Title: Login Username Automatically Changed Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Login Username Automatically Changed * [Gaurang Dabhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddu1315/) * (@guddu1315) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/) * Hi i am running my own site in wordpress 3.5.1…. and i am the only admin on my site and my username was admin….. Suddenly few days ago… my username(**ADMIN**) was automatically Changed to **aku**…I dont know how that happen?? I use chrome and always save my username password in chrome…Was my site hacked? Or is it because any plugin… Guys Please help me out…if any 1 has face such situation… * Thank you in advance Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3870943) * Have you tried: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. * Thread Starter [Gaurang Dabhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddu1315/) * (@guddu1315) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3870967) * Hey thanks but i am running this site for 4 months… and i haven’t installed any new plugin since last 2 months and neither have i updated the activated plugins…. * Even if i deactivate all plugins and then activate them 1 by 1… how will i know that which PLUGIN caused me the problem? * Coz my username has already been changed form ADMIN to AKU…… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3870970) * Start working your way through these resources: [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked) [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779) [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/) [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/) * Anything less will probably result in the hacker walking straight back into your site again. * Additional Resources: [Hardening WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress) [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/) [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/) [http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html) * Thread Starter [Gaurang Dabhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddu1315/) * (@guddu1315) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3871026) * Thanks for those wonderful resources…. * But just look at my [admin panel screenshot… ](http://postimg.org/image/rd7l769hj/) * [http://postimg.org/image/rd7l769hj/](http://postimg.org/image/rd7l769hj/) * it shows 5 registered users….. all with same name… should i delete those extra 4 users…. what will happen if i ll delete those 4?? Will my 116 posts will be gone?? if i remove those extra 4 users with same name and with 0 posts?? * [karansachdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karansachdev/) * (@karansachdev) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3871383) * HI, I am facing similar issues on a couple of wordpress sites.. any luck finding any solutions? My best guess is this is a automated script running from either within wordpress or the server as it happens every few days and it changes all my usernames to the same name. To gain access I have to use the forgot password link. * Any help on this will be appreciated. thanks Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Login Username Automatically Changed’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [karansachdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karansachdev/) * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-username-automatically-changed/#post-3871383) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics