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Change WordPress Admin Username Via MySQL - Brute Force Attack Prevention | WP Learning Lab

UPDATE wp_users SET user_login = 'Your New Username' WHERE user_login = 'Admin';

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to change the Admin username on your WordPress account to something else using a MySQL query.

Every WordPress installation that is running version 2.9 or less has an Admin username. At the time WordPress created the username when it was installed. Unfortunately, this is bad for security because it makes it easier for hackers to brute force a website.

When hackers use a brute force attack they have to guess your username and password. If they know that an Admin user exists on your website then their job is made much easier; they only need to guess your password now.

Nowadays, it's best to not even have an admin user on your WordPress site; however, sometimes it can't be deleted via the WordPress dashboard. That's when you need to do it via MySQL.

To run the query and the change the Admin username what you need to do is log into the cPanel of your hosting account and click on the phpMyAdmin option.

Once it loads find the database that your WordPress site is using and click on the Query tab. Then copy/paste the MySQL query from above into the query box.

Change the words Your New Username to an actual username you want to use. Click on the Go button and you're done, that's all you need to do.

This is a great step towards hack prevention, hardening WordPress and WordPress security.

I hope this information helps you! If you have any questions leave a comment below or ping me @WPLearningLab on Twitter.

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Published: Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:43 AM
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