Being discoverable

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  sebasphotolab · Member · May 20, 2017 at 8:29 am

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  Recently I moved my website to a self hosted one. In doing so I lost the ability to be discovered in the reader through tags even if I am registered on WordPress. Com. Is it possible to add my site back manually or something? It would be appreciated

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 20, 2017 at 8:49 am

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  Hello @sebasphotolab
  Self-hosted WordPress.ORG sites are not automatically added to the WordPress.COM reader.

  You have to install the Jetpack plugin from your WordPress.ORG dashboard and connect your site to your WordPress.COM account.

  Read this Jetpack support guide to get started: https://jetpack.com/support/installing-jetpack/

  Hope this helps 🙂

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  sebasphotolab · Member · May 20, 2017 at 10:31 am

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  Thanks for the answer. It’s the first thing I did, I thought it was clear since the forum asked me for the Web site I am talking about which is registered with WordPress.com and jet pack. Still if I search for a tag in the discovery, my post won’t pop up :(. What am I missing?

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  mommyhive · Member · May 20, 2017 at 10:41 am

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  @otpidusprime if I may

  @sebasphotolab Please confirm if u added tags as specified in below link
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/tags/#adding-tags-via-the-tags-module

  Thank You.

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  justjennifer · Member · May 20, 2017 at 12:20 pm

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  Hello, all – sebasphotography.com is a self-hosted site using the standalone WP (org) software.

  The Reader is a feature for WordPressdotcom users, who can follow a self-hosted site either by adding the site’s RSS feed in the Reader or by the site owner adding the Jetpack Subscriptions module and widget to their self-hosted site to allow users to follow more easily.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/reader/
  https://jetpack.com/support/subscriptions/

  Regardless of the above, a self-hosted WP (org) site’s categories and tags will not connect to the Reader. That is a feature currently exclusive to sites hosted on WordPressdotcom.

  Let us know if you have any further questions about this.

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  sebasphotolab · Member · May 20, 2017 at 12:50 pm

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  Thanks Jennifer,

  I loved to get my view from the wordpress.com discover. It’s a shame it won’t work any more, but I understand that it makes sense to have it working only for wordpress.com sites.

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  justjennifer · Member · May 20, 2017 at 3:08 pm

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  You’re welcome. According to earlier Staff replies, they are constantly working on ways to include jetpack connected self-hosted sites in the Reader, so maybe this will happen someday.

  All the best.