Okay, this is my 4th attempt to post today. First one was fail. The second one went through , because I did something….. 3rd one just disappeared as I was putting a category and tag on my post. ( that post didn’t get automatically saved ….. for some reason, there was no ” draft saved ” I could fall back on ) . This one is my fourth . I swear I’m going to leave WordPress if this doesn’t get published. ! !
So, wassup, Wordpre$$ ? ? You okay ?
Here’s the sleazy story.
(._.”)
I posted about my email problem and WordPress a while back. I found out it was my email server’s problem. Microsoft doesn’t support @live.com anymore, and I guess live.com doesn’t have the capability to accept new posts from WordPress anymore…. although I still get email notifications of LIKES and FOLLOWS form WP and from other sources. I’m supposed to get a new email provider, like gmail, but , I haven’t done that. I ‘m too lazy to notify my credit card companies, bank, etc. My fault, my bad.
I’m using READER now to read blogs.
Here’s the problem.
I tried posting pictures of our Christmas Day dinner the day after Christmas as per my own tradition…… WordPress failed to publish it, and worse, while I was writing, I kept on getting a notification that ” saving the post failed.” I ignored it, and tried to publish my post immediately without saving. Epic Fail ! ! I spent hours to write that post, darn it. ( posting pics on WordPress sucks , by the way . )
I tried reading blogs , too, but guess what, NO posts on READER ! Completely blank ! That was 2 weeks ago and to date.
Here’s the thing .
(o_O)
I’ve been getting notification from WordPress that my annual Premium Plan is expiring.
And guess what the date of expiration is…. Jan.8, 2018. Today !
Apparently, American Express had declined my payment of US $99.00 to WordPress. WP notified me it was American Express ‘ anti-fraud action on WP. ” Please use another card ” . So I used another card…. and my transaction was successful. ( apparently , American Express does not trust WP’s security system ). I use American Express all the time, and only use the other card on stores that don’t accept American Express.
Then,
Lo and behold !
The short post got published ! ( minutes after paying …. ) And the Reader appears again !
So, what’s up, Wordpre$$$$$$ ? Is that a new policy now ? Pay up , or else ????
Wordpre$$, seriously ?
That’s all.
Am a Molecular Microbiology student, love to read books, and I play the violin. 
dreamsending
renxkyoko
renxkyoko's space 
Posted by renxkyoko on January 8, 2018 at 10:26 pm
So, this got published too. Yay ! ! Thank you, Wordpre$$ ! ! !
Posted by renxkyoko on January 8, 2018 at 10:27 pm
I’m US $ 99 poorer. Booooo ! !
Posted by JoAnn Chateau on January 8, 2018 at 10:49 pm
Sounds quite frustrating. Live email morphed into Outlook Mail. Good luck getting everything smoothly squared away.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 8, 2018 at 11:54 pm
Yes, I know ! But I still don’t get new posts from WordPress. I now depend onn my Reader. Unfortunately , WordPress had taken that off , too , until I paid up, today. I’m getting Reader posts now. I don’t like to think WP would do that to its members. No payment, no access to WordPress.
Posted by JoAnn Chateau on January 9, 2018 at 12:02 am
Yes, particularly when there’s a free plan.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:54 am
Yes. I used the free plan for a long time until they informed I ‘d run out of free storage space. I couldn’t post photos anymore.
Posted by Simon on January 8, 2018 at 11:11 pm
That is pretty crap. I hope it gets sorted as it wouldn’t be same around here without you ☺️
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:51 am
Awww, thank you. That’s nice q(^_^)p
Posted by Simon on January 9, 2018 at 7:25 am
☺️☺️☺️ and true. I’m sure I wouldn’t be the only one!
Posted by disperser on January 8, 2018 at 11:48 pm
Imagine trying to do one of my posts (the last one has 72 photos embedded in the post).
Actually, it works pretty well, so I can’t complain. However, I have to ask if you tried to talk to one of their support people either via chat or by e-mails.
Per my numerous experiences, they are customer-driven and can usually resolve problems fairly quickly. And, no, I’m not a big fan because they also tweak stuff that constantly causes me problems.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:17 am
OMG, yes ! You post so many photos.. Maybe the problem is my computer ? ?
I did, and they responded via email. But by that time, I had already paid up, and got my short rant published, and this one, too, later. So, I don’t know if they actually solved the problem, or it was my subscription renewal that did .
I do need to get another email provider. Reader is annoyingly cluttered.
Posted by disperser on January 9, 2018 at 5:25 am
Good to hear stuff is working again.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm
Eh. It’s happening again. I’m going to post an update.
Posted by disperser on January 9, 2018 at 10:24 pm
Maybe you need to get that other job so that you have an excuse to dump all this bothersome social stuff.
Posted by arlene on January 8, 2018 at 11:56 pm
That is why I don’t want to try a paid acct. It is so expensive here (just thinking of the exchange rate).
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 12:10 am
My blog used to be free, but I ran out of storage space and couldn’t even post pictures anymore. So I upgraded last year.
Posted by arlene on January 9, 2018 at 12:12 am
I created another site just in case I use up my free space. It’s not earning that many followers but it is okay. It is just on a standby.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:21 am
About 5,000 pesos ? That;s about 400 pesos a month. That’s a lot of money for the privilege of writing maybe 5 posts a month…. O_O
Posted by arlene on January 9, 2018 at 6:52 am
Yes it is.
Posted by Odee on January 9, 2018 at 1:03 am
Okay, this is totally unrelated to your tech issue experience, but I’d like to suggest that you check out Feedly.com to read blogs. I find WP Reader to have a couple issues so I stopped reading from there completely. I built my blog lists at Feedly and it’s a much better way to get myself updated with my favorite blogs (and much more organized, too!) 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:44 am
Thanks. I’ll check out the site.
Posted by Jim on January 9, 2018 at 1:55 am
you used the “Microsoft” word. ewwwww! did that leave a bad taste in your mouth like it did mine??? Mac!!!!!
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:23 am
Okay, my browser is Internet Explorer, and my internet provider is AOL. LOL !
Posted by Jim on January 10, 2018 at 1:54 am
OMG! you used the “IE” words!!!
Posted by renxkyoko on January 10, 2018 at 2:02 am
Ha ha ha ! How about AOL > my search engine !
Posted by Tony Burgess on January 9, 2018 at 2:19 am
Hang in there my friend. I hope all your tech/financial issues will be soon resolved.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:25 am
I hope so, too. I just renewed my Premium Plan, so I say to them, ” take care of me , WordPress. ” Ha ha ha
Posted by raistlin0903 on January 9, 2018 at 5:44 am
Ugh, WordPress is really doing a lot of strange things these days. A lot of my WordPress friends have all kinds of problems momentarily. I hope the issues get resolved for you really soon 😊
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:46 am
I know, right. I’ve been ranting a lot lately.
Posted by raistlin0903 on January 9, 2018 at 5:50 am
Which is completely understandable. It’s really annoying. Hopefully everything will go back to normal soon.
Posted by soiba on January 9, 2018 at 7:15 am
Oh man I hope it gets sorted out! Best of luck
Posted by nigroskitchen on January 9, 2018 at 4:20 pm
The cure? Hot bubble bath, chocolates and an early night! It will work like a treat. You will feel like a whole new person after that 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 5:36 pm
And don’t forget to brush your teeth after eating chocolates. lol
Posted by nigroskitchen on January 10, 2018 at 11:11 am
Defo!!!! Lol
Posted by Peter Wells aka Countingducks on January 9, 2018 at 7:10 pm
If its any comfort, my WordPress is playing and I couldn’t work out what was happening. My viewing figures fell through the floor and I couldn’t work out why. When I went to my “Reader” and looked at blogs I follow, or at tags I use myself, all I got was the title of the Tag and then a series of grey lines with no words or anything. It has continued like that and remains the same today. I use the free blog because I’m mean, but whether you pay or don’t pay, this should not be happening. All that said, I can still reach you because you are on my blogroll and are still publishing which is wonderful. As you know, you are one of my favourite bloggers and I’m very happy to be able to wish you a happy new year 🙂 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 8:07 pm
Oh,my gosh, Peter Wells, that’s exactly what’s happening to my Worpdress. I did renew my Premium subscription ( I had to… I was told I’d run out of storage space…. I couldn’t post pictures anymore ) yesterday, but it’s come back, today ! Again ! No stuff on my Reader .
I’m going to post today …. an update. And I’m going to your site by clicking your avatar. That’s the only way to visit you.
Also, writing a post now is so messed up. (._.”)
Thank you from your favorite blogger, and may you have a peaceful and prosperous 2018 ! !
Posted by Peter Wells aka Countingducks on January 12, 2018 at 7:11 pm
Amazingly somehow everything is working again and I can go onto my reader and see if my favourite blogger has posted again, so we can breath easily, at least for now. Hope you have a lovely and now stress-free weekend 🙂 🙂
Posted by renxkyoko on January 13, 2018 at 3:55 pm
My Reader is working now * relieved*
Posted by kutukamus on January 9, 2018 at 7:26 pm
As a free user, I can only imagine.. But seriously, that? Oh, my! 🙂 Glad it has now been going back to normal, though 🍸
Posted by renxkyoko on January 9, 2018 at 9:38 pm
Uhm….. I’ll post an update. I’m not a happy camper.
Posted by Rebecca Dawn on January 11, 2018 at 8:31 pm
ugh I was working on a story a few weeks ago and wp failed to save. I had a fit. it was five pages long into the story! Really!!! Now I will write long pieces on wordpad then paste it on wp. no way will I ever chance on wp not saving my work again!
Posted by renxkyoko on January 11, 2018 at 8:33 pm
I also spent hours on posting photos, which, by the way, is also messed up.
Posted by Rebecca Dawn on January 11, 2018 at 8:40 pm
i hate the way wp set up posting photos. especially on mobile. its not that much easier on laptop.
Posted by disperser on January 11, 2018 at 8:54 pm
Hours? You don’t even post that many photos.
. . . maybe I should do a class or something . . . probably make millions!
Posted by renxkyoko on January 13, 2018 at 4:57 am
Ha ha It takes me a while to choose photos from my photo gallery. He he
Posted by disperser on January 13, 2018 at 5:17 am
I’m actually writing a “how-to” post right now.
I figure someone might find it useful.
Posted by renxkyoko on January 13, 2018 at 3:54 pm
It also takes a whil to look for the appropriate images ( from the Internet )….
Okay, I’ll check out the how to.
Oh, by the way, another thing that annoys me is the picture gets posted at the top of my post… always below my Renxkyoko Iglesias signature…. so what I do is I copy the image , paste it on the appropriate space, then delete /trash the original.
Posted by Peter Wells aka Countingducks on January 12, 2018 at 8:50 pm
Just to barge in, I always write my stories on Word, and when they are finished I copy and paste them into WordPress to stop the platform devouring them before they can get published. That way I’ve always got a copy if things go wrong, which they do it being WordPress. Hope this helps!
Posted by Jessica on January 12, 2018 at 12:37 am
I’m with you. Also, their mobile app sucks. Every time I try to do anything in it, it crashes.
Posted by D K Powell on January 15, 2018 at 3:17 pm
Oh dear how frustrating! I have to say though, American Express over here has become something of a pariah. Almost nothing online or in real life accepts it. You see notices in restaurants and everything – “American Express not accepted here”. It doesn’t seem to be loved any longer…
Posted by John on January 20, 2018 at 10:36 pm
Trust me when I tell you, “You need to consider Blogspot.
Posted by John on January 20, 2018 at 10:37 pm
If your reader figures are falling through the floor you might want to consider the fact that you are being shadow banned for one reason or another.
Posted by Mary Lai on February 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm
I am the person who wrote the “Rose Parade” post from Chiang Mai, and I read your post about losing text while trying to post to Word Press. To solve this problem, I type the text in Word first and save it. Then I just copy and paste into Word Press. Problem solved! AND I think that Word Press is MUCH easier to use than Blogspot.
Mary Lai
Posted by Asha on February 20, 2018 at 6:33 pm
Amazing. Worth reading
Posted by maomao on March 6, 2018 at 3:06 pm
Hahah Don’t pay!
Posted by renxkyoko on March 6, 2018 at 5:28 pm
I already did. T.T
Posted by maomao on April 20, 2018 at 3:21 am
Just get your own hosting is better