ghost blog still visible
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This ghost blog used to be mine, it was hosted for a while and deleted, but somehow it is still online. I have no way to access it or delete it. Please advise,
https://ruudhouweling.wordpress.com
WP.com: Yes
Jetpack: No
Correct account: NoThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Good morning. I hope you’re doing great.
To delete the website, you can follow the article below.
This guide explains how to shut down your WordPress.com site and erase (delete) all of its contents permanently. How to Delete Your Site ⚠️ Deleting a site permanently removes it, and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com). To permanently delete your WordPress.com website, follow these steps: Consider if you neeHowever, you are unable to access the website; this may be due to it being created from a different WordPress.com account. I have tagged your post so the staff can see it. Please wait patiently, someone will get back to you shortly. 😃
Have a good day!
Thanks
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That site is connected to the account ruudhouweling. Log out from current dutifullyobservantd311f12b91 and log in again using thecusername ruudhouweling.
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Alas, my emailaddress is not connected when I ask for a new password, nothing comes. When I try to bypass the password loop by login via Google, it doesn’t open ‘ruudhouweling’ but creates this automated login name. It is just not working. And a complete mystery where it sits. Thank you anyway.
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Also, I deleted the account 8 years ago… the blog hasn’t been hosted on wordpress.com sincen then. That is why it is a complete mystery why it is still visible.
I started noticing visits to that old page via my Statcounter link, that shows the traffic. -
The account ruudhouweling hasn’t been deleted at all. – https://wordpress.com/forums/users/ruudhouweling/
Your site ruudhouweling.wordpress.com is online and hosted over here.
You mustn’t log in with Google but with the username ruudhouweling. Also check all of your email addresses, also look in spam or unwanted emails.
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Thank you for looking into that.
The account wás deleted….(but apparantly it wasn’t.) That is why I chose the words “ghost blog”.
The email address that was connected back then is no longer working.
New password request emails do not reach me. I have no other way of logging in to that old account. I am not paying for hosting on WordPress.com. All that has been dismantled long ago.
The blog hasn’t been hosted on WordPress.com since 2016, but his hosted privately running on ruudhouweling.com
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ruudhouweling.com and https://ruudhouweling.wordpress.com/ are two different sites at two different places. To log into the wordpress.com one you need to input the username ruudhouweling and the correct password. I assume you did write down and save your password when you created that account here in 2015.
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Thank you, yes I understand they are two separate locations.
There was a webbuilder involved who ran the account while building the website. No password known to me, and, as mentioned earlier, the connected email address is dead now. I suppose then, there is no other way around this? Because I understand the loop. Thanks again. -
Hi @dutifullyobservantd311f12b91,
Since the site was created by a website builder’s account, you’ll need to get in touch with them and have them contact us at passwordhelp@wordpress.com. At the account owner’s request, we can make the site private. You can find out more information about this here: https://wordpress.com/support/account-recovery/#if-ownership-cannot-be-established
Thanks!
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