Title: How do they do this?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# How do they do this?

 *  [unomateo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unomateo/)
 * (@unomateo)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-they-do-this-2/)
 * I see on digg.com I can add my wordpress url, username and password, and they
   can add post from digg.com to my wordpress site…
 * how is this done? I’m just confused on how they get access to the database?
 * Please just let me know what to search for to find the answer.

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 *  [hobblinharry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hobblinharry/)
 * (@hobblinharry)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-they-do-this-2/#post-433988)
 * I haven’t researched this but an obvious answer to me seems to be that you added
   your wordpress url, username, and password into their sytem. That information
   is probably stored in a database (it’s probably encrypted, and digg is a reliable
   site so I doubt you should worry about any security risks) and now with your 
   username and password in their system, they can use that information to “post”
   on your wordress blog. I’m not sure if that’s how it’s really done, but it seems
   most likely to me.
 *  [sketchee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sketchee/)
 * (@sketchee)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-they-do-this-2/#post-433998)
 * Trackbacks?

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