Comment Restrictions
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When someone wishes to leave a comment on one of my posts, they are UNABLE to unless they have a WordPress account. Most of my viewers do not have WordPress accounts. However, when they click the “comment” icon, they are prompted to sign in using their WordPress account. Comments are restricted to ONLY WordPress account holders. I have checked the settings and am unable to find exactly where or how I can change it so that ANYONE, including those without a WordPress account, can leave a comment. Please tell me exactly how to change the “comment” restriction.
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When someone wishes to leave a comment on one of my posts, they are UNABLE to unless they have a WordPress account. Most of my viewers do not have WordPress accounts. However, when they click the “comment” icon, they are prompted to sign in using their WordPress account. Comments are restricted to ONLY WordPress account holders. I have checked the settings and am unable to find exactly where or how I can change it so that ANYONE, including those without a WordPress account, can leave a comment. Please tell me exactly how to change the “comment” restriction.
The blog I need help with is thesaferoute.wordpress.com.
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This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up your own preferred defaults for comments.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/Discussion Settings
Other comment settings
_Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
_Users must be registered and logged in to commentNote that the prompt to submit and email address and a website URL will still appear, but providing an email address and logging in are not required, and you cannot change this so the prompt does not appear.
You can post instructions for your visitors in a text widget if you wish to set up anonymous commenting. That’s easy to do. You copy and paste this into a text widget:
Readers: Note that the email address and logging in prompts do appear for comments on this blog, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.
P.S. Do be sure to set up full comment moderation ie. “An administrator must always approve the comment” because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation -
Ma’am,
Thank you very much for not only the informative and helpful information, but also the prompt reply. I appreciate it. I will give this a try and if I still have issues, I will post them immediately. Otherwise, thank you again. Enjoy your weekend.
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