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I blog from my phone most of the time. It’s quick, easy and always seems to be nearby. But when I updated my operating system and my apps the other day WordPress threw me a curve. I can no longer click on commenter’s avatars and find their blogs from my friend’s pages which is pretty annoying. It’s always been a good way to read and meet new people and I feel like WordPress just slammed a door in my face.
Aside from that, this is what I see when someone comments on my posts:
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In the current climate of internet privacy run amok… do I really need to have access to everyone’s email and IP address? No. I do not.
(Apologies to Kenny, but I didn’t think he’d mind be made an example of.)
Anyone else experiencing this?
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River's world..... 
🤔 I would like to recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the WordPress App.
That sort of thing happens a lot with people who use their smartphones to access WordPress.
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I’ll try that, thanks.
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🙂 You are most welcome.
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I see that stuff as well in the app on my phone for the past couple of weeks weeks. I do find it disconcerting.
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It’s so unnecessary. And yet I can’t click around and discover other blogs. Totally backwards..
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Nope. But I don’t blog from my phone either.
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Like Boo, I do not blog from my phone. I do get e-mail notifications (on my phone) if someone wrote a new blog, and I can read the blog from my phone, but that is about it, as it does not allow me to respond or even “like” from my phone.
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I have the WordPress mobile app and love it. Until this recent update.
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Yes, this has happened to me as well. I can no longer access others who comment on a blog I follow. 😦
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It’s so annoying! And I don’t understand why..
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It really is! I have been able to use the blog name and then search for it and find it that way, but the other way is so much easier! I tried uninstalling and installing, but it didn’t change anything. I no likey!
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Didn’t change anything here either. I no likey either.
😡
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Blogging from my phone would be a nightmare. My fingers are fat and shaky, which is why you’ll never hear me plunking and thumping on the guitar. I don’t mind showing up on your post. My fame (Infamy) increases apace. Sorry for your trouble.
This post wasn’t very much fun, try to do better.
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Disregard that last, I was channeling my inner middle management asshole.
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Too late!
But no worries, it takes more sarcasm than that to insult me.
🤣
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It wasn’t fun, you’re right.
But you got a shout out so stop bitching.
😈
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Why would I bitch? Now that I’m out there, I’ve been getting tons of email from Latvian honeys looking for love on richhornyoldAmericanguys.org. I ain’t mad atcha!
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There’s always a silver lining.
🤣
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I’ve had trouble with the phone app, so I don’t use it. I just use my iPad or computer, it seems WP loves doing this every so often.
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🤔 My educated guess is that you access WordPress via the web browser whenever you are using your iPad.
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Good guess but I have the WP app on my iPad. Which is weird because I don’t have any issues with the app on here. Only on my iPhone, go figure?
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🤔 Your iPad probably has more memory than your iPhone.
To avoid having issues with any app, I clean the cache on my Android smartphone (It works).
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I find the phone app quicker and easier all around. And I’m hardly ever at my desk anymore so it works for me.
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Like The Huntress, I always had trouble with the phone app in the past so I stopped trying to use it. That screen shot/example is weird.
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I’ve used the phone app for the past 2 , maybe 3 years… and this is the first time it’s disappointed me.
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The advantages of not using my phone to access the internet except in emergencies, which I have not had one yet. (Knock on woody head!)
When you are in comments on your phone, does it not show the commenter’s name and then their blogsite in blue?
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I have no problem accessing my commenters sites, it’s when I visit other friends pages and try to click on their commenters.
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Oh. That’s the difference. I only use a tablet or a
computer, so I always get comments on every site
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I can read comments. Just can’t follow them back to their individual sites by clicking like I used to.
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I generally upload photos directly fro my phone but use the puter for text – I find some browsers work better than others.
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We have really slow internet out here so using my phone is a no brainer.
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That little square with the arrow in it should take you to the commenter’s blog. We’ve always had access to the email address, if you dig/dug far enough. I don’t like the changes they made to the app. Their mission seems to be “make this less intuitive.”
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On my commenters, yes. But if I’m reading your post and want to check out your commenter’s sites, no.
Annoying.
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Oh,. that stinks. I don’t use my phone for WP (I don’t have a good enough camera to get those bunny photos) so I wouldn’t be aware.
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It just popped up with the new update and for the life of me I can’t figure out why.
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WordPress is always coming up with new ways to “improve” things. Drives me mad.
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If they actually improved anything, it would be fine.
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I’ve not experienced this myself. But I know that I can see people’s IP addresses and emails on my WP Site on my laptop.
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I guess if I were ever planning on becoming a stalker, now would be the time!
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WordPress is here to help.
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