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Edit Usernames

The Edit Usernames plugin allows WordPress admins and WooCommerce managers to edit the users' usernames through the admin dashboard. Simple!

By Matt Miller·Edit·Free
5(1 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Edit Usernames is a WordPress edit plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 8.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: Forget About Shortcode Buttons.

5/51 reviews
90active installs
4.0K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Please help by contributing to the GitHub repository Edit Usernames on GitHub

The Edit Usernames plugin allows WordPress admins and WooCommerce managers to edit the users’ usernames through the admin dashboard. All references to previous username are changed after editing, including comment author.

Note: Editing of your own username and those of Super Admins are currently disallowed.

Localizations

This plugin is available in the following languages:

  • Albanian (Shqip)
  • Arabic (العربية)
  • Armenian (Հայերեն)
  • Basque (Euskara)
  • Bengali (বাংলা)
  • Bulgarian (Български)
  • Catalan (Català)
  • Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
  • Croatian (Hrvatski)
  • Czech (Čeština)
  • Danish (Dansk)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)
  • Estonian (Eesti)
  • Finnish (Suomi)
  • French (Français)
  • Galician (Galego)
  • Georgian (ქართული)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Greek (Ελλην…
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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.1+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3.2

  • Added ABSPATH checks to inc/settings.php and inc/review-notice.php
  • Added sanitization callback to register_setting()
  • Fixed unescaped attribute outputs in settings page
  • Removed var_dump() debug call
  • Removed deprecated load_plugin_textdomain() call

…and 1 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

mikemm01mikemm01Matt MillerMatt Miller
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.2
Last Updated
Feb 17, 2026
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.1+
Active Installs
90
Downloads
4.0K+
Added
Oct 29, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

M
Matt Miller
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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