- Privacy Settings
The Privacy Settings control who can and cannot view your blog. You can make your site public, private, or block it from search engines.
- Private Information
We consider publication of certain information to be a privacy violation. Information that we consider to be private includes a Social Security number or other national ID number such as a passport, a credit card number, or an unlisted/non-public address or phone number. If you find private information published on a WordPress.com blog you can […]
- Private User Data
In general, we keep the following private data about WordPress.com sites and users (we may have additional information for premium users as set forth in our privacy policy): The email address used to create a blog The IP address from which the blog was created The date and time when a blog was created The IP […]
- Page Visibility
The Visibility area of the Publish module gives you the option to make a page public, password protected, or completely private.
- Post Visibility
The Visibility area of the Publish module is used to set who can read the post. You can also stick a post to the front page, password protect a post, or set a post to private so it's only visible to Editors and Administrators of the blog.
- Unwanted Comments and Comment Spam
There are many ways to protect your WordPress.com blogs from unwanted comments: WordPress.com blogs are protected by the Akismet comment spam filter. You can control whether comments are automatically approved or if they need to be reviewed before they are published. You can add rules for comment moderation to control which comments get marked as […]
- Register a New Domain
On WordPress.com, you can register a custom domain (for example, yourgroovydomain.com) and use it instead of your blog's current address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com). Your old address will still work, but we will automatically redirect traffic from your old address to your new one. Domain Registration is a paid upgrade that costs $18 per domain ($25 for .me domains), per blog, per year.
- Find a Setting
All types of goodies can be found in the last couple sections of the bottom left hand side of your dashboard. This support doc contains information on the most commonly sought settings.
- Google Docs
Google Docs is a popular service for managing documents online. You can easily embed your Google Docs spreadsheets, documents, forms, and presentations into your WordPress.com blog by copying and pasting the embed code. Privacy Before you share a Google Docs file, please make sure that it’s not private. If it is, you’ll be the only […]
- Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writer (WLW) by Microsoft is an application for composing and managing blog posts. You can write your posts offline and publish them later. There are many helpful tools in WLW that make creating popular posts easier: WYSIWIG using the theme of your blog Image manipulation Spell check Easy HTML tables Include maps from […]
