Help recovering this account

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  birdshoney · Member · Apr 9, 2026 at 5:14 pm

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  I’m having trouble accessing this account to take down a blog post I made in 2017. I made this blog in 2017 for my college classes and used my college email address to open this blog. I’m unable to get into the email account. Any help would be appreciated on how to fix this and recover this account.

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  benitoalba · Member · Apr 10, 2026 at 3:57 pm

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  Hi — this usually comes down to recovering the original WordPress.com account, since the site is tied to the username and email used when it was created.

  Because the old college email address no longer works, the best path is the Account Recovery form:

  

  Recover your account

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  If you can’t log in to WordPress.com, the next step depends on what you’ve lost—your password, your email access, your phone number, or your account itself. This guide helps you find the path that matches your situation, from a quick password reset to verifying your identity with our support team. In this guideCheck where your site is hostedFind your situationI forgot my passwo

  When you fill it out, make sure to include the site address:

  ashlinbbird.wordpress.com

  If you still remember the old username, or can find any old WordPress.com emails in another inbox, include those too.