Can't add admin

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  voicelessvoiced · Member · Jan 31, 2017 at 6:16 pm

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  I have just taken over a blog that belongs to a university organisation that has not used the blog in several years (https://blogs.ischool.utexas.edu/alatla/) . I was given the login ID and password by the previous directors, and would like to add myself as an administrator. I have tried multiple times to send myself the e-mail to add myself as an administrator while logged in as the previous administrator (gretchenl), but have not received any e-mail.

  Also, I have noticed that I can only log into this blog by going to https://blogs.ischool.utexas.edu. When I try to use the same credentials to log into wordpress.com or Gravatar, it does not work.

  I would like to have my own administrator access so that my organisation’s users can see a real picture of me. Since I can’t seem to log in to change the Gravatar of the previous admin, I figure that I have to create my own.

  I can change the previous admin’s name, e-mail address (although my attempts to do this also did not send the verification e-mail to my address), and “post as” name, but since there is a Gravatar associated with her information, I don’t know if this would affect her ability to log into any other WordPress sites that might be associated with her account. Rather than changing all of her information, it would seem easier if I could just have my own information as a separate administrator, but as stated, the confirmation e-mails do not come through to my account.