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Total downloads: 3,295
Active installs: 100
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 5/3/2022 (1336 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/29/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.9.12
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1336 days ago • 1 reviews

22/100

Is Edit Usernames abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1336 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 5.9.12
Requires PHP: 5.6

Ratings

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Developers

Matt Miller (Owner)7mikemm015

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Description

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.

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!

Installation

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

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Miller Media
2/15/2020

Simple, solid plugin

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

Screenshots

  1. Pencil/edit icon in user edit screen

    Pencil/edit icon in user edit screen

Changelog

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
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