Why do others need password to leave comments

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  peichenlin · Member · Jul 9, 2015 at 1:32 am

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  Some people told me that they tried to leave comments on my blog, homeschoolinginchrist.wordpress.com but the blog asked them for password….how can people just leave comments and click like without being asked for password?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 9, 2015 at 9:40 pm

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  This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  Discussion Settings
  Other comment settings
  _Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
  _Users must be registered and logged in to comment

  Note that the prompt to submit and email address and a website URL will still appear, but providing an email address and logging in are not required, and you cannot change this so the prompt does not appear.

  You can post instructions for your visitors in a text widget if you wish to set up anonymous commenting. That’s easy to do. You copy and paste this into a text widget:

  Readers: Note that the email address and logging in prompts do appear for comments on this blog, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

  P.S. Know that anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

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  timethief · Member · Jul 9, 2015 at 9:41 pm

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  re: like button use

  One has to have a WordPress.com/Gravatar account and be logged into WordPress.com to use the “in-house” WordPress.COM like button for WordPress.COM bloggers. In other words, it’s the same here as it is at Facebook and everywhere else there is an “in-house” like button provided for member use only.