Changing Username via phpMyAdmin

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    You don’t need to make any changes in the Database. All changes can be made through WordPress Admin panel.

    Thread Starter CKxion

    (@ckxion)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    WordPress admin does not allow a change of username, it requires adding a new user then deleting the old one (which seems to have triggered issues mentioned in other posts I made yesterday).

    So, can I change usernames in the DB by just changing a single value in the user_login field?

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    You can if that is what you want. But wouldn’t it be easier to create a new user name?

    Sorry for the wrong information above. What I meant to say was you can’t change the user name but you can create a nick name. Then make sure your display name is never your user name.

    Make a backup of your database just in case something goes wrong.

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    I am marking this thread as resolved. No replies in 5 months.

    Thank you

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