Follower comments posting as ‘anonymous’

Hi Dedra, I’ve had the same issue, as have 2 other bloggers I know. It happened the first time on my post Aug 18, and on a subsequent post today. Like you, I located the IP addy and saw who the commenter was and filled in.

I also posted in this forum today, so will share if I get any responses,
eden

Hi Eden,

Thank you for letting me know! My issue also started on Aug 18. It’s nice to know it’s not something I did. Hopefully we’ll get this figured out soon!

Dedra

My friend has created a post about this!
He’s contacted WP help, and they’ll look into it if enough people are having the same issue.
Annoying for the time being, eden
https://lifeinmyyears.com/2022/08/24/the-anonymous-bug/

Yes, it is! I’ve noticed it on several other blogs, as well. It’s so strange.

I’ve noticed, as well, that when I try to comment on some other wordpress blogs (who also appear to be having the ‘anonymous’ issue), I get an error message and my comment won’t post. I switched over to Chrome from Safari and finally got my comments to go through. So could it possibly be an issue with the new Safari update and WordPress??

I don’t think so. I use Chrome and that’s where the issue began for me. I received a response back on my posting on this forum, let me try and link you so you can see. https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/comments-suddenly-showing-as-anonymous/#post-15947096

Oh ok, thank you for keeping me in the loop! Every day there seems to be a new issue, which is so frustrating.

Is your blog self hosted? I seem to have no problems leaving comments on wordpress hosted blogs, but the self hosted ones seem to have the issues.

I think I just asked a stupid question. If you’re posting in this forum, my assumption is you are self-hosted. Sorry about that!

Haha! There are no stupid questions in this mess. Yes, I am.

hahah, ok thanks!
I think you’re probably aware of another thread that’s been started on this. She’s farther ahead, with an actual Plugin support person on the case. In case you missed it, it’s here. https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/error-using-comment-form/#utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=social

Yes! Thank you!