wordpress blog reader email requirement

  • Unknown's avatar

    can I remove the requirement that a reader enter their email address and create a log in before accessing my blog page?

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

  • Unknown's avatar

    Hi there,
    Please become keenly aware that the vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam.

    Spam comes in waves. There are human beings who get paid to post spam. There are robotic programs that post spam. Setting up anonymous commenting is akin to throwing down a welcome mat to spammers and phishers and all their buddies too, as they sell URLs and email addresses to each other for spamming and phishing purposes.

    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 can 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.

    Advice: Please be sure to set up full comment moderation on your own blog ie. “An administrator must always approve the comment” because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

  • Unknown's avatar

    can I remove the requirement that a reader enter their email address and create a log in before accessing my blog page?

    I want to clarify this because in fact everyone with internet access can view your blog right now. No email address and no login are required to read this site http://eatsleephustle.wordpress.com/ at all.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Thanks, maybe it was the computer a friend was trying to view my blog on from FB.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Okay then and best wishes with your blog.

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