Title: Admin user ID 1
Last modified: March 31, 2020

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# Admin user ID 1

 *  Resolved [Fanaticweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanaticweb/)
 * (@fanaticweb)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-user-id-1/)
 * Hello WordFence staff,
 * I read recently in one of your Critical Vulnerability notices the following statement:
 * > “Since many sites have a single administrator with a user ID of 1, this meant
   > that an attacker could lock an administrator out of their own site”
 * I realize this is an easy target, is it safe to create a new Admin midway of 
   the site deployment (2-3 months down the line) while inheriting a new ID (ex:
   ID: 36) and then delete the initial Admin that was assigned to ID 1? Or will 
   this strip the new Admin from their native Admin privileges or capabilities or
   cause issues down the line?

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 *  [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/)
 * (@wfgerald)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-user-id-1/#post-12608044)
 * Hey [@fanaticweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanaticweb/),
 * Yes, creating a new admin will be just fine, and is suggested so the ID isn’t
   1. As long as you create a new admin, all other admins including the new one 
   will be able to administrate whatever they might need to. Just in case something
   does go wrong, I’d suggest creating a backup to recover from, though there really
   shouldn’t be any issues.
 * Please let us know if you have any other questions.
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald
 *  Thread Starter [Fanaticweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fanaticweb/)
 * (@fanaticweb)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-user-id-1/#post-12611846)
 * Thank you for your feedback Gerroald, a backup is definitely my first step prior
   to making core changes, I’ll test it out on my end, thank you again.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-user-id-1/#post-12611846)
 * Status: resolved