Blog shows as being registered to someone else
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Hi there
My blog is at https://littlecityblog.wordpress.com/
I’ve just published a new post (https://littlecityblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/frequency-illusion/#more-2645); my wife used the social buttons at the end of the post to share it on Facebook, but when she did, the preview in her timeline shows my blog as being ‘by’ someone else – in this case a guy called Praveen Patel in India, who works for the IT outsourcing company Wipro.
I don’t know him, have never met him, and am worried that something has happened to my account. (I can provide a screengrab if that would help.)
Anyone know what’s going on here or can point me in the right direction for help? This has never happened before and I’m concerned about the security of my site.
Many thanks!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Thanks for the report here @littlecityblog! Is this still occurring on your side? If so, could you grab a screenshot and upload it to your Media Library? Screenshot instructions can be found here:
We have seen a few reports of this, and we’re looking into what could be causing the issue!
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Thanks! That’s odd – when I share that same post, I don’t see the mention of the unrelated author:
We’re still looking into why this might be occurring. We’ll update you as soon as we know more!
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My site is https://hushlola.wordpress.com/, but when I share on Facebook, up comes Praveen’s name. Not showing up as Praveen on my blog, but it is when I share to social.
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See here please for a Staff response https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/praveen-patel-is-coming-up-as-author-on-my-facebook-page?replies=10#post-2390062
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Everyone,
As Timethief mentioned, we have had several reports of this popping up. I’ll keep this thread updated as we find a resolution. The thread here is also serving as a main canonical thread:
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Same thing has happened to me with my blog http://www.happymindmagazine.de – each post i publish with facebook, it says underneath that the author is praveen patel. this is bizarre. any news on the topic?
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@happymindmagazine: your blog http://www.happymindmagazine.de/ is not hosted by WordPress.com and this forum is only for blogs/sites hosted by WordPress.com
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and different http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/And you should ask in the WordPress.org forum.
http://wordpress.org/support/
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