Title: Change Admin User
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Change Admin User

 *  Resolved [tscandy64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tscandy64/)
 * (@tscandy64)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-user/)
 * When I try to change my Admin user in Ithemes Security I keep getting this warning:
 * The new admin username you entered is invalid or WordPress could not change the
   user id or username. Please check the name and try again.
 * Any help would be great!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-user/#post-6484175)
 * Duplicate topic of:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-name](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-name)
 * There is no point in opening multiple topics about the same issue.
 * dwinden

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-user/#post-6484175)
 * Status: resolved