WP.org vs. WP.com

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    dlhubley · Member ·

    I have a blog on WordPress.org. I have an account with WordPress.com that I have never used. Because of a Gravatar security breach, I want to delete the WordPress.com account. I’m looking for reassurance that this won’t affect my site on WordPress.com.

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

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

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    dlhubley · Member ·

    I committed a typo in my previous query to this service. The correct version follows: I have a blog on WordPress.org. I have an account with WordPress.com that I have never used. Because of a Gravatar security breach, I want to delete the WordPress.com account. I’m looking for reassurance that this won’t affect my site on WordPress.org.

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

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    themagicrobot · Member ·

    You can’t

    have a I have a blog on WordPress.org.

    because wordpress.org is software. You can however have a blog hosted elsewhere that uses the wordpress.org software. So deleting this WordPress.com account can’t affect a site that is at a server belonging to some other company (unless you use the extremely useful Jetpack plugin on your site which requires an account here to function).

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    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    @dlhubley

    We would like to confirm Gravatar was not hacked and no security protocols have been breached – for more information please visit:

    https://gravatar.com/support/data-privacy

    Information – including on how to disable your Gravatar – can be found on that page.

    To close your WordPress.com account completely, you need to go through the account closure process on your own. This is not something we can do for you.

    You can follow the steps here:

    Delete your account

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