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Forums / Changing or creating new username

Changing or creating new username

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    theonomist · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 7:32 pm
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    I have two wordpress blogs. I want to change my username to match my second blog instead of my first, but when I try to change the username, I am told that address already exists and it doesn’t give me another option.

    username: theonomist
    blog1: theonomist.wordpress.com
    blog2: kazooless.wordpress.com

    desired username: kazooless

    I would prefer to be logging in with kazooless instead of theonomist or to have both accounts.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 7:36 pm
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    Every blog has a sole owner and it is the person with the username account who registered the blog under that username account. That username account has to add the other username account(s) ie. as Admin to the blog you want to be transferred to them and then use the process to transfer the blog to their username account.

    Log out of WordPress.com and clear your browser cache and cookies an then register the second username account under a different email address.
    adding users http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
    user roles http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
    transfer the blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

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