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Change WordPress Admin Username

How to Change WordPress Admin Username – 3 Methods Guide

WordPress Guides, WordPress Tutorials December 12, 2016Leave a Comment

Recently I’ve received an e-mail from a WP Made Easy user with this subject: “I can’t change my WordPress Admin username” and asking for help in changing his blog admin username. In this post I will explain 3 easy ways to change WordPress Admin Username from your admin area, using a WordPress plugin, or from cPanel and phpMyAdmin.

Why do you need to change your WordPress Admin Username?

Changing your WordPress Admin Username is one of the simplest ways to increase WordPress Security and protect your blog from hackers who will face another step before start guessing your admin password, this step will be guessing your admin username. The most common admin username WordPress Bloggers use is “admin” as it is the default, so hackers can easily visit wp-login.php page and enters username as “admin” and start guessing the password.

Now you can imagine how much security you will add to your WordPress built-in blog/site, by changing your admin username. By many beginners can’t change their WordPress Admin Username. In the coming lines I’ll explain how you can change your WP Admin Username.

Change WordPress Admin Username

Changing WordPress Default Admin Username

#1 Changing your Admin Username from Admin Area

This is the easiest way you can use to change your username in WordPress; in this method you simply create a new WordPress user and give him the rule of “Super-Admin” then move the old admin account posts to the new account (if you like), after that you can delete the old admin account.

Follow these steps:

  1. Go to your admin Area and sign in with your current Admin account info.
  2. From the menu on your left hand, hover over Users, then click on Add New.

    Add New User 1 - Change WordPress Admin Username from Admin Area
    Users » Click Add New
  3. In the Add New User page, fill in all of the user fields with your new admin account info. [Username, email, password, first and last name], in the Role drop-down menu select Administrator, and click Add New User.

    Add New User 2 - Change WordPress Admin Username from Admin Area
    Users » Click Add New
  4. Now you should see your new admin account in users accounts list.
  5. To login to your new WP admin account:
    • First log out from your current admin account.
    • After logging out from your old admin account, enter your new WordPress admin username and password and click Log In to login to your new admin account.
  6. Now you may delete your old admin account and move its posts to your new account or changing its role to Editor or Author.

    Delete old Admin account - Change WordPress Admin Username from Admin Area
    Delete old Admin account if you want

#2 Changing WP Admin Username using Username Changer Plugin

Another method to change your admin account username is using Username Changer WordPress plugin which allows administrators to change usernames of users, so you can easily use it to change your admin username without creating a new user account.

WordPress Username Changer Plugin
WordPress Username Changer Plugin

To install the plugin you follow our WordPress Plugins Installation beginners guide; plugin name is “Username Changer” and its download page is here.

#3 Change WordPress Admin Username Using phpMyAdmin

The third method to change WordPress Admin username is using cPanel and phpMyAdmin, but this method requires technical knowledge to know how to edit the old Admin Username in WordPress Database.

Updating Admin Username using phpMyAdmin:

  1. Login to your WordPress Hosting cPanel.
  2. From Databases section, open phpMyAdmin.phpMyAdmin
  3. From the left-hand menu choose your WordPress Database.Selecting WordPress Database - phpMyAdmin
  4. In the Database tables list (by default WordPress tables name starts with wp_ as a prefix), choose the table called “wp_users“.WordPress Users Table - phpMyAdmin
  5. Now click Edit on the username you want to edit.Change WordPress Admin Username - phpMyAdmin
  6. Change the user_login value to the new WordPress Admin Username you want.

Conclusion

Changing your WordPress Admin Username is an important factor in increasing your WordPress built-in site security, and there are three methods to change it: from WP Admin Area by adding a new administrator account, using Username Changer Plugin, or from cPanel using phpMyAdmin.

If you have any question, feel free to drop it in a comment below!

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