How do I log in to the Blogger website with my wordpress/gravatar username?

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  abearbyanyothername · Member · May 2, 2013 at 1:13 am

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  trying to comment on a blog on the Blogger site, and when I log in with my username, wordpress says I don’t own that name, and dumps me to an error page.

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  ljkjklqljkhwhljkfqjhklfqjlkqjlh · Member · May 3, 2013 at 11:44 am

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  Make sure you are logging in with your blog url, and not your username if they are different.

  For instance, my username is andrewcpht, but I do not use andrewcpht.wordpress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · May 3, 2013 at 12:04 pm

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  For anyone with a custom domain, it will simply never work. God knows I’ve tested it. Just use the basic Name URL sign in.

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  abearbyanyothername · Member · May 3, 2013 at 9:00 pm

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  Hmmm… I don’t have a blog, just a gravatar.

  As for Name URL, well, what URL? The whole point of having a gravatar is so I don’t have to tie my personal URL (which I want to keep uncluttered) to any social comments I may make.

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  timethief · Member · May 3, 2013 at 9:02 pm

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  WordPress.com recognizes your blogger identity but Blogger does not. In reference to Blogger ie. commenting on blogspot blogs the issue is on the other end. Blogspot software assumes we all have a single username here at wordpress.com and only a single blog by the exact same matching name. It will not accept any other URL – invalid URL! it says. Ha!

  So if we have a domain, or we have more than one blog registered under the same WordPress.com username, trying to comment and have it link to our wordpress.com blogs becomes impossible, unless the blogspot blogger chooses to enable commenters to post with a username and URL on their Blogger blog.

  The only workaround is to register a Blogger blog which will allow you to comment but your username will not be linked to your WordPress.com blog when you do. Then you are labeled as a ‘no reply blogger’. It’s crazy-making!

  Open ID has always failed more often than it has worked.

  Bottom line: This is a well known issue. If you simply use the Name/URL option when it’s provided then your blog will be linked to your username on the comments you leave on blogspot blogs.

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  timethief · Member · May 3, 2013 at 9:03 pm

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  Be aware that Automattic owns both WordPress.COM and Gravatar. Blogger has their own avatars and they are not universal or globally recognized.