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  missgr8ful · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 8:38 pm

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  in comments setting, is the comment author’s email made public if i check “Comment author must fill out name and email”? or is their email only visible to the comment author and the blog author?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 8:40 pm

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  The email address is NEVER made public.

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  missgr8ful · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 8:58 pm

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  thanks time thief! i’m such a blogging novice! i don’t want to scare off any of my readers when i’ve barely begun.

  so the email address option is just so wordpress can contact the comment author if there’s a concern?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 9:03 pm

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  Yes and many of us use throwaway email addresses that are only used association with our blogs.

  NOTE: You don’t have to require a log-in or an email address from commenters, but if you don’t then you have flung doors to your blog wide open to spammers. See more on that at the end of my comment please.

  This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up 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 comment

  Note 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