Change Username

Change WordPress usernames from the user edit screen, with validation for existing users, illegal logins, and Multisite admins.

Change Username

WordPress does not let administrators change usernames by default. Change Username adds that option directly to the existing user edit screen, without a separate settings page.

Use it to update a WordPress username while keeping the same user ID, posts, comments, and profile data attached to the account.

Features

• Change any WordPress username from the existing user edit screen.
• Prevent username conflicts by checking whether the new username already exists.
• Block usernames that are listed as illegal logins.
• Follow the same username validation rules as WordPress core.
• Retain superadmin rights when changing the username of a Multisite super admin.

Requirements

• PHP version 7.4 or higher
• WordPress version 6.0 or higher

About the plugin author

Danny van Kooten has been building WordPress plugins since 2010, starting with WordPress 3.0.

He is the founder of ibericode, the small software company behind popular WordPress plugins including Mailchimp for WordPress and Koko Analytics.