How to change user…

  • Resolved rescatista

    (@rescatista)


    14 years, 7 months ago

    I was adding a site, and I used the wrong name associated with the sign up email.

    So I deleted the site, and added it again with the same email (I cannot change this)..

    Again the wrong username was assigned..the same one that I accidently put in. It seems it is tied to the email I need to use somehow. How do I reset this “name connection to email”?

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  • Short answer: delete the user.

    Long answer: the add site form at the bottom of SuperAdmin->Sites(ms-sites.php) says, “A new user will be created if the above email address is not in the database.” So, if you are trying to add a new user along with a new site, the “accidental” user with the same email must also be deleted. Delete users from SuperAdmin->Users.

    A twist: if trying to add a previously deleted user via the wp-signup.php triggers the “wait a couple of days” message, you’ll have to wait. wp-signup.php creates and stores(and then checks) user activation keys in the $wpdb->signups. You can’t “hurry-up” WordPress to delete those keys without going into the db(phpmyadmin) or by using the “User Activation Keys” plugin.

    By the way, the SuperAdmin->Sites form doesn’t check(or create) user activation keys from $wpdb->signups, so once you delete a user you can add again straight away. The Users->Add New User form(if enabled) does add a new activation key.

    Thread Starter rescatista

    (@rescatista)

    Thanks Dave. Got it.

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