The Users Screen

The Users Screen allows you to add, change, or delete your site’s users.

How to update the default admin username in WordPress:

1. Log in to WordPress using the default “admin” user account. Then go to Users → All Users. There you will see all the current user accounts.
   Quick tip: When you are adding the new username, you will need to use a different email address than that default “admin” account. Otherwise WordPress will display “ERROR: This email is already registered, please choose another one”. To avoid this, change the default admin account to another address first so that your new account can use your correct address.
2. Add a new user via Users → Add New and fill in all the fields. Be sure to set the privilege for the new user account to be “Administrator.” This new user will become your new admin user, so create a username that is not easy to guess for added security hardening.
3. Log out of the original admin user account.
4. Log back into the system using the new username you created in Step 2.
5. Delete the original “admin” user. WordPress will prompt you to reassign all of your old posts from the old Admin user to the new user. Do so if applicable.