Mass signups from adult learners in Singapore

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  manohur · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 12:33 am

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  I will be running a class on “WordPress made Simple” in Singapore on 8 Sept 2017 between 7pm to 9pm Singapore Time. About 50 learners are expected to signup a free WordPress account for purpose of learning. Does WordPress.com support multiple registrations from the same IP address of the Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore?

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  Sam Manohur

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  nixiack · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 1:26 am

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  Greetings @manohur,

  You should be able to register several accounts from the same IP or area, WordPress.com does not specifically block IP addresses unless asked. From the IP Address article:

  Blocking IP Addresses

  On occasion, we are asked to block an IP address if someone is posting unpleasant comments and/or is generally being annoying to you or other bloggers. Please note that we do not block IP addresses as it may inadvertently prevent other people from using WordPress.com.

  Hope this answers your question! Good luck with the class! :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 27, 2017 at 12:24 pm

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  Hi there,

  We do limit signups from a single IP over a set period of time, but we make accommodations for educational institutions. I’ve sent you an email with more information. Let me know if you don’t receive it.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 27, 2017 at 12:28 pm

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  @nixiack8

  The article you referenced refers to blocking a specific IP from accessing WordPress.com at all. We don’t do that. Limiting the number of account signups from a specific IP is something different.

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  nixiack · Member · Jul 27, 2017 at 2:24 pm

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  @kokkieh,

  Thanks for that update on information! Is there something in the KB that shows this? I looked for a while in there and Google and could not find something specific other than the IP doc.

  Thanks!

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 27, 2017 at 3:24 pm

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  This isn’t anywhere in our support section, no.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 28, 2017 at 8:20 am

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  This is where a forum search for keywords or adding a tag to this thread and searching for previous similar threads is useful.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blocked-due-to-multiple-signups-please-help?replies=8#post-2988152

  I’ve now added a “multiple signups” tag to this thread.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 28, 2017 at 9:09 am

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  Thanks, @justjennifer :)