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I need help to address this wordpress related problem.

by magiclouie
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Hello Warriors,

I have been doing wordpress for quite some time already but this time I am having some difficulties in sorting this problem out.

I got a new client and he set up the wordpress site himself. Now, in his posts, his name will be shown as the poster. This is so because the username is his first name. Now, he wanted me to change that into admin.

When I checked "Your Profile" inside the wordpress dashboard, I found out that usernames cannot be changed.

At the moment, I have to consult him first if I have to add a new user.

Is there any other way for me to address that issue concerning the name of the poster that will be shown below each Post Title?

Any information you may provide will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
MagicLouie
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  • Profile picture of the author Bradley J Anderson
    I would think you have to do it through phpMyAdmin, if it can be done. I've never tried it, so I can't make any guarantees.
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  • Profile picture of the author stacyk
    Originally Posted by magiclouie View Post

    Hello Warriors,

    I have been doing wordpress for quite some time already but this time I am having some difficulties in sorting this problem out.

    I got a new client and he set up the wordpress site himself. Now, in his posts, his name will be shown as the poster. This is so because the username is his first name. Now, he wanted me to change that into admin.

    When I checked "Your Profile" inside the wordpress dashboard, I found out that usernames cannot be changed.

    At the moment, I have to consult him first if I have to add a new user.

    Is there any other way for me to address that issue concerning the name of the poster that will be shown below each Post Title?

    Any information you may provide will be highly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    MagicLouie
    You can still change it. It should be fairly easy to change user names for each post. You just create a user and have them post with it. You can do it this way::
    How to change the default admin WordPress login name:

    1. Using your hosts MySQL administration tool (I.E. phpmyadmin), locate and select your WordPress database
    2. From your WordPress database, locate and select the wp_users table (Note: the wp prefix may differ) and then click the browse icon
    3. Locate admin and click the edit icon
    4. Under the user_login column, change admin to your preferred WordPress administrative login name and then click go


    or you can just follow this other instructions::
    Change Your Username « Support — WordPress.com

    The video there is pretty clear. If you can't figure this out let me know!

    Stacy
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    • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
      Originally Posted by stacyk View Post

      You can still change it. It should be fairly easy to change user names for each post. You just create a user and have them post with it. You can do it this way::
      How to change the default admin WordPress login name:

      1. Using your hosts MySQL administration tool (I.E. phpmyadmin), locate and select your WordPress database
      2. From your WordPress database, locate and select the wp_users table (Note: the wp prefix may differ) and then click the browse icon
      3. Locate admin and click the edit icon
      4. Under the user_login column, change admin to your preferred WordPress administrative login name and then click go


      or you can just follow this other instructions::
      Change Your Username « Support -- WordPress.com

      The video there is pretty clear. If you can't figure this out let me know!

      Stacy
      Hey Stacy, thanks a lot for this. I am going to check this out and hopefully everything will run smoothly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Guys,

    You are mixing different things... When you are editing your user profile there are 4 fields:
    username
    first
    last
    nickname

    And you can select as "display" name any of the above or the combination of last and first. Just check the dropdown menu...

    So in the case of the OP: make the nickname "admin" and select that to be displayed on post.

    [people always like to over-complicate things...]
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    • Profile picture of the author Bradley J Anderson
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Guys,

      You are mixing different things... When you are editing your user profile there are 4 fields:
      username
      first
      last
      nickname

      And you can select as "display" name any of the above or the combination of last and first. Just check the dropdown menu...

      So in the case of the OP: make the nickname "admin" and select that to be displayed on post.

      [people always like to over-complicate things...]

      Will that change the name on the older posts as well, Istvan?
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by Bradley J Anderson View Post

        Will that change the name on the older posts as well, Istvan?
        yep.

        [according to the WF system the above answer is too short to be posted]
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    • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Guys,

      You are mixing different things... When you are editing your user profile there are 4 fields:
      username
      first
      last
      nickname

      And you can select as "display" name any of the above or the combination of last and first. Just check the dropdown menu...

      So in the case of the OP: make the nickname "admin" and select that to be displayed on post.

      [people always like to over-complicate things...]
      Thanks Istvan, that's what I did.

      More power to you!
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    • Profile picture of the author Rolliesworld
      But when you use a nickname to be displayed as the author name, the username will still show up when you hover over it in a post.



      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Guys,

      You are mixing different things... When you are editing your user profile there are 4 fields:
      username
      first
      last
      nickname

      And you can select as "display" name any of the above or the combination of last and first. Just check the dropdown menu...

      So in the case of the OP: make the nickname "admin" and select that to be displayed on post.

      [people always like to over-complicate things...]
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      • Profile picture of the author clou
        Originally Posted by Rolliesworld View Post

        But when you use a nickname to be displayed as the author name, the username will still show up when you hover over it in a post.

        Just log in to php myadmin
        click wp-user and change the username. easy. it is not complicated.

        Sometimes we need to do complicated things to learn. Doing that, you might start to learn something new. Maybe you will soon learn how to edit your Wordpress using php myadmin.
        Goodluck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rolliesworld
    Awesome, I went ahead and dug the relevant php database, and the change I made now reflects the name I wanted to see as the author name for this WP site (not just the display name, but also when I hover over it). Thanks, Stacy and Clou
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