Title: Invisible admin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Invisible admin

 *  Resolved [johncsnider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncsnider/)
 * (@johncsnider)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/)
 * I recently reinstalled WP from the ground up, suspecting a hack. I’ve changed
   my password and all that jazz. Since I only had a few Users anyway, I went ahead
   and deleted all the users (except myself “admin”, of course).
 * But now my User list says there’s 2 admins, although I only see one (me).
 * What’s the best way to tell if this is just a counting glitch, or if there really
   is an “invisible admin”? And if there IS an invisible admin, what’s the best 
   way to delete it?
 * Remember, I’ve already reinstalled WP. I was on version 2.8.4 before the reinstall
   anyway.
 * Ideas?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229273)
 * It isn’t a counting glitch. It’s leftover from the recent hack. You need to manually
   remove this invisible admin from your wp_users table.
 *  Thread Starter [johncsnider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncsnider/)
 * (@johncsnider)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229285)
 * Ok. How?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229302)
 * Using phpMyadmin or whatever database management tools your hosting provider 
   offers.
 *  Thread Starter [johncsnider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncsnider/)
 * (@johncsnider)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229328)
 * Sorry can you provide more detail on this? I am not a coder, so if you have the
   patience, can you walk me through it step by step?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229346)
 * [phpMyAdmin](http://codex.wordpress.org/phpMyAdmin) is a tool used to manage 
   MySQL databases.
 * [Basic tutorial link](http://www.reg.ca/faq/PhpMyAdminTutorial.html)
 *  Thread Starter [johncsnider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncsnider/)
 * (@johncsnider)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229387)
 * Hey, I think it worked! AT least, I was able to download the tool, install it,
   browse the user list, and delete the other user who wasn’t me.
 * Is there anything else I need to do at this point to make sure things are secure?
 * Thanks!
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229388)
 * > But now my User list says there’s 2 admins, although I only see one (me).
 * If you haven’t already re-upload your WordPress files [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)
   and check your plugins/themes/etc…
 * As always backup everything first.
 *  [Pancho Perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lonchbox/)
 * (@lonchbox)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229435)
 * Hi, may be is to late, but today I find one!!
 * For this particular blog I can´t access to the PHPMyAdmin so, just copy and paste
   the url to delete and just change the user ID with the invisible admin ID, transfer
   the posts and pages to admin and LISTO!.
 * [http://www.blog.com/wp-admin/users.php?action=delete&user=999&_wpnonce=XXXXXXXXXX](http://www.blog.com/wp-admin/users.php?action=delete&user=999&_wpnonce=XXXXXXXXXX)
 * I´m not a genio, but may be for a not programmer like me this might be help 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Pancho Perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lonchbox/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invisible-admin/#post-1229435)
 * Status: resolved

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