Securing WPMU Changing Admin Name

  • Resolved omgitsrfb

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    15 years, 8 months ago

    I followed the instructions to help secure WPMU by changing the admin name in MySQL. as suggested i ran this code:

    UPDATE wp_users SET user_login = 'new_username' WHERE user_login = 'admin';

    when I change my name to something else I no longer have access to Site Admin –> Options or site admin privileges with the plugin activations.

    Did I miss something? Thanks for your help.

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  • Although when I make similar “security” changes to a WPMU site (I go straight into the database and manually change the name), I first add the new “username” to the allowed admin users.

    You may need to “reverse” the script by exchanging the ‘new_username” and ‘admin’ first, but then you can try the following:

    Under Site Admin > Options … scroll down to “Administration Settings” and add your “new” admin name to the list of “Site Admins” first. I would expect your script to work as expected afterwards if run again the same way you ran it the first time.

    Hope that helps some …

    (Once you are done, and you are certain your new admin is working correctly, don’t forget to remove ‘admin’ from the Site Admins list.)

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