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Following

My Followers

Each time you publish new content on your blog, your followers receive an update, either on their Read Blogs page or via email (or both, depending on their settings). There are several different ways that readers can start following your blog.

Note: Followers do not need to be registered with WordPress.com. Anyone following your blog with an email address that’s not associated with a WordPress.com account will be sent details of how to confirm and manage the sites they’re following without needing to register at WordPress.com.

Follower Stats

Your site stats page displays how many followers you have, who your followers are, as well as how many people are subscribed to post comments on your site.

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Comment Followers

After leaving a comment on one of your posts, readers have the option to follow the comments on that post. To learn more about your following comments settings, visit the Follow Comments support page.

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Troubleshooting

If you or your reader is having trouble signing up to follow a blog, or isn’t receiving email updates, you can try these to fix the problem.

  • Check your spam/junk email box. If you have an option to unblock specific email addresses, try allowing *@wordpress.com (all emails from the domain) and/or no-reply@wordpress.com addresses.
  • Make sure you to uncheck the box next to “Block all email updates from WordPress.com blogs you follow” on your Email Delivery Settings page.
  • Double-check that you have confirmed your request to follow. You can view all of the blogs and comment threads you’re following on your Read Blogs page (if you have a WordPress.com account), or at subscribe.wordpress.com (if you don’t have any account but are following WordPress.com blogs).

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Managing Blogs You Follow

Full details of managing blogs and comment threads you’re following can be found on the Managing Blogs I Follow page.

Still confused?

Contact support.