Cannot link Open Live Writer
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When I try to setup & install Open Live Writer on my PC, it prompts this error:
“You signed in successfully with a blog account, but you do not have a blog with this service provider. $#xA; Check with the blog service provider and then try again.”
My website, username & password are all correct but I just cannot install Open Live Writer. Please help. Thank you.
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Hi there,
Thanks for sharing the details—I can see how frustrating that error must be, especially when everything looks correct on your end.
Open Live Writer is a third-party application and isn’t developed or maintained by WordPress.com, so our ability to troubleshoot issues specific to it is a bit limited. However, I’ll guide you with the best possible steps from our side.
That error usually shows up when the app can’t fully connect to your site, even though the login appears successful. Let’s go through a few things that should help:
- When setting up your blog in Open Live Writer, make sure you select WordPress as the blog type
- For the blog address, try using:
https://chuatekming.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php - Instead of your regular password, please generate and use an application-specific password from here:
https://wordpress.com/me/security/app-passwords - Use your WordPress.com username along with that app password to sign in
This setup usually resolves connection issues like the one you’re seeing.
If it still doesn’t work as expected, you might find it more reliable to use other offline editors that work well with WordPress.com. You can explore available options here:
https://wordpress.com/support/offline-editing/I hope this helps point you in the right direction.
Should you have any other questions, please feel free to share!
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