Account settings

WordPress.com account settings control your username, email, primary site, interface language, and login preferences. In this guide, you will learn how to update your account information and customize your WordPress.com experience.

To visit your account settings:

1. Hover over your profile at the top right, and select the “My WordPress.com account” button.
2. Select the Account Settings menu option on the left side:

Your account settings include the following settings that you can change. Click the “Save account settings” button after you change any of the following options:

Your WordPress.com username is your unique identifier on the platform. Two accounts cannot share the same username. You can change your username by typing a new one into the username field and following the instructions that appear. Your WordPress.com username will display next to any posts you make in the WordPress.com forums.

This is the email address associated with your WordPress.com account. Each WordPress.com account requires a unique email address. One email address cannot be associated with multiple WordPress.com accounts. You can change your email address. You will be sent a confirmation link to verify your email when you create a new account or change your email address.

Your primary site is the website that appears first when you access your WordPress.com account. Accounts with multiple sites can choose which appears as primary. From the dropdown option, you can choose which site you want to be the primary site in your account:

Only WordPress.com sites on which your account is a user (or self-hosted WordPress sites connected to your account via Jetpack) can be set as the primary site.

This sets the language for your WordPress.com administrative screens. Changing your interface language does not change the language that others see when they access your WordPress.com site. Learn how to set your site’s language. If you want to provide your site in multiple languages, review our guide for creating a multilingual site.

Note that there are over 100 languages available.

Expand to see a partial list of some of the most popular languages on WordPress.com:

English
Español (Spanish)
Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)
Deutsch (German)
Français (French)
Ελληνικά (Greek)
עִבְרִית (Hebrew)
Magyar (Hungarian)
日本語 (Japanese)
Italiano (Italian)
Nederlands (Dutch)
فارسی (Farsi/Persian)
Română (Romanian)
Русский (Russian)
Türkçe (Turkish)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
한국어 (Korean)
العربية (Arabic)
Svenska (Swedish)
Shqip (Albanian)
Azərbaycan dili (Azerbaijani)

For some languages, you can enable the in-page translation tool where available. Using this, you can help translate WordPress.com into more languages.

Choose your default landing page after login:

• My primary site: The editing dashboard for the site you set as your primary site.
• All my sites: Show the Sites list first, displaying all sites you have set up on your account. You can manage multiple websites in the Sites list.
• The Reader: Display the WordPress.com Reader, where you can stay current with updates from blogs you’ve subscribed to.

Delete your WordPress.com account permanently. Please visit the Delete My Account guide for information on closing your account.