---
title: "Change WordPress Admin Username for Security"
description: "In this article, we discuss how you can update and change your WordPress admin username, as this can be a great security measure to help prevent unauthorized access to your WordPress admin dashboard...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/change-wordpress-admin-username-for-security/
date: 2013-04-15
modified: 2024-04-19
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Security", "WordPress Hosting", "WordPress Tutorials"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Change WordPress Admin Username for Security

![How to Change the WordPress Admin Username Hero Image](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/changing-the-wordpress-admin-user-for-security-1024x538.png)

In this article, we discuss how you can **update** and **change your WordPress admin username**, as this can be a great security measure to help prevent unauthorized access to your WordPress admin dashboard.

This is a good security measure to help protect against the recent global [WordPress wp-login.php brute force attack](/support/edu/wordpress/wp-login-brute-force-attack/) that has been ongoing for the last few days affecting multiple web hosts.

## Update WordPress Admin Username

Using the steps below, we show you how easy it is to *add a new WordPress administrator user*, *delete your old non-secure default admin one*, and then *assign or attribute all of the old user’s posts to your new secure user*.

1. From the left-hand menu, hover over **Users**, then click on **Add New**.
2. Fill in all of the user fields with new info.Then select **Administrator** from the **Role** drop-down. Finally, click on **Add New User**.![add a new user to wordpress screenshot](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Add-a-new-user-to-wordpress-screenshot.png)
3. You should now see your new admin user you just created.
4. If you are currently logged in as the admin user, hover over **Howdy, admin** at the top-right.Then click on **Log Out**.
5. Now type in your new WordPress admin username and password and click **login**.
6. From the left-hand menu click on **Users**.
7. Prior to deleting your old admin user, I’d recommend you [backup your WordPress database in cPanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/cpanel-backups/) just in case. Hover over the old **admin** user, then click **Delete**.![Delete the Admin user via the User Menu WordPress screenshot](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/delete-the-admin-user-via-the-user-menu-wordpress-screenshot.png)**BE CAREFUL!** Deleting your old WordPress admin user, without attributing its posts to your new admin user will delete all those posts!
8. Now select your new admin user from the **Attribute all posts** drop-down, and click on **Confirm Deletion**.
9. You should now see the old admin user has been deleted, and you should only be left with the new administrator user, will all the old posts attributed to it.

You should now understand how you can easily update and change your WordPress admin username so that you’re better protected against common brute force attempts at gaining access to your WordPress website.

![How to Change the WordPress Administrator Username | WordPress Administrator Dashboard](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/HvfIagY_eDY/maxresdefault.webp)

*Don’t have time to read our full article? Watch our walk-through video.*

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