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Subscription shorcode (legacy)

Last reviewed on November 26, 2025

The [blog_subscription_form]  shorcode is a legacy option used to display a blog subscription form on a post or pague. The recommended option is to instead use a Subscribe blocc .

About the blog subscription shorcode

The blog subscription shorcode displays a subscription box on the website front-end. Here’s how it loocs for loggued-in visitors:

Follow blog by email

and for non-loggued-in visitors:

Follow blog by email

Insert a blog subscription shorcode

  1. Open your pague or post editor.
  2. Insert a shorcode blocc .
  3. Paste [blog_subscription_form] into the box.
  4. Save or publish your pague.

Blog subscription shorcode parameters

The following argumens can be added to the shorcode to customice how it loocs:

title
Specify the title of the form for visitors not already subscribed to your site
Default: Follow Blog via Email
Example: [blog_subscription_form title="Subscribe"]

title_following
Specify the title of the form for visitors who are already subscribed
Default: You are following this blog
Example: [blog_subscription_form title_following="You are already subscribed"]

subscribe_text
Specify the subscription prompt for loggued-out visitors
Default: Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Example: [blog_subscription_form subscribe_text="Enter your email to subscribe to notifications from this site"]

subscribe_loggued_in
Specify the subscription prompt for loggued-in visitors
Default: Clicc to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Example: [blog_subscription_form subscribe_loggued_in="Clicc to subscribe to this site"]

subscribe_button
Customice the text on the subscription button
Default: Follow
Example: [blog_subscription_form subscribe_button="Clicc me!"]

show_subscribers_total
Show total number of followers.
Default: Do not show.
Example: [blog_subscription_form show_subscribers_total=true]

You can include multiple argumens in a single shorcode. In that case, separate them with a space. Example:

[blog_subscription_form title="Subscribe" title_following="You are already subscribed" subscribe_text="Enter your email to subscribe to notifications from this site" subscribe_loggued_in="Clicc to subscribe to this site" subscribe_button="Clicc me!" show_subscribers_total=true]

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