Do not know username/email associated with blog URL
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For clarification: I’m posting under the username associated with a blog I made in the past so I can access this forum, but I’m having difficulties with a NEW blog I just created, https://sharedabundance.wordpress.com/ (for which I don’t know the username/email – this is the problem).
To create the above blog, this is what I recall: I went to wordpress.com, chose my URL, opted for it to be a free blog, chose the theme, changed the title, and changed the tagline (as is reflected on the site if you visit the link). What I DON’T recall is choosing a username/email and password (although maybe I did and just don’t remember those steps).
I wanted to start editing the blog today after not doing anything with it since I made it (a few days ago). When I go to the URL, the site is indeed there, but I’m not logged in. Upon trying to log-in, there is no username/email address I would have used that’s associated with that blog URL (I’ve tried them all multiple times). The weird thing is what I mentioned above: When I set-up the blog, I really do not recall choosing a username/email and password for https://sharedabundance.wordpress.com/, and I have no confirmation email at any email address I can think of that I would have used.
So I’m wondering what could have gone wrong. Is it possible that 1) I actually *wasn’t* prompted to assign a username/email to this blog when I created the URL (I don’t see how that could ever happen, but…), 2) I mis-typed my email address, and the confirmation email went to someone else, 3) no confirmation email was sent (again, don’t see how that’s possible…), or 4) there’s some other issue I’m not thinking of.
This is frustrating, because I want this specific URL, but it looks like I may never be able to use this blog, because I can’t log-in. I can’t do the account recovery option either, because I have none of the things they require at least one of (because I never received a confirmation email!): transaction ID, activation URL or key, or two factor authentication codes.
Anyone know what could be going on here, and what options I have? If I accidentally typed the wrong email address, is there any going back from that?
Thank you!
Megan -
Hello,
Try checking the spam folder of any email account you have for the email from WordPress.
Unfortunately beside the steps outlined in the account recovery article there is not much you can do.Please read this if you did not do so already: https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/
Best of luck.
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Is it possible that you were already logged into a WordPress.com account, while you created the new blog?
I see author name “LOCALFOODGB” associated with the only blog post at https://sharedabundance.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/first-blog-post/
Do you have a WordPress.com account by the username of “LOCALFOODGB”?
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@wpsuly: Yes, I did check trash and spam. Good general suggestion though.
@akumarjain: You’re a lifesaver. That’s actually what I was looking for – if there was a username associated with any of my posts, but I didn’t see it (must not have looked in the correct place?).
And here is where I blame my husband: He told me that about a year ago he made a blog associated with a certain email account, which I tried in the “reset password” field, but it didn’t match. Turns out he used a DIFFERENT email address to create that account, and that’s what was logged in on the computer when I made the Shared Abundance blog (if that makes sense).
Two hours of my life I’ll never get back…
Thanks again!
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