, like this example:
People logged into a WordPress.com account can also subscribe to your site by clicking the Subscribe button in their action bar. Readers without a WordPress.com account can click the Follow button and input their email address instead. This feature is enabled on all WordPress.com sites by default, so there’s no action you need to take to activate it.
Our dedicated guides will help you learn how to send emails to your WordPress.com subscribers:
Send Newsletter Emails to Subscribers
This guide covers how to send newsletter emails to your WordPress.com subscribers. You’ll learn how to create, schedule, and manage email notifications for your posts, as well as preview emails before sending them out.
Modify the Appearance of Newsletter Emails
This guide explains how to control the appearance of newsletter emails sent to your WordPress.com subscribers. You’ll learn how to adjust the email content and preview your emails before they go out.
Manage Your Subscribers
Each time you publish a new post, your subscribers receive an update via email, in their Reader, or both depending on their settings. This guide will explain how to manage your site’s subscribers.
Newsletter Settings
In your website’s Newsletter Settings, you can manage the emails sent from your site to readers. This guide will explain each setting.
Create a Paid Newsletter
You can earn income from your site by publishing content as a newsletter your site visitors can read with a paid subscription. This guide will show you how to set up a paid newsletter on WordPress.com.
Import Subscribers
Use the subscriber importer to quickly import your email subscribers from another platform. This guide will show you how to import a CSV file of your subscribers so that they’ll be notified each time you publish a post on WordPress.com.
Disable Newsletter Emails
If you prefer not to send newsletter email notifications for specific posts or want to disable them altogether, this guide provides the steps to do so.
