Freezing account possible?

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  rachelohanlon24 · Member · Nov 18, 2015 at 4:34 am

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  Hi,
  Is it possible to freeze my account until I am free enough to resume writing?

  Thanks a bunch,
  Rachel

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

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 4:58 am

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  Hi,

  Do you mean to suspend a paid account for a period of time?

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  rachelohanlon24 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:08 am

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  Hello,

  Yes, that’s what I mean.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:33 am

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  I don’t know about that. I’ve added a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of this topic to call for staff attention.

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:26 pm

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  @rachelohanlon24:

  It’s not really possible to “freeze” an account. If you don’t want folks to be able to visit your site, you could set it to private: https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  However, I’d recommend just keeping the site accessible. You could even publish a post, letting your readers know you’re taking a break!

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:47 pm

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  Many people take a break, most that do just stop writing – some will put a new Post up when they start writing and explain the break, some say as noted above that they are taking a break from writing

  Keeping the site open is the best as setting to Private slams the door in peoples face and many consider that rude and won’t come back (search engines also stay away) – I have had friends that take breaks on their sites – no big deal – if you are not having fun you are not doing it right

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:06 pm

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  @ chrisrudzki, @ auxclass,

  It was my understanding that the intention was to “freeze” the clock on the lifespan of the paid account, thus preserving the present balance of time left before expiration, if possible.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:12 pm

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  @musicdoc1 – I was a bit confused about that which is why I did not answer early – but they will still need to pay and renew the custom domain name & domain mapping to keep the custom domain active – no sort of putting those charges on vacation – as long as they don’t delete the site the contents will be safe and not get deleted

  I don’t know what upgrade they are using – but the Domain Name Registration and Domain Mapping are standalone upgrades so if they have a more expensive upgrade they can downgrade a bit and save some money

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:20 pm

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  Even if you're taking a break from blogging you should mainta

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  timethief · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:23 pm

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  How frequently you post is not an issue. The domain mapping upgrade cannot be “frozen” and reactivated at a future time. There is no ability to “freeze” any upgrade here.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:30 pm

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  Whoops sorry about that. Replied by email and hit the send button before seeing the new replies.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:31 pm

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  OK-that was weird.

  I posted a reply by email and only part of it came through and there’s another reply by email on it’s way apologizing for repeating what others had said. What I said was “even if you’re taking a break from blogging you should maintain you should maintain your domain name upgrade, otherwise you may lose it and not be able to get it back.”

  So I think we’ve pretty much covered the domain name upgrade/mapping upgrade issues. :)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:40 pm

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  Thanks guys,

  @ rachelohanlon24,

  The following information from the Refunds support page might apply:

  • Domain registrations can be canceled within 48 hours of registration.
  • Plans and other purchases can be canceled within 30 days of purchasing.