Issue:
Wordpress.com invites to new authors/contributors who do not already have a wordpress.com account are never received. Resending multiple times does not work.
Invites to authors/contributors that already have an account are received with no resending or one time clicking resend to work.
Workaround:
1. Go to wordpress.com
2. Click Login (at the top)
3. Unless you want to reuse your Facebook or Gmail account w/wordpress.com, click "Email me a login link".
4. On that page, enter your email address, click Send link. Wait a 1 to 20 minutes. If you don't see the email after a few minutes, you should be able to resend the link.
5. Click the link in the email received. Once the email link is clicked, you are now (already) "logged in" to your new wordpress.com account. The accounts include your new profile and typically a new personal blog site automatically.
6. Now click the validate email alert box at the top of the page, or do it from the security page. Do not close the browser tab - stay logged into the new account.
7. Back in your email account, click the verification link for your email.
8. Add a password to your account. Leave yourself logged in. It's easier when clicking the join link email.
9. Add a secondary authentication as desired.
10. Typically, the new account also creates a new blog at the same time. You can delete it now if desired.
11. Change the username to something sensible. Please note you cannot revert to previous username, but you can change it to a new one that is available.
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