Title: User Name Changed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# User Name Changed

 *  [willowtree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willowtree/)
 * (@willowtree)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/)
 * Someone has hacked my blog and changed my user name. I managed to log in and 
   I’ve changed my password, but my user name isn’t very nice so I’d like to change
   that. Is there a way I can do this? All my posts are still there but they are
   not showing up on the web. I’m trying to figure out how to do a backup and go
   from there. Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

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 *  [Miroslav Glavić](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miroslavglavic/)
 * (@miroslavglavic)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3147979)
 * 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
 *  Thread Starter [willowtree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willowtree/)
 * (@willowtree)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3147998)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [willowtree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willowtree/)
 * (@willowtree)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3148001)
 * 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.
 *  [coupeduppro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coupeduppro/)
 * (@coupeduppro)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3148220)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3148221)
 * You ought to create your own thread for support with your issue.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3148222)
 * Sounds like perhaps your site has been hacked or someone has access to it.

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## Tags

 * [changed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/changed/)
 * [hacked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hacked/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-changed/#post-3148222)
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