Recover old wordpress account
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I just came across an old blog of mine from 6 years ago. Unfortunately I don’t remember my login / password and also don’t have the email account from back then (was a university email address). How can I get access to this account again?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there –
Please submit this account recovery form to gain access to the old account: https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery
You can also try contacting the university to have the email address temporarily activated.
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Thank you. Unfortunately not an option to use the form since I don’t have any of those email links anymore. i don’t think the university is flexible enough to reactivate a 6 year old address i had during an exchange semester – especially since I don’t know it anymore (was one of those randomly assigned ones instead of firstname.lastname).
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Support Staff cannot help you. Support Staff cannot breach the privacy policy and provide the log-in information. You have to provide proof ownership to Account Recovery Staff to gain access https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/ Account Recovery Staff deal with these issues and there is only one means of account recovery.
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
After the blog’s owner logs in clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username account, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden
If the blog’s owner does not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then they need to follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility
If the log-in information is lost they need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account
If you do not have the required access you need to contact the person who registered the account and the site under it and have them transfer the site to your username account by using this process. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
If you check each and every possible email address and account and are not successful gaining access to the blog(s) then you must complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff, and provide proof ownership, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access.
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Unfortunately, we will not be able to move forward without the account recovery form being submitted.
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Fortunately not a big issue with this blog since I don’t mind keeping it online but out of interest – what would be legally needed to completely delete a blog where you lost all these login detail but are the original author?
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We need proof of ownership in order to give access to the account. Otherwise, anyone could say, “I am the owner of…” for example. Our account recovery form provides the accepted proof of ownership items.
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