“How to Comment on a WordPress Blog without Signing-in” by Joan Y. Edwards
If the WordPress blog administrator requires you to sign in, you’ll have to sign in.
I believe most WordPress administrators only ask for your Name and Email Address. It also has a place for you to voluntarily put your website link. It’s not necessary.
In May a couple of people wrote me and said they were having problems leaving comments on my blog. I have had my blog since 2009 and never had anyone to tell me they had any problems leaving comments. All I have required is that you put your name and email address.
I did some research. Here’s what I discovered. in March 2012, WordPress changed their rules for when people who are members of WordPress leave comments on WordPress blogs.
Please note the effects of March 2012 WordPress rules for comments:
1. If you fill in the same email address as the one you signed up for WordPress or Gravatar, it’ll make you sign in before leaving a comment.
2. If you fill in your WordPress website link, it’ll make you sign in before leaving a comment, too.
This is even when WordPress bloggers like me choose for you to only have to put your name and email address and not to have to sign in. WordPress says it’s to protect people with WordPress accounts from having someone fraudulently post a comment with your email address or WordPress blog.
So…If you don’t want to sign in to WordPress in order to leave a comment on a WordPress blog: here’s what I suggest:
1. If you don’t want to have to sign in to WordPress in order to leave a comment, fill in a different email address than the one you signed up for WordPress or Gravatar. Then, it’ll let you leave a comment without signing in.
2. Don’t fill in your WordPress website link. Fill in a different website, not WordPress, and you’ll be able to leave a comment without signing in.
If you don’t mind signing in, but have trouble remembering your password,
Make a password you can remember quickly or write it on a sticky note and attach it to your computer monitor so you can remember it easily and leave a comment that your WordPress bloggers treasure. Especially, me.
If you’d rather sign in using Facebook or Twitter, you can do that, too. Thank you, Scotti Cohn, for reminding me of that.
Thanks for reading my blog. I love hearing from you. Have something you want me to write about or research? Tell me about it. Please leave a comment.
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards
Copyright © 2012 Joan Y. Edwards
Change happens. It’s worth all the steps to leave a comment in my mind.
Dear Linda,
Thanks for taking the steps to leave a comment for me. You are a good friend. I appreciate you and your words of wisdom.
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards
You can also leave a comment by signing into your Twitter or Facebook account (assuming you have one), like I’m doing right now. 🙂
Dear Scotti,
Thanks for writing. You’re right. You can sign in with your Facebook or Twitter account. I’ll add this information to the blog. The people who were having problems didn’t want to sign in at all. But if you happen to remember one password over another, it would help, wouldn’t it? Celebrate you and your willingness to share.
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Very interesting post. I would like to link back to it. You have composed an extremely good article.
Thank you for writing.
Have a great day.
I just saw this I was curios about my cherry tree that we purchased and planted the year we built our home. It was a “cherry tree per the tag and every year we would see, like you, mail size little balls growing on the tree. We planted in 2006. And by about 2014 I began to notice that my tree had about 2” in diameter green apples. I never ate one bc I was not sure what it was on my cherry tree. When we moved out in 2016 it was bearing fruit (and or small apples ) like crazy. It began at the top and started moving down. When moved out they were still growing up top and moving a little higher than midway the tree but still nothing at the bottom. Which we never trimmed it on purpose because of the way it was growing. I find that someone else with that experience is great
Dear Cleigh B,
Thanks for Writing. It’s interesting that you bought a cherry tree and it turned out growing apples. Yeah I think they planted two trees in the same place in my case. One was a Cherry tree and the other was an apple tree. Because I had both cherries and apples. It was amazing. Just like you I was surprised, surprised, surprised. It is definitely interesting to hear that you and I had similar experiences.
Thanks for sharing.
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards
Thanks for the insightful post, Joan! I really appreciate how thoroughly you explained the changes WordPress made in 2012 about comments. I took the time to observe your suggestions, and it was helpful to understand how I can now comment more easily without needing to sign in.
Dear Oceana,
Thank you for writing. I am glad my post helped you be able to comment on a WordPress blog without signing into WordPress.
Never Give Up
Joan