Cannot establish ownership of my WordPress blogs

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  rapierpen · Member · Jun 11, 2021 at 9:24 pm

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  I need to contact someone who can help me to regain access to my two WordPress blogs that I have been using for free since 2009 in order to now pay the monthly charge to have the unwanted advertisements removed.
  As noted, I began my WordPress account in 2009. This was well before it was even possible to have any of the 3 forms of ID that are now mandatory. So I have NONE of these and cannot establish proof of ownership that way.
  I can provide a screen shot of the Welcome email that verified my ownership and that included my original password.

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  supernovia · Staff · Jun 11, 2021 at 10:24 pm

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  Hi @rapierpen, do you still have access to the email? If so, resetting your password will be your very best bet.

  Otherwise, can you reach out here?

  passwordhelp@wordpress.com

  Give them the API key you shared. I removed your other thread because this is a public forum and we don’t want sensitive details like that to end up in the wrong hands.

  Also, please give them the site link, email address, and username as well, and explain the situation. They can likely help.