Is there a way to find out someone's username if you only know their blog?

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  amandafischer99 · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm

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  I’m trying to invite people to join my private blog, but for a few of them, I only know their blog–not the username. Is there someway I can find out so I can invite them, or do I need to leave them a comment asking them to tell me?

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  tandava108 · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 3:51 pm

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  Some themes will show authors next to posts or next to comment replies. If the blog is xxx.wordpress.com then the username is often xxx, but leaving a comment and asking is the only way to be sure

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm

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  You’d have to ask the person for their email address. WordPress won’t give out that information. If they have a contact form you could use that to ask them privately. Or you could invite them to view your blog either in a comment or in their contact form so they will see this:

  http://alifeonmission.wordpress.com/ is marked private by its owner. You can:

  Request access to view the site. We’ll send your username to the site owner for their approval.

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  amandafischer99 · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm

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  Thanks. I was aware of that, and it was indeed the case for most of them, but a couple of them weren’t.

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  amandafischer99 · Member · Mar 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm

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  And thank you 1tess :) I’ll go ahead and do that.