I was just making a comment on another blog and WordPress insisted I identify myself. But on its form it had my photo, my user name, and may password already filled in, for my convenience I assume.
But what would stop “Not Stephen Ruis” just clicking the “That’s Me” button and placing a comment under my name and likeness. This is security?
Uncommon Sense 
I can’t imagine what is going on with the WP elves. Yesterday I was able to pull up my blog under someone else’s blog name but not under mine. I contacted Support and in a few hours it was straightened out, but it was unnerving to say the least! WTF?
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Comment by House of Heart — September 29, 2024 @ 10:23 am |
Wow! My complaint is trivial compared to that!
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Comment by Steve Ruis — September 29, 2024 @ 11:39 am |
I think they are not even sure what hole they’ve fallen into. 😉
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Comment by House of Heart — September 29, 2024 @ 2:29 pm |
WP has so many problems in supporting it’s users. Sadly, I just do “work arounds.”
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Comment by kenneturner — September 29, 2024 @ 10:33 am |
I don’t know for a fact … but I think the ID stuff is limited to your computer. IOW, it recognizes you but every so often it asks for verification. I’ve had this happen before … it’s VERY annoying, but maybe good in the long run.
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Comment by Nan — September 29, 2024 @ 10:37 am |
Beat me to it. I think that’s right. WP is probably just wanting to confirm that it is who they think it is (via various tracking cookies). The password is probably being filled in by the browser’s password manager. A good way to test it is bringing the site up in an incognito window.
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Comment by SelfAwarePatterns — September 29, 2024 @ 11:38 am |
Good point. I may try that.
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Comment by Steve Ruis — September 29, 2024 @ 11:39 am |
Hi. I understand. This morning after already signing in to WordPress, I went to comment on a blog of a friend and it required me to again verify myself … after just posting on the same person’s blog a few minutes ago with no issue. Plus it wouldn’t accept my computer’s saved password requiring me to type it in manually. WordPress gets worse every day. Hugs. Scottie
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Comment by Scotties Playtime — September 29, 2024 @ 2:43 pm |
Here and on Nan’s blog I have no problems. But on other WP hosted blogs it insists I “log in” even though it already knows who I am. If I don’t, my comments are posted as “anonymous” instead of under my name. It’s very odd.
A couple of months ago WP did something, I don’t know what, that caused my email software to flag every message coming from a WP site as being junkmail. So all of the emails I should have got telling me of new posts, new comments, etc. went straight to the junkmail folder.
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Comment by grouchyfarmer — September 29, 2024 @ 3:55 pm |
What I THINK happens … the blogs that are self-hosted are the ones that want you to “log-in” before your comment will be posted. Steve’s and mine are hosted by WP … and I’ve personally found that other blogs hosted by WP usually don’t give me any problems. I’ve gotten so I just keep WP’s “Reader” open since using it I can comment on any of the self-hosted blogs that I follow.
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Comment by Nan — September 29, 2024 @ 4:38 pm |
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. I bet that’s it
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Comment by grouchyfarmer — September 29, 2024 @ 10:41 pm |
Oh, I just remembered another quirk. This site recognizes me, but won’t email me new comments unless I manually switch on the “email me new comments” switch. Every. Single. Time. Other WP sites, even the ones that require me to log in? They send me all the new comments automatically. This one? It always resets that switch to Off.
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Comment by grouchyfarmer — September 29, 2024 @ 3:57 pm |
IT’S SO ANNOYING.
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Comment by silverapplequeen — October 1, 2024 @ 7:18 am |