Godaddy WP account vs. WP account

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  chandand · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 5:53 pm

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  I have a domain on Godaddy on which I have initialized their hosting. Subsequently I installed WP on my account using the one-click installation provided by Godaddy. The setup went well and my account is working fine and I can administer my site by going to : mysite.com/wp-admin/ and entering the username and password I created during WP’s installation.

  However, if I go to wordpress.com and try to login from here using the account information that I would otherwise on mysite.com/wp-admin/, then my login is not accepted. Is “a WP account” different from the account I am using with WP for my site administration?

  This issue came up when I was activating Akismet and I needed a WP account to create my key.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm

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  You will have two logins:
  One for your hosted site (using WordPress.org software)
  http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/index.php
  and one for your WordPress.com account so you can use Akismet and Jetpack.
  http://youraccount.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 2, 2013 at 6:12 pm

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  WordPress.com ≠ WordPress.org
  details:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  chandand · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 7:41 pm

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  Thank you, that was really helpful.