Can I prevent my IP address from being shown in the comment sections?
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How do I eliminate my IP address and the addresses of commenters?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I noticed when looking over comments, that when I reply, my IP address is shown, as is the addresses of those commenting to me. Is there a way that I can at least prevent mine from showing? My blog has had many views to it, and frankly, I’ve also gotten many spammers and robots visiting my business site since posting this blog. Unfortunately, my bank checking account was compromised a week ago. My money was returned to me….but I don’t like this. I don’t care about others IP addresses and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I wanted to, but I know others can do much with an IP address once they get hold of one. Is there a way to prevent it from being shown?
Thank you
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The IP addresses which have not been unique for over a decade now and the email addresses, which are in many cases throwaway email addresses used only in association with blogs, can only be seen on the Admin side of the blog.
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Then I don’t need a blog. It has run it’s course, time to take it down, along with my others.
Thank you for the response.
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re: changing your email address to a throwaway email address
You must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the free hosted WordPress.com blog(s) to change the associated email address.
You have two separate email address settings at WordPress.com.
Blog notifications for the admin (like comment moderation, Likes, new subscriptions, etc) are sent to the email address at Settings -> General in the Dashboard.
Personal notifications (like comments on your post, subscription emails, and upgrade renewals) are sent to the email address at Users -> Personal Settings in the Dashboard.
Try the change here first > http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/
See Issues Changing your E-mail Address > http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/#issues-changing-your-e-mail-address
re:e deleting a blog
You must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered a blog to delete the blog. To prevent accidental or inadvertent deletion of blogs, there are multiple warnings given that blog deletion is permanent and irreversible. Lastly, a verification link is sent in an email and must be clicked to delete a blog. If clicking that link does not work then copy and paste it into your upper browser window and click.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content and deleting blogs does not remove any indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months.
re: closing an account
All you were required to provide to register an account here was an email address that can be replaced at any time.Any personal information that you voluntarily posted can also be removed at any time.
Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.
2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
http://wordpress.com/#!/following/subsettings/3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click.
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