Title: Category based subscription
Last modified: October 5, 2020

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# Category based subscription

 *  Resolved [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * (@samoreen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/)
 * Hi,
 * Does MailPoet allow users to subscribe to new post notifications for specified
   categories only ?
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13504051)
 * Hello [@samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/),
 * You’ll need to create a special list for that Post Notification and ask users
   to subscribe to it.
 *  Thread Starter [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * (@samoreen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13504320)
 * Hi,
 * > You’ll need to create a special list for that Post Notification
 * Sorry I didn’t understand your answer correctly. Forget my first reply.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/).
 *  Thread Starter [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * (@samoreen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13504368)
 * Hi,
 * > You’ll need to create a special list for that Post Notification
 * So, back to the beginning.
 * If I understand you well, your answer basically means yes. OK. Now, I will need
   the how-to. Is this procedure described somewhere ?
 * Thanks in advance.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/).
 *  Thread Starter [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * (@samoreen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13504384)
 * Basically, I’m wondering whether MailPoet can do the same as this plugin : [https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/).
 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13512386)
 * Hi [@samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/),
 * To do that, you’ll need to have different [Lists](https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/282-create-a-list)
   created (i.e.: Pets; News; Sports) and then different Post Notification emails
   created associated with each list.
 * When [creating your subscription form](https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/140-create-a-subscription-form#settings),
   you can then add a “List selection” field to it and your subscribers will be 
   able to join the category they want.
 *  Thread Starter [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * (@samoreen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13512595)
 * Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, this would not allow the user to decide
   to which categories he wants to subscribe and to modify his choices at will. 
   Unless I’m missing something, each list would have to be updated upon user’s 
   request. That’s not workable.

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 * [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/post/)
 * [subscription](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subscription/)

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 * Last reply from: [samoreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samoreen/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-based-subscription/#post-13512595)
 * Status: resolved