Site settings – want to set blog to 'private' but there are no options

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  sianberryhg · Member · Oct 13, 2014 at 10:11 pm

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  I don’t seem to have any settings on my blog greenkentishtown.wordpress.com.

  It’s an old blog set up a while ago, which I want to set private whileI update it. I followed the instructions here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/#site-visibility-options

  However, I don’t seem to have any site settings available at all – under ‘settings’ all I have are a set of options for a poll plugin.

  Can you help? I am the creator of the site as far as I know, rather than just an editor, but that might be the case. If someone can confirm I should be looking for an even older login I have then that would be great.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 13, 2014 at 10:17 pm

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  That would indicate you’re NOT the admin of the site, just an editor. Do you have another account that you might have used to create it?

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Oct 13, 2014 at 10:21 pm

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  This username account that exactly matches the blog URL was created 5 years ago. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/greenkentishtown

  You must 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.

  Clicking this link should display all your blogs registered under the same username, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden

  If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then
  follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility

  If you have lost your log-in information you can visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  If required please 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 so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums which are available to everyone with internet access.