Does anyone have the correct link to change username please?

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  paulsaxelby · Member · May 1, 2014 at 8:42 am

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  I want to change my username but can’t as the link on my account page is wrong and takes me to a page that says:

  Find some great blogs to read
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  Checking out some blogs we recommend.
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  Importing your subscriptions from another service.
  Once you have followed some blogs you’ll see their latest posts appear right here.

  Does anyone have a working link please?

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  hafizr · Member · May 1, 2014 at 9:10 am

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  Hi,

  Just to be sure, did you follow the steps mentioned here? http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/#change-username

  I just tried it (without actually changing my username) and the option page showed up correctly.

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  paulsaxelby · Member · May 1, 2014 at 10:56 am

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  Hi Hafizr,

  Yep – They’re the instructions I was following.
  Hmm.. Just tried it again – same thing.

  Each try has been using Chrome – I’ll try another browser & see whether it makes any difference.

  Many thanks,
  Paul.

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  paulsaxelby · Member · May 1, 2014 at 11:10 am

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  Hmm…
  Nope – Same thing in IE8

  Clicking the ‘Change’ link here:

  Takes me here:

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  paulsaxelby · Member · May 1, 2014 at 11:18 am

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  The url of the settings page is:
  https://wordpress.com/wp-admin/user/admin.php?page=grofiles-user-settings

  The url of the ‘Change’ link is:
  https://wordpress.com/wp-admin/user/index.php?page=name-change&username=1&_wpnonce=24a6cd9b15

  But the page I see is:
  http://wordpress.com/#/

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  hafizr · Member · May 1, 2014 at 11:26 am

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  That looks like some kind of a bug to me. Thanks for providing the detailed info and screenshots, I’ll notify the Staff and see if they can check what happened. Please be patient while waiting, when they have something they will post on this thread.

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  druesome · Staff · May 4, 2014 at 5:13 pm

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  Hello there!

  This may have been caused by some browser issues specific to your computer. Can you kindly clear both your cache and cookies and see if that helps?

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies

  Please note that after clearing cookies, you will be logged out of your account and will need to log in again. After logging in, click here and see if you’re able to change your username. Please let me know what happens. Thanks!