Subscribe-Remind: WordPress Plugin to Increase your RSS Subscribers
March 24th, 2007
Introduction
With more and more people using RSS readers to get content, it’s important that your blog’s feed be easily accessible. By increasing your syndication audience, your readers will be exposed to much more of your content.
Description
With the Subscribe-Remind plugin, some text will automatically be placed at the end of each of your posts inviting your readers to subscribe to your RSS feed. It’s an unobtrusive and effective way to turn visitors into subscribers.
Download
You can download the plugin here: subscribe-remind.zip
Installation
- Download
- Unzip
- Upload to the WordPress plugins folder (wp-content/plugins)
- Activate via the administration interface
Support
Support will be given in the comments section within this post.
Demos in Use
Chris Bloczynski made it into a very nice looking graphic at the bottom of each of his posts.
Change Log
- Version 1.0 - (March 24, 2007) Initial Creation
Tags: Blog
March 24th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best! I installed this plugin with great ease, and look forward to seeing an increase in subscribers soon. Thanks!
March 24th, 2007 at 9:22 am
One thing I would add to this plugin - an options page to let the blog owner select the feed he wants his readers to subscribe to, especially for those of us who port our feeds through FeedBurner. I had to hack the code to change this. Otherwise, a sharp and easy plugin.
March 24th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Trevor,
Wow, great simple plugin, it will make it on my next top 10 wordpress plugin list! Just a couple of quick tips that other users may consider with it. I added a “your comments welcome” to it via the text, as this is something that also needs reminding and is VERY simple to do with the way you wrote the code!
I also changed the URL to point to my feedpass link (very helpful in explaining what rss is to folks), which links to my feedburner link. You can see this on any post on my site if you are interested.
Again Thanks!
Joseph Pisano MUSicTECHnology.net
http://www.mustech.net
March 24th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Trevor,
This is great! The only issue that I’m having is that the “subcribe language” is showing after my social bookmarking buttons. I’d like it to immediately follow the post.
Can you provide any feedback?
Thanks!
March 24th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Brendan - You can change the placement of it by editing the very last line where it says “add_filter(’the_content’, ’subscribe_remind’, 999);” Try changing 999 to 9, 10, or 11. One of those values should make it appear where you want.
Joseph & Jim - You both bring up great points. I can make it easier to change the feed URL so those modifications won’t be necessary.
March 24th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Thanks! This is always, what I wanted, will implement it on my site
March 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Nice plugin. WIll test it out. Thanks.
March 27th, 2007 at 8:57 am
hi, i’ve download & uploaded it to my site but why is it kept on prompting “This feed contains code errors.” when you clicked on the ’subsribe to my RSS Feed!’
March 27th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Suzie,
There’s something wrong with your feed. It’s not the plugin.
To try and fix it, you might want to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress. I see you’re using 2.0.5. You should either upgrade to 2.0.9 or 2.1.2.
Trevor
March 27th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
thanks trevor ! apprreciate ur prompt reply. oh gosh! upgrading is what i’m afraid to do coz i might mess up everthing
thanks again. cheers!
March 28th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Great plugin… thanks! Is there a way to keep it from posting the tagline in every category though? I have one category that I don’t want it posted to (it’s in a sidebar and makes the layout look odd).
March 31st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Works like a charm! Thanks, Trevor!
April 5th, 2007 at 6:36 am
Hi Trevor,
One more question, is there anyway to get the subscribe remind text to show up in my RSS feed? It’s appearing where I want it on the post but not in the RSS feed.
Thanks!
April 6th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
hi, i really love the plug in.
how to not displaying the rss subscribe on my main page, but it get display on the post…
April 6th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Brendan & Firdaus,
You can remove the conditional “!is_feed()” tag around the code. I put that in because if the person’s viewing your RSS feed, it’s likely they’ve already subscribed.
You can add ” && !is_home()” after checking if it’s a feed if you don’t want it to appear on the homepage.
-Trevor
April 14th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Thanks for a great plugin! I’ll be recommending it to others too. You rock!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Is there a way to keep it from posting the tagline in every category though? I have one category that I don’t want it posted to (it’s in a sidebar and makes the layout look odd).
May 9th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Im using the plugins: Subscribe Remind and jLanguage and im getting two reminders at the end of the post. Exactly im getting an additional reminder line for every language…
Can you give me a hint/workaround what to do? It would be great if Subscribe Remind would also work with jLanguage so that the Reminder is displayed in the used language…
Marcel
May 13th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Great plugin. Many thanks.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Mike,
WordPress has some conditional tags that you can use to restrict it from appearing in certain categories.
In your case, you’ll want to use “!is_category(’2′)” or “!is_category(’Uncategorized’)”, where “2″ and “Uncategorized” are the name and ID number of the category.
May 31st, 2007 at 7:49 am
Nice idea, but it’s much more effective if the Subscribe line is tailored to the post it’s ending and not just generic. Which is what I’m doing here:
jobmob.co.il/blog/…-job-horror-stories/
To make this plugin a knockout, you should allow us to define a phrase per category, for example.
June 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Excellent Plugin Trevor. i was just thinking about building one myself, now I don’t have too. I agree with Jacob though, it would be killer to be able to customize the message via the control panel. Perhaps for a future release.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Great plugin. I made some adjustments, and so far it’s working like a charm. Thanks
July 30th, 2007 at 5:02 am
Wow! The installation is so easy and it’s working already!!! Thank you so much!
August 4th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Thanks for the great plugin! Easy, and works like a charm. Found a couple of tweaks in your comments to make it work just how I wanted, too. Thanks for sharing!
August 15th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Trevor, thanks for the plugin. One question though - what do you edit to have the feed go to Feedburner (I’m clueless on code).
August 17th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Peter,
Here are some instructions for you: http://pastebin.ca/661114
I wasn’t able to add them to this comment for some reason so I put them there.
(Of course use your own URL for the second part :-P)
Hope that helps!
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Trevor, very nice plug-in. Still playing with it. Is it possible to also point to the “Pages”, not just the posts?
Great job!
PM
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
PM,
You want the link to appear on pages as well as on posts?
If yes, then it is a simple fix:
Replace:
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() )
With:
if ( !is_feed() )
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:48 pm
THANKS!! Just what I need to motivate viewers to subscribers! Cheers!
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:17 am
Great plugin! Is there a way to only show the message in a single post and not on the homepage?
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 am
Stefaan,
Yes, that is possible.
Replace:
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() )
With:
if ( is_post() )
August 24th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Hi Trevor, thanks but the replacement doesn’t work. It freezes the homepage.
August 24th, 2007 at 5:55 am
It’s me again. I replaced
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() )
With:
if ( is_home() )
Now it doesn’t show on the homepage but it does show in individual posts and individual pages. To remove it from pages as well, replace it with:
if ( !is_home() && !is_page() )
August 28th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Thanks for the plugin-
Stefaan’s code worked for me to keep link off homepage. One small typo in Stefaan’s comment though:
if ( is_home() )
I believe should be
if ( !is_home() )
At least that’s what worked for me.
September 7th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I’m trying to change the subscribe_remind_text and adding some text at the end, but it keeps breaking no matter what I do.
It works great if I don’t edit, but the slightest edit, like just adding a letter, breaks the whole thing.
Keeps generating “fatal” errors.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Matt,
What would you like the text to say? I’ll test it out and figure out what needs to be done.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
great plugin , will be using it rite now
September 11th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Useful little plugin! Now, for most of my posts, I have reminders for my readers to comment, subscribe to my feed, and share on social sites. I used the Sociable plugin fer the sharing part
September 16th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Trevor,
Great plugin. How could I change the code to insert my feedburner icon? Here is the html code:
Subscribe
September 16th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Ryan,
I assume by icon you meant link? I didn’t see an image file in the code you posted.
Follow these instructions and you should be all set: http://pastebin.ca/699598
Trevor
September 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Sorry - very ignorant on WP code and such. Can you outline exactly what code I need to add, and where, to make the reminder text not appear on the home page please?
September 26th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Patrick,
No problem…
Replace:
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() )
With:
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() && !is_home() )
September 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Excellent. Thanks so much for the quick reply and the very nice plugin!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Cool plug-in for wordpress. Nice and simple the way it should be. Hope I can get some more subscribers with it.
December 17th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Hi Trevor,
How do I have the link point to my Feedburner feed? (based on the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin?)
December 17th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Tomaz:
Replace the following:
‘ . get_bloginfo(’rss2_url’) . ‘
with:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/YourFeed
*Make sure you replace the single quotes and dots around get_bloginfo(’rss2_url’)
Hope that helps!
December 18th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Thanks Trevor,
That worked!
December 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Hi Trevor,
Awesome plugin. I was able to figure out how to change the text and URL. However, I would like to have a link to subscribe via email as well as RSS.
I tried hacking the code, but broke it. I removed my hack and got everything working again.
My curent statement is: “For more helpful articles like this one, please subscribe to my RSS feed.” With “subscribe to my RSS feed” linking to my feedburner RSS feed URL.
However, I would like the text to read: “For more helpful articles like this one, please subscribe to my RSS feed or receive updates via email.”
In the above statement, I would like 2 separate links. The first one will be “subscribe to my RSS feed” and this links to my feedburner RSS feed URL; already working. The second link would be “updates via email” linking to my feedburner email feed.
Is this possible to do with your plugin? If so, how?
Thanks in advance for your help and Merry Christmas.
December 24th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Thanks for the script Trevor. I had to review how you wrote the script and it was so simple.
I looked around your blog for a donate button, but I couldn’t find one. I am happy to give you a donation for solving this problem for me.
If you don’t have a donate button, come see me the next time you have an electrical problem; I’ve got your back.
Thanks again for your help and Merry Christmas.
December 30th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Thx for This Plugin…
January 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Fantastic plugin mate! As someone else stated, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best!
Keep up the good work!
January 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
By the way, how can i remove the text from the homepage? I just want it to show up on the single-post page..
thanks
January 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Andrei,
Sorry for the slow reply.
Here is what you need to do… (it’s simple, don’t worry!)
Replace:
if ( !is_feed() && !is_page() )
With:
if ( is_single() )
Trevor
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 am
I put in my plugins folder and activated it but it still does not show. I think I need to put code in somewhere but not sure what and where. Sorry for my ignorance and your help is appreciated. Looks like a great plugin
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:08 am
eb,
No changes are necessary to get the plugin working. You don’t have to add any code.
If the plugin is activated, it should show up at the bottom of each post.
Trevor
February 1st, 2008 at 6:47 am
i have checked the chris website you have specified in example i want to put the same type of button in my site could you please help me how to add this with all the required modifications
February 1st, 2008 at 10:09 am
Dave,
That is not currently supported, however it is fairly easy to do with just a bit of code hacking. You have to create an image you want to use and insert the img tag in the plugin.
Good luck.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Hi, Trevor! I just want to say Thank You! for the great plugin! I have it working at 1happycorner.com/a…ers-online-resources
I chose to replace the text with an image to fit my website.
Thanks again for a simple yet extremely efficient plugin!
Sincerely,
B.T.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:06 am
Hi, the link seems to be broken.
I’ve been looking for the plugin everywhere since I first saw it appear. It is aesome!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Olivier,
Thanks for the notice. The link should be fixed now.
Enjoy!
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Trevor,
Thank you for such a great plugin. I’m trying to add the img tag into the plugin so I can replace the txt with a custom image, however everytime I do so, I get a fatal error! Any way round this? Could you please give a template code so I can substitute my image into the code?
Thanks in advance.
March 21st, 2008 at 11:38 am
Thanks for the plugin! I am using it on my new site ^^
March 27th, 2008 at 4:35 am
Trevor,
Thanks a ton for this cool plugin. Installation was a breeze. You can check it out at http://www.theorangepaper.com
Cheers,
Austin
March 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Very cool plugin. I know very little about coding. How can I make it call an image instead of text?
Thanks!
matt
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Is this plugin still compatible with wp2.5?
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 am
xytheme,
Yes, it is compatible with WordPress 2.5.
Trevor
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Thank you trevor.
Gonna try using it on my site.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
I am having a problem with this plugin disabling the visual editor. any help would be awesome
morterblog.com
April 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Trevor, I’d like to see this combined with the Subscribe plugin from Add to Any:
wordpress.org/exte…dd-to-any-subscribe/
It lets you add to any feed reader. I love it! Is there any chance you could have it as an option? Like… rollover your graphic and see the menu of services?
April 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Paul,
That’s a good idea! I’ll see what I can do for the next release.
Thanks!
April 26th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I tried using this with 2.5. I activated the plugin, but couldn’t locate where the admin info was.
The instructions say “Activate via the administration interface,” but I can not locate the admin interface. I think I’ve looked everywhere. I expected it to be in “Manage” or “Settings” but I couldn’t find it.
Please advise
thanks
Lane
April 26th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Lane,
On the Plugins page, you have to activate the plugin before it starts working.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Hi Trevor
Thanks for the quick reply. I had already activated it, but I don’t see any “subscribe” message after each post on my site. Also, once I get it working, is there any way to customize the message?
Lane
April 27th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hi,
The plugin works — sorry, I’m not sure why I couldn’t get it to work last night
How can I modify the string that it displays?
Lane
April 27th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Lane,
You’ll have to manually some of the code in the plugin. Open the file with a text editor and change it to whatever you want.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
nice plug-in. I want to ask can we stop the line appearing in home page so that it only appers in the psot pages
May 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Hi Trevor, I would like to know how I can change the text: “If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!” For any other, beacuse my site is in spanish. Thank you!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Hi, Great plugin! I’m trying to make an image show up like Chris Bloczynksi did. I just need to know what part of the code I need to replace with the img source code, any help please?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Thanks, used it on my blog and it worked great.
Ed
June 10th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Thanks Trevor for this useful plugin…!!!
June 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Hey Trevor,
Can you email me the code change needed to the php file so that I may insert my own image instead of your text? If it was html I could do it but php, I’m clueless. Many thanks, CharmingHostess
June 24th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I changed mine to
if ( is_single() ) {
$content .= ‘‘ . SUBSCRIBE_REMIND_TEXT . ‘‘ . SUBSCRIBE_REMIND_LINK_TEXT . ‘!‘;
return $content;
} else {
return $content;
}
seems to keep the rss out of the excerpts
June 26th, 2008 at 11:18 am
E, Great! Thanks, -Trevor