Notice to Developers: Login Links Broken
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I want to inform the development team about a bug: While trying to use the login link feature as usual, the site failed to log me in. I received the link in my email as usual, clicked it and was told that I had been logged in. However, I didn’t have access to any of the develoment tools and the site still encouraged me to log in or create an account—clearly I was not logged in.
Without access to my username (I never wrote it down), there was no way to log in. (Note: I think it would be best to include a feature where a user can easily find out their username to avoid this problem in the future.) I finally figured out my username by clicking the “change my password” button which sent me an email which listed my username. Using my username and password I successfully logged in.
In summary, the login with email function is broken and it is nearly impossible for users who don’t have their username available to log in. Please fix the login links when possible.
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Thank you for sharing these detailed insights about the login link issue and your experience. To help the development team investigate this further, please report this bug on the GitHub issues tracker for the WordPress.com website, as the problem appears related to the site’s login flow. Your suggestion about making usernames more accessible is very valuable and can improve usability.
Please let me know if this helps with your request, and if there are any additional concerns I can help you with.
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