Title: Suspicious 'Administrator' Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Suspicious 'Administrator' * [Dogberry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafader/) * (@tafader) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/) * The last freelance developer I hired to do a small job on my site ([http://beyond-freedom.com](http://beyond-freedom.com)) did something very fishy. I have been advised to uninstall and reinstall WordPress. I’m traveling abroad and plan to do just that when I’m back to the U.S. July 6th. Meanwhile, can someone advise me about how I can get rid of a suspicious User entry, listed as a second Administrator besides me. The entry is listed on Users’ page as follows: * Under Username, I see Username; under Name there’s Name; and under Role is listed Role. * Thanks, * Tafader Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011149) * Can you delete the user from the Users section of your blog’s Dashboard? * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen#Delete_Users](https://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen#Delete_Users) * Thread Starter [Dogberry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafader/) * (@tafader) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011183) * Thanks for being very helpful. * As you can see in the link below, the Users page shows 2 administrators. The top one with the picture, ‘IslamWest,’ is me. The one below, ‘Username,’ is the culprit that I need to get rid of. But whenever I select the box to the left of the culprit below, ‘Username,’ the box next to mine, ‘IslamWest,’ also gets automatically selected, along with box for the culprit, ‘Username.’ * Apparently, the culprit who tempered with my site arranged it this way so I wouldn’t be able to delete his entry. * Would you know how I can? * Thanks again. Tafader [](http://beyond-freedom.com/wp-admin/users.php) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011195) * > As you can see in the link below, the Users page shows 2 administrators. * I don’t see any link below. Could you re-post it? * I think I know what’s going on, but would love to see a screenshot before I say anything for certain. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011196) * Actually, let’s do this backwards. I’ll upload a screenshot. 🙂 * Take a look at [https://cloudup.com/c3s5C0NAoiW](https://cloudup.com/c3s5C0NAoiW) * Is that similar to what you’re seeing? If so, you have nothing to worry about. Those top and bottom rows are just showing you the heading of the rows. The checkbox is a box which checks all the users in one click. * It makes a bit more sense with more than one user. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Dogberry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafader/) * (@tafader) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011211) * Exactly like this, James. I tried to attach my screenshot, but this format doesn’t have that option. * Now, when I click the box left to the bottom user, the box to the left of top user, in your case “James” the “Administrator,” gets automatically selected. So if I try to delete the user at the bottom, I’d end up deleting my own entry as well. Isn’t that right? * Thanks, James, for you effort to help me. Mustafa * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011216) * Right, “Username” at the top and bottom are just the titles of the columns, they aren’t users themselves. 🙂 * If yours looks just like me (with your name and image of course), you only have 1 user. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Dogberry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tafader/) * (@tafader) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011224) * My only concern about the second Username is whether someone can use it to access my site. At the top left of the page, it says there are 2 Administrators, but in the actual entry (the one below mine), the Username is designates jut “Role,” not “Administrator,” as mine mentions as my Role. * Thanks. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011243) * Hm, ok then, would you please provide a screenshot of what you’re seeing then? * You can upload it via Media -> Add New in your blog’s Dashboard, then just give us the URL of the image file. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Suspicious 'Administrator'’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [administrator](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/administrator/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-administrator/#post-5011243) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics