Subscriptions: add the Follow button

[jeherve]

As seen on WordPress.com and on self-hosted sites thanks to this third-party plugin

Original trac ticket:

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1774

[lancewillett]

This can be done with WP.com "Follow Button" creation: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/follow-button-creation/ — but would be even better as a Jetpack widget.

[jeherve]

I was thinking about the other follow button, appearing at the bottom of WordPress.com sites when logged out, as displayed on the plugin page I linked to above.

[enejb]

Just noticed that the follow button generator doesn't work if the site has JSON API disabled.

[jeherve]

Also suggested here: https://twitter.com/DigitalClasses/status/684252094392438784

[jeherve]

Reopening as the Follow button added in #5615 isn't the one that's mentioned here.

For reference, here is a version of the button on WordPress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-follow-button-for-jetpack/

It mimics the button as it looked like when we first introduced it to WordPress.com users: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/more-traffic-for-your-blog-with-the-follow-button/

It looks a bit different now:

[jeherve]

Also requested here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/like-button-26/

[jeherve]

Also requested here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newslette-confirm-textlang/#post-8642660

[jeherve]

Also suggested here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/follow-blog-widget-for-self-hosted-wp-site-with-jetpack-enabled/

[jeherve]

Related: #6848

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[PixelRobots]

Is anything happening with this?

[jeherve]

@PixelRobots We haven't made any progress on this yet, but we will update this issue when we do!

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[poojashetty18]

Another request in 1972936-zen

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[jeherve]

Related discussion in #16639

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