No instructions on how to connect self-hosted WP sites to WP desktop
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how do i setup my self-hosted site with WP desktop? There are no ‘easy-to-find instructions’.
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Hi innerfortune,
Hi johnsonnandu,
It appears that your question is related to a self-hosted WordPress blog.
Hopefully, you can reach the community of WordPress.org users on WordPress.org support forums (http://wordpress.org/support/) where you will certainly find an answer to your question.
Don’t forget to search through the forums before posting your question, there is a good chance your reply is already there waiting for you!
Happy blogging!
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Hi there – Since the WordPress.com Desktop app allows both WPcom and WP self-hosted sites users to connect to their sites, I’ve tagged this for Staff assistance.
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While we are waiting for Staff, you do need to have Jetpack installed and connected to a WordPress.com account and if I remember correctly there is a link on the Desktop app sign-in page about connecting a self-hosted WP install… (Don’t have it installed on my current computer so can’t check that out directly.)
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Hi innerfortune,
If you have installed Jetpack on your self-hosted blog and connected it to your WordPress.com account, your blog will automatically appear in the WordPress desktop app, just like it does in https://wordpress.com.
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I came here looking for more detailed help on this issue … I have several self-hosted WP sites (Jetpack is installed) and one WP.com blog. My self-hosted sites are under one login, the blog uses a different login. So, I have two different sets of login info.
Keeping track of everything is complex … I am hoping the desktop app can do that for me.
I’d like to be able to access all my WordPress sites through the desktop app. Does anyone know if that’s possible?
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As several people have mentioned, you will need to install the Jetpack plugin on your self-hosted site and connect it to your WordPress.com account. Specifically, you will need to activate the Manage feature to have your site appear in the app/My Sites site picker.
https://jetpack.me/support/site-management/For more help with this, please post in the Jetpack forums, or contact Jetpack support directly:
http://jetpack.me/support/
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if I remember correctly there is a link on the Desktop app sign-in page about connecting a self-hosted WP install
You do remember correctly. Clicking that option will open your browser at the Jetpack Manage page I linked above :)
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With the app, the same as with the browser interface, it’s only possible to be logged in to one username account at a time.
I’d suggest one of these workarounds:
1) Add your account that owns the self-hosted sites as a user on your WordPress.com blog. Then your WordPress.com site should appear on the My Sites list of the account with the self-hosted sites. When writing a post you will be able to select which username is shown as author, but likes and replies to comments will be as the user you are logged in as.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/2) Transfer your WordPress.com site to the same account that owns the self-hosted sites. Then one username account will own all the blogs, so you will also be able to manage upgrades on the WordPress.com site from that same account.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/transferring-a-site-to-another-wordpress-com-account/ -
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kokkieh —
Thanks for your answer.
The reason I use two logins is because I need my .com blog to be anonymous, and difficult to link back to my real self. [No evil intent, just a matter of being able to speak freely.] So your second solution won’t work at all.
However, #1 might do the trick … I’ll have to try it and see.
By the way … I’m a professional WordPress designer. An app like this that allows multiple logins would be a fantastic tool for helping me managing my clients’ sites. Could you please mention this to the design team?
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@ justjennifer, mishrashutosh, and kokkieh
Wow! Thank you folks so much. I understand now. -
An app like this that allows multiple logins would be a fantastic tool for helping me managing my clients’ sites.
While I can understand why this could be useful, the app works with your WordPress.com login, and as we don’t allow multiple logins on WordPress.com for security reasons, I think it’s unlikely that it would be allowed for the app either. But thanks for the suggestion.
@justjennifer
That’s a very good idea, thanks.
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