Wp-calypso: Question: Can I use calypso interface without using Wordpress.com account

[PrachiThengane]

I wish to have Calypso admin view for my self hosted site but do not want to use Wordpress.com as middleware.
Can't I directly authenticate my self hosted site?

Could you please provide me Calypso development guide if you have so that I can refer it and make changes?

Thanks.

[lancewillett]

Hello there!

Calypso can be used with self-hosted sites by activating the Jetpack plugin and connecting it to WordPress.com. More details here: https://developer.wordpress.com/calypso/

Development guide is here in the code, look for README.md or view all the docs in a web browser with https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/tree/master/docs.

[narigondelsiglo]

You are not answering the question, or the answer is no?
The question was without using a .com account.
Do we can?

[coollorenzo]

Would also love to see a 100% self hosted version of calypso.

[stucampbell]

+1 for self-hosted Calypso. We wanted to use self-hosted Wordpress for our internal company blogs - mainly because Calypso provides a very nice blog editing experience. Now I realise that we can't use it because it's not possible for us to have these blogs internet-facing. Nor can we have shadow copies of our private blogs on wordpress.com.

[codeserk]

I'm a bit confused too, I cloned the repository and I was expecting a single self-hosted site to be there, but I'm asked to create a hosted site in wordpress, which it's not what I intended :/

[lemartva]

Same here, I want to use Calypso for my company but we don't want to use wordpress.com since our sites are private. Is this possible?

[bbertucc]

@lancewillett - any new plans to support single and multisites that don't use Jetpack?

If not, perhaps we should fork Calypso to develop a version powered by single or multisites REST API.

[lancewillett]

Hi @bbertucc — No changes on the horizon... to use Calypso still requires an active WP.com account and a Jetpack connection.