Title: Admin username
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Admin username

 *  [Tony Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tony-joseph/)
 * (@tony-joseph)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-username/)
 * When I installed WordPress, I left the Admin username as Admin. I would now like
   to change it. How do I do that?

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-username/#post-4803658)
 * There is a plugin that might be able to help with that.[ Admin renamer extended](http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-renamer-extended/)
 *  [lisavabroad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisavabroad/)
 * (@lisavabroad)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-username/#post-4803659)
 * I just created a new user (with the name I wanted) and set that user as an admin.
 *  Thread Starter [Tony Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tony-joseph/)
 * (@tony-joseph)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-username/#post-4803690)
 * Thank you, James and Lisa. I think that more than solves the problem!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Tony Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tony-joseph/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-username/#post-4803690)
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