Usernames can’t be changed.
Here is the best thing
Log into your admin dashboard
Click USERS
Click Add New
Fill the form with the username that you want.
Role must be set to ADMINISTRATOR
Click on Add New User
This part is optional
Once on the users list…click on the checkbox beside notsoniceusername. then delete it. make sure Attribute all posts and links to: <new username> is chosen. click confirm deletion
Thanks for this info. How do I attribute all posts to the new user name? I don’t see anything in the profile for the new user name to do this.
I am also wondering why the posts are not appearing online. The posts are all still there and the permalinks haven’t changed. When I click “view blog” I get a blank white screen.
So, I am having this same issue. I went to log in today and had an issue. Asked for a password retrieval and when that email arrived I realized my username had been changed. I found this interesting since I thought you can’t change that. So any thoughts on how this happened, Since I did not change it to the “not so nice” word it became….
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
You ought to create your own thread for support with your issue.
Sounds like perhaps your site has been hacked or someone has access to it.