WordPress.com Forums » Tag: username change issue - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/username-change-issue WordPress.com Forums » Tag: username change issue - Recent Posts en Fri, 24 May 2013 08:45:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 terrypoulton on "Change to public name and gravatur not visible + cannot publish" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/change-to-public-name-and-gravatur-not-visible-cannot-publish#post-1072046 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:15:02 +0000 terrypoulton 1072046@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for offering help. But when I was unable to contact anyone directly at wordpress for days and days, I gave up and went to another blog enabler.

]]> kardotim on "Change to public name and gravatur not visible + cannot publish" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/change-to-public-name-and-gravatur-not-visible-cannot-publish#post-1071985 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:35:47 +0000 kardotim 1071985@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can you please try clearing out your cache?

Do you also encounter this issue in a different browser? for example Firefox or Google Chrome?

]]> terrypoulton on "Change to public name and gravatur not visible + cannot publish" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/change-to-public-name-and-gravatur-not-visible-cannot-publish#post-1069571 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:04:26 +0000 terrypoulton 1069571@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I changed my public name and gravatar two days ago, and these changes DO show up on my profile page. But the new name for my blog, plus the new gravatar, DO NOT appear on my blog post page, which still lists my former blog name. Also, immediately after doing the above, my blog stopped working, i.e. I wrote a post and tried to publish it but it got stuck for three hours in the publish stage before I gave up. I've tried to post twice since then, but the same thing happens. PLEASE HELP

]]> macmanx on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-954870 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:35:45 +0000 macmanx 954870@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Unfortunately, no. Since the username was deleted, the reserved blog is no longer available.

]]> hopebalfa on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-949227 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:46:32 +0000 hopebalfa 949227@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What I was really more concerned about is getting that URL- HopeMustakim.wordpress.com
Since I had that username for a minute, it "reserved" the URL.
Is there any way to free that up since the username is deleted?

]]> bryanvillarin on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-947750 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:12:47 +0000 bryanvillarin 947750@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi mrshopem,

Like timethief said, I'm afraid we cannot restore a username once it's deleted. However, you can change the name displayed in your public profile in the Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

]]> mrshopem on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-946699 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:02:56 +0000 mrshopem 946699@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you! I just think the username hopemustakim is stuck somewhere in limbo :) hopefully we can get it back to being "available." then I'll change mrshopem to hopemustakim and delete my old one- hopebalfa.
Thank you for helping!

]]> timethief on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-946691 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:00:12 +0000 timethief 946691@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'll flag this thread for Staff attention.

]]> mrshopem on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-946676 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:50:12 +0000 mrshopem 946676@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ithanls for your reply! I actually didn't delete the blog- I changed usernames (several times).

]]> timethief on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-946633 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:24:27 +0000 timethief 946633@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Deleted blogs cannot be restored or reused. Deleting a blog is permanent and the name cannot be used again. There are several warnings about this on the Tools -> Delete Site page and in the help pages, and you are required to confirm the deletion by email.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

]]> mrshopem on "username taken, but not really?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/username-taken-but-not-really#post-946581 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:59:22 +0000 mrshopem 946581@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had two wordpress accounts (by accident), and my blog URL had my maiden name in it. I am married now so I wanted to change my username and also the blog URL to reflect that. *I hadn't realized yet that I could just transfer my blog from hopebalfa to hopemustakim and then change the URL. SO, what I DID was change hopemustakim to mrshopem thinking that THEN it would be available I could change hopebalfa to hopemustakim. well basically, I did figure out that I could transfer it, but I'm stuck with username mrshopem because it now says hopemustakim username is taken and the URL is yhus reserved.
Is there any way that someone on staff could free that up so I can have it back?
Blog url: http://hopebalfa.wordpress.com/

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