Easy Username Updater

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1. ★★★★★ fufy

   6mo ago

   Works as it should. Here is results and observations: At the login page, using the old name isn’t recognized anymore, when providing the new name it’s ok and can login successfully. The “author username” is still the old one instead of the new, i.e. website.com/author/oldname/ (not website.com/author/newname/). In wpForo forum it’s still recognizes old name “@oldname”, not “@newname”. Anyway, as I tested so far still don’t see any error. Things seem to work ok.

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2. ★★★★★ Bri

   9mo ago

   This was recommended in jetpack article but it did not work for me. The name (admin) was not changed when I checked it. I then tried to change it with another plugin but it said it was already taken, so I tried going back into this plugin to “update” it back to admin, and it said I could not because it was already taken. To fix the problem….I just created a new admin account with a new email, logged back in, deleted the original admin and then created a new user with the original email address and new name I was trying to update to.

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3. ★★★★★ slg22853wpfan

   10mo ago

   This plugin works great for me. I’m able to update the username, yet the user’s account still functions as before with their subscription and settings remaining active/unchanged. Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ illy

   10mo ago

   works just fine! somehow, one of the editors managed to change the main username of the website (so we ended up with 2 identical usernames for 2 email accounts!!), didn’t wanna touch the DB so this plugin saved me 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ ajamal

   1.6y ago

   it just works and i’,m glad about ti!

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6. ★★★★★ Gulshan Kumar

   1.6y ago

   Congrats on your fantastic plugin! It would be great to have an option to change the slug along with the username. Also, a hint about purging object cache (e.g., for LiteSpeed users) would be helpful. Thanks!

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7. ★★★★★ smkstoll

   1.6y ago

   If you’ve ever had to do this manually then you’ll love this plugin especially if you are updating multiple usernames for security reasons.

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8. ★★★★★ Ishko

   1.8y ago

   This plugin is simple to use. Changing username is sometimes dangerous in itself and can break relations of the user with other plugins but if you know what you are doing, there is no issue with this one. Don’t use on multisite.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.0 Initial release 1.0
2. — Version 1.0.1 Converted to class-based structure 1.0.1
3. — Version 1.0.2 Added the user search feature 1.0.2
4. — Version 1.0.3 Added the send email feature 1.0.3
5. — Version 1.0.4 Added the dataTable 1.0.4

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 Easy Username Updater <= 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Username Change ↗
   2022-07-12 CVE-2022-2355 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.0.3 Patched in 1.0.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2022-11-16 9K+ → 10K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Edit Username 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• U Username 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C
• SmartUsername – Secure Admin Login Renamer & Username Editor Tool 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
• WPZOOM User History – Lock Users & Change Usernames 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Admin Credentials Editor 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• All-in-One Utilities 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C

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