Comments on: Change Your WordPress Author Name…Please

By: Dario Petkovic

Dario Petkovic — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:01:07 +0000

When I change the authors to the new name, it still shows the old ‘display name’ in the article .. must be the theme bug

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:31:51 +0000

Thank you so much Leland! This helped my life soooo much…been trying to figure this out for far too long

By: Jon Pearce

Jon Pearce — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:22:27 +0000

I know this is an old post, but it was 1st up with the answer I was after.

I had already added my nickname, but it always shows my username (and then my author profile) as admin grrr.

I tried adding me as a new user but it keeps requesting another email, so I think Andrews “PHP my admin” change is my answer! Thanks

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!