We've now updated our signup for new users so that you can get a WordPress.com account without a blog being created. People have been requesting this quite a bit. This could be useful for a couple of reasons:
- If you wanted to leave comments on blogs that require sign-in
- If you read a blog that uses our not-yet-released members-only feature (hint)
- If you are a writer on an existing blog, but don't want a blog of your own
- If you just want an API key
I personally think multi-author blogs will benefit most from this. If you get a regular account sans blog and decide you want a blog later, don't worry we'll hold your sub-domain for you.
This is part of how a WordPress.com membership is evolving to be for more than just a blog, which is something we didn't quite anticipate but is a pretty fun development nonetheless.
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Sweet! I was one of the requesters (requestees?) and appreciate you guys listening. My request stemmed from a need for students to be able to add content to a classroom or teacher’s blog. Very cool.
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Great Idea, maybe im starting a multi author blog now
Very cool. It will be convenient for guest writers.
Yeah!
I could have done with when I signed up for my account, which I only really wanted to leave comments on other blogs with, but I can see a lot of uses for this generally. Cool!
Now, is it possible to delete a blog without deleting your account?
Jonathan, I think so, but don't ask questions in the comments. Use the feedback form for a definite answer.
I liked these two points most:
1. If you wanted to leave comments on blogs that require sign-in.
2. If you are a writer on an existing blog, but don’t want a blog of your own.
I’m not a tech geek, so excuse me: What’s an API Key?
Erm…okay…I think…
WordPress.com Account ohne Blog
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Good idea, thanks 😀
Very cool!
Now if i go to a web host (That’ll never happen) i wont have to register a blog to get a API
We just started a multi-author blog and was hoping for something like this! Thanks for all the improvements!
Thanks for the updates, this feature will sure to banefit my friends 😉
This will benefit many people. Thanks a bunch.
***If you read a blog that uses our not-yet-released members-only feature (hint)***
Now this sounds very interesting – my curiousity is all over me!
I’m quite amused (scared?) by your (Hint)….If u mean that in-future you’ll have blogs that can only be rad by members, then i don’t think that it is a gr8 idea! Whatever happened to freedom of expression? why should anyone ‘signup’ just to read a blog? I would’nt like it much when I’ve read the headline of an artcile and clicking on the ‘Read More’ button would ask me to signup before proceeding 😐
A friend of mine was wanting to become a writer on my blog but didn’t want a blog of his own. This will totally change that, a much needed feature, great job!
Thanks! Just started a blog only recently and wanted to invite a friend to co-write. Raised the question via support and by having this feature already now, it feels that it was done specially for me 😉 Ofcourse this is not the case…but hey… great move!
Some ppl i know were thinking of this thankx wordpress
Really neat. Takes care of a pile of issues. Thanks guys
Wow! This is so cool! No doubt I am in love with WordPress :), even if I don’t understand a lot of the finer lines of blogging!
Even though I could have used this when I signed up for an API key, I made lemons into lemonade and use my hosted site as a free link to my real site. Your product is so good (and its free) that it never occurred to me to complain about this. Keep up the good work.
most excellent. most excellent. keep up the good work. I find more reasons why I migrated from Blogger every day.
Nice, but I already have the blog but don’t use it. What do I do? Delete the blog? Thanks…
Cool! I can’t wait as well for your members only feature to be released soon.
This is great. I can think of restricting the comments only for wp.com users now.
I am also looking forward for the members only feature that was hinted here… 🙂
this is a very cool feature! thanks guys
thanks a lot. That’s step one and now I’m off to convince by batchmates to sign up 😛
oh snap, good stuff
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WordPress.com is a convenient way to try out the latest version of WordPress. Sneaky. Right now it’s looking pretty Web 2.0. I don’t really know why you’d want to sign up without a blog, but I’m sure there are reasons for it.
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thanks a lot
good work
yay
WordPress.com apre le registrazioni anche a coloro che non vogliono aprire un blog
Ho appena scoperto che da pochi giorni WordPress.com ha aperto le registrazioni di nuovi utenti anche a coloro che non vogliono creare un blog con la nota piattaforma.
E’ una buona notizia in particolar modo per due motivi:
1) Potete lasciare un …
Excellent work as always. I’m still loving it
Thanks for all the great work guys – though none of the features are useful for me I am not alone. There are many people out there who need it. Best blogging service there is online!
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If you want to get a WordPress.com account without getting a free WordPress blog, it is possible now. WordPress.com has updated the registration page for you.
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Good idea, thanks for this cool feature.
It’s really good, I hope blog readers would apreciate it!.
Thanks a LOT for including the Portuguese in your language list! I keep speaking about the excelence of you service to others portuguese bloggers, and that support is quite important for us, portuguese speakers…
That’s pretty cool. WordPress just keeps getting better. Now, if only the themes were customizable…