Comments on: Changing your Wordpress Admin Username http://www.fused.org.uk/2008/07/changing-your-wordpress-admin-username/ The blog of George Pearce Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Donald Kelly http://www.fused.org.uk/2008/07/changing-your-wordpress-admin-username/comment-page-1/#comment-2834 Donald Kelly Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:08:54 +0000 http://www.gpearce.co.uk/?p=985#comment-2834 Another alternative would be to simply create a new user with the desired username, add Administrator privileges to the account and then simply transfer the ownership of your posts from the standard "Admin" default, to the new account. This is a simpler fool-proof alternative that I've used in the past, and it doesn't require going into phpmyadmin. To be fair, Neither of these options are a good idea for blogs with more than one author. -DK Another alternative would be to simply create a new user with the desired username, add Administrator privileges to the account and then simply transfer the ownership of your posts from the standard “Admin” default, to the new account. This is a simpler fool-proof alternative that I’ve used in the past, and it doesn’t require going into phpmyadmin. To be fair, Neither of these options are a good idea for blogs with more than one author.

-DK

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