Allowing likes without login

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  harmeet89 · Member · Aug 31, 2014 at 2:27 pm

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  Please help me to disable logins for likes and comments as my friends are eagerly waiting to read my blogs and comment on and like them. Please tell me how to do it because I went through the support articles but was unable to change the default settings.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 31, 2014 at 6:21 pm

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  Hi there. Likes are only available for logged in WordPress.com users. There is no setting that allow people who are not logged in to leave likes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

  Regarding commenting, under Settings ->Discussion you’ll find a section, “Other Comment Settings”. The first two options are:
  [_]Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
  [_]Users must be registered and logged in to comment

  If only the first is selected then anyone can comment, as long as they leave a name and email address, but they don’t have to be logged in to WordPress. I don’t advise you deselect both, as that will make your blog much more vulnerable to spam.

  See here for more information on those settings: http://en.support.wordpress.com/who-can-comment/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-and-twitter-comments/