{"id":2630,"date":"2017-07-20T17:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2017-07-20T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:34:00","slug":"change-wordpress-admin-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/change-wordpress-admin-username\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change WordPress Admin Username"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you try to change your WordPress username, you will see the notification like this &#8211; <b>Usernames cannot be changed<\/b>. But many times we need to change the WordPress admin username for security purposes. In this tutorial, we will show you two different methods to <b>change WordPress admin panel username<\/b> without any plugin.<\/p>\n<p>You will find many plugins to change the username in WordPress, but we prefer you to follow our manual steps to <b>change WordPress username<\/b>. It is very easy and you can change the WordPress admin username by any one of the following methods.<\/p>\n<h2>Change WordPress Admin Username through WP Admin Panel<\/h2>\n<p>This method is the easiest way to change your WordPress admin username. Follow the step-by-step guide to change the username in WordPress by adding a new user and removing old user.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"stepListL\">\n<li>Login to the WP admin panel and go to the <b>Users<\/b> page. Click the <b>Add New<\/b> button to create a new user.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld\" width=\"730\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld.png 730w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld-200x112.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-create-new-user-codexworld-346x194.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create a new user with your desired <b>Username<\/b> and <b>Administrator<\/b> role.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld\" width=\"921\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld.png 921w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld-200x119.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-administrator-new-user-username-role-codexworld-346x206.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, logout from the WP admin panel and log in with the newly created user account. Go to the <b>Users<\/b> section and click the <b>Delete<\/b> link under the old username.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld\" width=\"933\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld.png 933w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld-200x65.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-delete-user-codexworld-346x112.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <b>Attribute all content to new user<\/b> and <b>Confirm Deletion<\/b>.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld\" width=\"490\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld.png 490w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld-200x122.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-new-user-attribute-content-codexworld-346x211.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You are done! Your WordPress admin username successfully changed with the new username.<\/p>\n<h2>Change WordPress Admin Username using phpMyAdmin<\/h2>\n<p>This method little bit difficult compared to the first method. Don&#8217;t worry, the below step-by-step guide makes it easy to change WordPress username through cPanel.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"stepListL\">\n<li>Log in to the cPanel account where your WordPress site is hosted. Scroll down to the <b>Databases<\/b> section and click on <b>phpMyAdmin<\/b>.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld\" width=\"505\" height=\"115\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld.png 505w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld-200x46.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-cpanel-databases-codexworld-346x79.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In phpMyAdmin panel, select the database from the left side menu.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld\" width=\"649\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld.png 649w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld-200x79.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-phpmyadmin-database-codexworld-346x137.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <code>wp_users<\/code> table from the list of database tables. (prefix <code>wp_<\/code> may be different based on your chosen one at the time of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wordpress-tutorial-for-beginners-installation-setup\/\">WordPress installation<\/a>)\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld\" width=\"750\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld.png 750w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld-200x95.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-wp-users-table-codexworld-346x165.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <b>Edit<\/b> link of the row whose ID is 1.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld\" width=\"704\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld.png 704w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld-200x102.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-database-username-edit-codexworld-346x177.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Change the <code>user_login<\/code> value to the new username and click the <b>Go<\/b> button to save the admin username.\n<div class=\"img_center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld.png\" alt=\"wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld\" width=\"728\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld.png 728w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld-200x110.png 200w, https:\/\/www.codexworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wordpress-admin-username-change-cpanel-database-codexworld-346x190.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now you can log in to WP admin panel with the new username.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The above methods show how to change admin username in WordPress. 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