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  wordwright9 · Member · Jul 16, 2019 at 3:37 am

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  I’m trying to build my website and I’m struggling to allow friends to check my site and click the like button. I can like myself but no one else can. Any clues?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  henriettestewart · Member · Jul 16, 2019 at 6:59 am

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  Hi Carole,

  Can you tell us what happens when your friends click the Like button?

  In order to Like WordPress posts visitors need to have a WordPress.com account and be logged in to it, could it be that they don’t have a WordPress.com account or they haven’t logged in?

  Here is a guide to Likes which explains Likes in more detail: https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 16, 2019 at 8:19 am

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  Hi there,

  https://carolecampbell.net/ is not hosted on WordPress.com, but using the open source WordPress software found on WordPress.org.

  The Like button on your site is a WordPress.com feature added by the Jetpack plugin, and it can only be used by someone who is logged into a WordPress.com username account. If the friends visiting your site don’t have their own WordPress.com accounts, they won’t be able to like your posts using that button.

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  wordwright9 · Member · Jul 16, 2019 at 10:53 am

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  I’m not sure how I’m using WordPress.org instead of WordPress.com

  I’ll turnoff the Like button as the only purpose I had it in the first place was to have friends check out my info and ask for feedback. I got the feedback but it certainly wasn’t through the site.

  Thanks for your help.

  Carole