Title: changed username
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changed username

 *  [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/)
 * I changed my username, but the change did not take. I had to use the former one
   to login, and my profile reports the old one. How can I recapture the new one,
   please? kurtzern/spirit

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531600)
 * You changed your username where? And how?
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531601)
 * Okay — the new username came up with this message. Now how do I get to my page?
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531602)
 * Esmi — changed yesterday at the site, toward the upper right corner, it gave 
   the opportunity to edit the username.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531603)
 * What message? Posting vague references won’t help. We need precise details!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531604)
 * >  it gave the opportunity to edit the username.
 * No. There is no option to change your username in WordPress core. Only an option
   to change the displayed name. Your username is fixed and unchangeable.
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531605)
 * Sorry: reference is to this conversation we are having now. Yesterday I got mixed
   up between wp.com and wp.org. I wish to stay with wp.org, if I can get straightened
   out how to do that. I cannot find Dashboard on my .org page, for example. My 
   domain is [http://www.ernestkurtz.com](http://www.ernestkurtz.com).
    Thank you.
   ek
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531606)
 * So that has nothing to do with your username, yes? You can login to your self-
   hosted site via [http://ernestkurtz.com/wp-login.php](http://ernestkurtz.com/wp-login.php)
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531625)
 * Aargh! I got a new password, but the site will not accept it. When I try again
   for “new password,” the site does not recognize the email address that you are
   using!
 * So: username stays same and cannot be changed; member-name is changed; but site
   seems to recognize only old email address. I am puzzled, but I do appreciate 
   your efforts at helping.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531629)
 * Try reviewing:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble](http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password)
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531649)
 * How do I get to the “Admin panel menu,” please?
 * How do I check my wp-config.php file?
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531653)
 * Apparently the automatically entered 12-character password worked. Now my question
   is: how can I change that to something I can remember?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531654)
 * > How do I get to the “Admin panel menu,” please?
 * By logging in. Some of those solutions refer to intermittent login issues.
 * > How do I check my wp-config.php file?
 * Why would you need to check that?
 *  Thread Starter [spirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtzern/)
 * (@kurtzern)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531662)
 * I guess I’m logged in, since I’m participating in this conversation. But I see
   nothing on my screen about “Admin” or “Dashboard.”
 * One of the suggestions at the sites to which you sent me advised checking the
   wp-config.php file.
 * BTW, the link there to “reset password by email” has been deleted.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-username/#post-3531665)
 * > I guess I’m logged in, since I’m participating in this conversation.
 * No. Your login here has absolutely no connection with the login for your self-
   hosted WordPress site.

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