Can’t Log In To Other WordPress Blogs
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I’ve tried over and over again to log in to websites that require WordPress usernames and passwords in order to post comments (namely http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ among others). Every time, I get rejected with the message “ERROR: Invalid username.” When I press the link to register, it leads me to a 404 Error page.
I’ve tried this on both Firefox and Internet Explorer, garnering the same results.
Yet I have no difficulty logging in here on my Dashboard and on these forums.
Does anyone know why this is happening? Can anyone tell me how I can use my WordPress username and password to log into a website asking for my WordPress username and password, since apparently I’m missing a secret step that others have managed to figure out?
Please forgive me if I sound agitated – this is a persistent problem that has caused me no end of frustration over the last few years I’ve run up against it. Thank you ahead of time for your help!
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an anyone tell me how I can use my WordPress username and password to log into a website asking for my WordPress username and password,
You can’t. You can only log in if the blogger in question issues you with the login details.
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http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ is not a wordpress.COM blog. It is a self-hosted blog and they are in no way connected to wordpress.COM.
At self-hosted wordpress blogs that require you to register to leave a comment, that is what you will have to do. Register with them. Each blog is separate, so you will have to register separately on any self-hosted blogs you want to comment on.
Personally, with this growing trend where sites require you to register to comment, I simply have quit commenting on them rather than have to keep track of dozens of usernames and passwords.
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Except when I clicked on the – bighollywod – link above while logged in and then on a Post and went to the bottom, there was a comment box waiting for me with my log-in name and posting nickname there on the site from WordPress.COM!! Way Kool?? or what??
There was a link to my profile which took me here: http://intensedebate.com/user-dashboard – and in the bottom “An Automattic Production” Member since June 15 2010 (1 week) – – and no I did not register anywhere except at WordPress.COM.
I guess another “feature” or something.
Who said that big brother is not out to get us?
Feel safer now?
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Whoa! They are doing that through IntenseDebate, which is owned by Automattic. That is quite cool.
@mysterycyle, if you are logged in here at wordpress.COM, you should be able to leave comments on bighollywood. Other sites though might not be set up that way though.
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Well at least it is all in the Automattic family. If it were Facebook I’d be far more worried.
I had no idea that this was even possible actually.
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@mysterycycle-That site uses IntenseDebate. Have you tried creating an account there? http://intensedebate.com/home (and I see you’ve had this problem for a long, long time)
@auxclass @tsp – It’s the universal user profile at work! If the site you are visiting is using IntenseDebate, and you are logged in here or leave a comment with an email linked to your WP.COM account, your Gravatar and a “W” will appear. http://intensedebate.com/logmein
@bilalamjad2 – whut?
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Also you can find more info about the WP.com & ID merge by following this link → Introducing WordPress.com User Accounts & Auto-Login to IntenseDebate
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bilalamjad2 is backlink hunting wanting links from the .COM forums to get traffic.
I’ve modlooked other threads it had posted in.
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@slikbonez – Thanks for posting that link! Feerry interestink (in my best Colonel Klink voice)
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