Merging WordPress.com account and OpenID

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  flammable · Member · Feb 1, 2008 at 9:13 pm

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  Today, I made an OpenID account at:

  http://www.myopenid.com

  I then used this tutorial to make my domain name an OpenID:

  http://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/19/openid/

  I was able to login to LiveJournal with my domain name, so it worked! (I have a friend who still uses them…and I leave comments at his blog) Using my domain name allows me to switch providers anytime I’d like – the need for that kind of control is what pushed me to get a domain, a host, download WordPress 1.2 a few years ago and import my LiveJournal entries.

  Unfortunately, I can’t figure out:

  1. How to login to WordPress.com with my OpenID.
  2. How to merge my existing account at WordPress.com with my OpenID.

  I know you guys are setup as a provider, and that’s great, but tons of other sites seem to be, too. I’ve got my provider now, but I need more sites to support logging in with my OpenID, and merging an existing account that I had before you guys started supporting OpenID.

  Is this feature in the works? I can’t find many other sites that offer this functionality, but if you guys implemented it, I’m sure the others would follow your lead (starting with Yahoo!, hopefully).

  Thanks!

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  trent · Member · Feb 5, 2008 at 8:18 pm

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  Probably best asked to support at:

  http://wordpress.com/contact-support/

  My understanding is that wordpress.com is a provider of OpenID and only uses the original address of username.wordpress.com as the openID. I don’t think they offer a way to “combine” the two, but maybe ask staff.

  Trent

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  flammable · Member · Feb 17, 2008 at 8:41 am

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  Ah, thanks Trent. I’ll send them a message.

  (Sorry for the late reply!)