Change your admin username to whatever you like. Improve your site security and make life difficult for the hackers.
As of April 2026, Admin username changer is a WordPress admin plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
Change your admin username to whatever you like. Improve your site security and and make life difficult for the hackers.
Wordpress default administrator username is admin, which makes the job easier for hackers -they only need to find out the password.
Now, you can change the default admin username to your liking. No one will know it and that improves your site security greatly.
Misc
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
v1.1
important security updates
added non-JS support
Credits go to Julio Potier (Juliobox)
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