Comments on: Change Your WordPress Author Name…Please

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:42:32 +0000

I personally just edit the users table using phpmyadmin to change the login name ‘admin’ to something more memorable, and less hackable or common.

Saves going through the process of creating a new user.

By: Leland

Leland — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:54:31 +0000

Thanks for the tip. Takes the idea of just changing your display name to a whole new level.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:52:04 +0000

I recommend replacing the admin account with one that has a different name.

1. Use the admin account to create a new user. Give it administrator privileges.

2. Log out.

3. Log in with the new account.

4. Delete the admin account and let WordPress assign posts and comments to the new account.

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:17:59 +0000

Great tip. Thank you. I was wondering how to change my author name to something besides my nickname. The one thing I haven’t figured out is how to delete my original admin account and replace it with a new one (for security reasons). I can’t delete my current default one because there is no “delete” option.

By: Matt Fahrner

Matt Fahrner — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:28 +0000

Thanks! That totally solved an issue I had and get to keep my shorter login name too!

The alternative is to create a new ID that matches what you want and then delete the old one. WP will then ask if you want to transfer all the posts to a new ID. Definitely not as pretty.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Sometimes the solution is soooo.. easy, but one has to find it.

Thanks for that helpful post!

Tony

By: Alberto

Alberto — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:17:38 +0000

Thank you, I am new to WP and was looking exactly for this!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:31:20 +0000

So simple but I didn’t think I was on the right track trying to change it myself, so didn’t try this “fix” before searching and finding this post. Thanks!

By: Kelly Hobkirk

Kelly Hobkirk — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:42:43 +0000

Thank you for this tip! I was completely stumped on this.

By: Jade

Jade — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:44:16 +0000

Great tip. This was just what I was looking for! You are heaven sent!