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title: "Follower & Block Module"
description: "The Follow & Block module introduces a new layer of social interaction to your community, allowing members to connect and personalize their experience in a way similar to popular social networks. When enabled, members can **follow** other users whose content…"
url: "https://fluentcommunity.co/docs/follower-block-module/"
updated: "2025-10-10"
category: Member Management
---

# Follower & Block Module

The Follow & Block module introduces a new layer of social interaction to your community, allowing members to connect and personalize their experience in a way similar to popular social networks.

When enabled, members can **follow** other users whose content they enjoy, creating a curated "Following" feed. They also gain the ability to **block** other users for a safer and more controlled environment.

### How to Set Up the Module (For Admins)

This module is disabled by default. To make it available to your members, you first need to activate and configure it.

1. From your WordPress dashboard, navigate to **FluentCommunity → Portal Settings** and then click on the **Features & Addons** tab.
2. Find the **Follower Module** in the list of Advanced Features.
3. Click the **Settings** button next to it.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/follow-module-1-scaled.webp)

1. A **Follower Module Settings** window will pop up. Configure the following options:
   - **Enable Follower Module:** Check this box to turn the entire feature on.
   - **Following Config:** These settings control the privacy of the follower lists on member profiles.
     - **Who can see the followers list:** Choose who is allowed to see a list of users who follow a member.
     - **Who can see the followings list:** Choose who is allowed to see a list of users a member is following.
     - *For both options, you can choose:*
       - **Everyone:** Any visitor to your site.
       - **Members Only:** Only logged-in community members.
       - **Only Profile Owner and Admin:** The list is private to the user and site administrators.

1. Click the **Save Settings** button to finalize your configuration.

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### How the Feature Works for Members

Here’s a breakdown of how your community members will use the new features.

#### Following and Unfollowing Users

Members can now follow others to see their posts and updates more easily.

- **How to Follow:** A **Follow** button will now appear on other members' profile pages, as well as on their member cards in the main **Members** directory. Clicking this button makes them a follower.

- **Notifications:** You will see a Notification icon button by clicking on it the user who is followed will receive a notifications for post or comments.
- **How to Unfollow:** Once a user is following someone, the button will change to **"Following"**. They can simply click this button again to unfollow.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/follow-module-4-scaled.webp)

#### Viewing Following & Follower Lists

Every member's profile page will now include two new tabs: **Following** and **Followers**. The visibility of these tabs to other users is determined by the privacy settings you configured when enabling the Follower Module.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/follow-module-7.webp)

### Filtering Your Feed by "Following"

To see a personalized feed with posts only from members you follow, use the "Following" filter.

Simply go to the main **Feed** page, click the **"Sort by:"** dropdown menu located above the posts, and select **Following** from the list.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/following-filter-feed-scaled.webp)

Your feed will instantly update to show your curated view.

#### Blocking and Unblocking Users

For increased privacy and safety, members can block other users. The block is silent—the other person is **not** notified.

- **How to Block:** On any member's profile page, click the "three-dot" menu next to the Follow button. From the dropdown, select the **Block** option.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/follow-module-5-scaled.webp)

- **What happens when you block someone?**
  - You will not see the posts of blocked members.
- **How to Unblock:** Members can manage everyone they have blocked.
  1. Navigate to the main **Members** page of the community.
  2. Click on the **Blocked** tab.
  3. This page lists all users you have blocked, and you can unblock them from here.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/follow-module-6-scaled.webp)