You want to change your WordPress username. But when you go to the profile page, WordPress says you cannot change the username.
So how to change username.
In this article, I will show you how to change your WordPress username.
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Method 1: Create a new user and delete the old user
The simple way to change your WordPress username is to create a new user with your desired username and admin rights. Then you delete the old user.
Step 1 : Create a new user. You go to Users -> Add New
When creating a new user you need to use a different email address than the one associated with the old account.
Once created, you exit WordPress, and log in using the newly created user.
Now go to Users -> All Users and delete the old account.
When deleting, WordPress will ask you how to handle the content associated with the old account. You choose to transfer the content to the newly created account
So you have finished changing the username. Change the email address back to the old email in the profile screen if you like.
Method 2: Change username using plugin
An equally simple way. Use the username changer plugin to change the username.
Once installed, go to Users -> Username changer . You enter the username you want to change, then click Save Changes
After changing the username, you can remove the plugin for light.
Method 3: Change username using phpMyAdmin
This way is a bit complicated. It can be called a downgrade, only used when you forget your username. Therefore you cannot login to WordPress.
You login to cPanel, scroll down to the databases section and click on the icon of phpMyAdmin
Next, you select the database you need to update the most, and then click on the table named users in the left corner. Select the username you want to edit. And change the user_login field to the username you want.
Finally click the Go button.
Epilogue
Those are all ways to change username.
Changing username is not too complicated, right?
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