I am sure you often noticed in the blogs that there has been an option to “Subscribe To Newsletter” option in the comment box itself. Although the option is marvellous as you are getting two functionalities at single par – subscription to newsletter and that of comment. Interestingly, the user in order to subscribe all they have to do is to click on the checkbox and they will be subscribed while the user can use the same email as that they will be using for commenting purpose. In order to achieve this, there is a plugin name Newsletter Sign-Up.

Plugin To Use: Newsletter Sign-Up

Newsletter Sign-Up

The plugin works with third-party newsletter services like MailChimp, YMLP, Aweber, iContact, PHPList, Feedblitz although you can practically use the plugin for EVERY newsletter provider that’s around if you use the right configuration settings while the best part is that you can add up the “subscribe to newsletter” option in your WordPress blog comments.

Features

  • Add a “sign-up to our newsletter” checkbox to your comment form or registration form
  • Easy customizable Newsletter Sign-Up Widget
  • Embed a sign-up form in your posts with a simple shortcode [nsu-form].
  • Embed a sign-up form in your template files by calling nsu_form();
  • Use the MailChimp or YMLP API or any other third-party newsletter service.
  • Works with most major mailinglist services like Aweber, Constant Contact, iContact, etc.
  • Compatible with BuddyPress, MultiSite and bbPress.
  • Compatible with WYSIWYG Widgets to allow easy widget text editing.

Installation

  • Upload the contents of newsletter-sign-up.zip to your plugins directory.
  • Activate the plugin
  • Specify your newsletter service settings.
  • Optional: Install WYSIWYG Widgets if you want to be able to easily edit the widget’s form text.

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