Getting the right sign in for my blog

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  mikes2014light · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:39 pm

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  I have a blog, but want to change its name, but the site does not seem to allow me to do so. Any suggestions?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:45 pm

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  Is this the site you want to change the name of http://mikes2014light.wordpress.com/ ?

  If not then post the URL.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:47 pm

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  What I post below applies only to sites hosted by wordpress.COM. It does not apply to wordpress.ORG software installs.

  You must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the site to be able to access the site. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  *Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog.

  I recommend bookmarking that link or memorizing it.

  If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies and then login correctly under the relevant username account.

  If the login information has been lost go to
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#lost-password

  If required use the account recovery form
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/

  Recover Your Account

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:47 pm

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  After you gain access to the WordPress.COM hosted site you have two options:

  1. You can use the theme customizer to change a site title under site identity https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  2. re: changing a .wordpress.com site title
  The Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. >Dashbaord > Settings > General … “save changes”.

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
  * You will have to replace NAME_OF_BLOG withe the actual name of the blog in that URL.

  That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 10:48 pm

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  re: changing a .wordpress.com address
  We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/ Then all the content will be the same only the URLs will change and nothing else.

  Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png

  Changing a URL is meant to be a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/