I forgot ALL of my WP data
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Many years ago, for a uni assignment, I designed a site called Notman Photographic Society. I have forgotten everything about it. I now can’t sign in to make changes. I would be very grateful for your help in figuring out how to get into this site.
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This is my information:
David Dyer Lawson, MDes ID
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Health
School of Health Policy and Management
Critical Disability Studies (CDS)
Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Research Associate
[redacted by staff]
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
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Never post a phone number on a public forum. WordPress.com doesn’t have phone support so anyone calling claiming to be from wordpress.com is a fraude.
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A simple trick to find out the email address is by leaving a comment on that site. Next step is checking your email addresses … perhaps it’s (email visible only to moderators and staff)?
Once you know the email address, you can set a new password.
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Thank you very much for your kind suggestion. The problem is that I used an old, now deleted, Yahoo email address. So, I would not get the email.
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@iforgotallthedataaboutmywpsite ignore the answer from RenteEZ! He’s a spammer and more important you can’t use plugins on a free wordpress.com website.
I tagged this thread to get attention from Staff. They’ll advice you how to proceed.
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@staartmees Thank you! Grateful to you for your help. Per your suggestion, I am trying to edit my comments to delete my phone number, is it possible?
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Hi, I have redacted the telephone number so it’s no longer visible to the public; the email address you mentioned is also hidden from the public (though we can see it).
We do have an account recovery form which may help. While you mentioned that you don’t have access to the email address you used, if you have any of the other data the form asks for, that may work:
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@staff-95percentghost: thank you very much for your suggestion. And, thanks for deleting my phone number as well. Apologies for my lack of experience.
The issue is that I have forgotten all of the information that your recovery form asks for. I created the site over 10 years ago. The only thing I know is the URL of the website, itself. And, I found that by Googling “Notman Photographic Society.”
I realized also, from looking at the site, that the email address seems to an old and disused Gmail email account. I don’t have access to it.
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Best bet in this situation is to reach out to the Accounts Team at passwordhelp@wordpress.com
No promises. But if anyone can help, they can.
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