Edit Usernames

By Matt Miller

Descripziun

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:

English
Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
Dutch (Nederlands)
French (Français)
German (Deutsch)
Italian (Italiano)
Japanese (日本語)
Polish (Polski)
Portuguese – Brazil (Português do Brasil)
Russian (Русский)
Spanish (Español)
Swedish (Svenska)
Turkish (Türkçe)

Request

If you find that a part of this plugin isn’t working, let us know what’s broken in its support forum so we can make it better. Thanks!

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Pencil/edit icon in user edit screen

Installaziun

Upload Edit Usernames to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress

Reviews

Miller Media Favrer 15, 2020

We have been using this plugin internally to perform a simple function that should be built into WordPress by default. Good stuff!

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Contributors & Developers

“Edit Usernames” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Translate “Edit Usernames” into your language.

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Changelog

1.2.7

Added translations for Russian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Swedish
Updated localization section in readme

1.2.6

Added Chinese Simplified (zh_CN) translation

1.2.5

Added Japanese (ja) translation

1.2.4

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.1

1.2.3

Fixed username field UX – field is now editable by default with clear instructions
Added dismissible review prompt notice after 14 days of usage

1.2.2

Added translations for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian

1.2.1

Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1+

1.2

Tested up to WP 5.9
Add setting to enable editing admin usernames
Added further clarifying messages on user edit page

1.1.1

Tested up to WP 5.3.2

1.1

Additional check for valid username added

1.0

Initial release

Ratings

5 out of 5 stars.

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