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1. Landish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   to login in my ACP i must enter my username and password,
   username is "admin" and how i can change it..?

2. jeremyclark13
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Instructions Here
   The Codex is you friend.

3. jeremyclark13
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Sorry for the repost

4. Landish
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   and without mysql i can't change username in ACP..? :(

5. jeremyclark13
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's not possible if you don't have access to a mysql client. You might be able to contact your host and have them give you access so that you can change it.

6. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   >>It's not possible if you don't have access to a mysql client.<<

   well, that's not altogether true.

   You *can* login as admin, and create a new user. Choose the username/password you want. Set the new user as "Administrator". Log out, log back in under the new user name. You should have all of the capabilities the "admin" name has. (If you don't, log out, log back in as admin and make sure the new name is set as "Administrator" - then log back in under the new name).

   If everything's set, just delete the "admin" user. That's it. Admin gone, new login working.

7. jeremyclark13
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Wow I didn't even think about that!

8. Gangleri
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If Landish means what I wanted to do, is that (s)he wants to change the login name to get to the dashboard. All WP pages have the login screen at the same place and all have "admin" as username, so a hacker does only have to guess the password. I (also) wanted to change the username and eventually managed to do this directly in the wp_users table on the control panel of my webhost. Pretty easy!

9. Gangleri
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oh btw, Jeremy I have installed the Hardening plugin. It is larger than WP itself! It can be helpfull for some things, but I think I prefer to have my WP separate from the control panel of my webhost.

10. morethanthesky
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    Using WordpressMU

    I changed the "admin" account in mysql to "wp_admin" and I was able to log in, but the tab for "Site Admin" disappeared. I confirmed that the other administrator accounts don't have that tab either. I changed the account back to "admin" in mysql, relogged in, and the tab re-appears.

    Only when the account is specifically called "admin" can I get that tab.

    How can I change the admin account per the instructions in the Codex in Wordpress MU and still be able to access all the admin functionality?

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