WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-the-username-linked-to-my-email-addy-a-long-random-string-of-characters WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters? en Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-the-username-linked-to-my-email-addy-a-long-random-string-of-characters#post-907290 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:14:13 +0000 timethief 907290@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome. :)

]]> srqrebel on "Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-the-username-linked-to-my-email-addy-a-long-random-string-of-characters#post-907281 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:04:03 +0000 srqrebel 907281@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much, timethief! That worked, and gave me back my peace of mind, too.

]]> timethief on "Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-the-username-linked-to-my-email-addy-a-long-random-string-of-characters#post-907272 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:48:22 +0000 timethief 907272@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/#gravatar-ids

]]> srqrebel on "Why is the username linked to my email addy a long random string of characters?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-the-username-linked-to-my-email-addy-a-long-random-string-of-characters#post-907268 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:42:16 +0000 srqrebel 907268@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I do not recall setting up a WordPress account. When I tried to comment on a WordPress blog, after entering my email address, a long, random string of characters was automatically entered as my username. I replaced it with my standard username, and guessed at a password. It was rejected, so I opted to have my password emailed to me. The email I then received from WordPress once again gave my username as that same long string of random characters. When I logged on using the link provided, and a newly changed password, I went into my profile, and tried to change username. I was denied.

Is it possible my email was fraudulently used to set up a fake WordPress account? How do I get my email disassociated from such an account, in order to set up my own real account using my personal username and password, and make it accessible only to me?
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