Title: WP Edit Username Author: Sajjad Hossain Sagor Published: April 26, 2018 Last modified: December 8, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-edit-username/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3398818) ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-edit-username/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1864589) # WP Edit Username By [Sajjad Hossain Sagor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sajjad67/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-edit-username.2.0.5.zip) [Live Preview](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/?preview=1) * [Details](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/#description) * [Reviews](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/#installation) * [Development](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/) ## Description This plugin adds feature to edit/change user username. #### Features: * Edit Username: Allows editing of usernames. * Only users with the `edit_other_users()` capability can change usernames. * If the “Send Email” option is enabled, the user will receive a notification email when their username is changed. * You can customize the email subject and body text in the admin dashboard or via filter hooks. * Modify the email subject using the filter: `wpeu_email_subject`. * Modify the email headers using the filter: `wpeu_email_headers`. * Adjust the email body content using the filter `wpeu_email_body`. (Note: `$new_username` and `$old_username` are automatically prepended to the email content). #### Hooks Usage: ``` ``` ## Screenshots * [[ * Settings panel for WP Edit Username plugin. * [[ * Username Edit Button. * [[ * New Username Input Field. * [[ * After Username Changed Message. ## Installation To add a WordPress Plugin using the built-in plugin installer: Go to Plugins > Add New. 1. Type in the name “WP Edit Username” in Search Plugins box 2. Find the “WP Edit Username” Plugin to install. 3. Click Install Now to begin the plugin installation. 4. The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install. If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions. To add a WordPress Plugin from GitHub repo / plugin zip file : 1. Go to WordPress plugin page 2. Click Add New & Upload Plugin 3. Drag / Click upload the plugin zip file 4. The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install. If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions. ## FAQ ### How to use this plugin? Just after installing WP Edit Username plugin, Go to user profile and edit user username by clicking Edit button. Update inputs according to your requirement and you are good to go. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc01753619b895e017c2191f30cce249ad6a9a8b95a97226d4c25d4538d77154? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[gets the job done](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gets-the-job-done-193/)󠁿 [ahmedalaa01v](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahmedalaa01v/) September 5, 2024 gets the job done ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51293c0f7d763ec284691404d3cc8e7a85e307be2aace073beabe08fbcb05848? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[does its job 😉](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-its-job-108/)󠁿 [default-design](https://profiles.wordpress.org/default-design/) August 29, 2023 does its job 😉 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4ff47f7d2d797adc20eef05daa8fb9c056fd2dd4aa21391abc08198d7425c18f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy, quick! PLEASE UPDATE FOR CURRENT WP VERSION](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-quick-please-update-for-current-wp-version/)󠁿 [gpworx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gpworx/) December 14, 2022 THANK YOU!!! Using this plugin with ProfileGrid and could not change user names — even from phpMyAdmin. This plugin does the job AND offers to send an email to the user and admin about the change. Awesome! Please update this plugin for security with the latest version of Wordpress. Thank you again! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4c1ecd3d419f582c6b26f0dcb7d818b6431b54102b8cac2e10beefbff998b9fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-3507/)󠁿 [Tanjimul Islam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tanjimulislam55/) April 30, 2018 Nice effort…Well done! We want more. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/54de0ae7fcc36e684dc2c467c15584da3a3e5e3582887e39573655e91d4e1159? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[nice WP Edit Username](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-wp-edit-username/)󠁿 [parvezpreo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/parvezpreo/) April 29, 2018 good working .. Awesome plugin. #LOVE it [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Edit Username” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sajjad Hossain Sagor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sajjad67/) “WP Edit Username” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit-username/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Edit Username” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit-username) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-edit-username/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-edit-username/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-edit-username/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-edit-username/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.5 * Checked for latest wp version 6.9 #### 2.0.4 * Fixed issue: typo giving fatal error #### 2.0.3 * Applied security patch and added more html tags to the allowed html list #### 2.0.2 * Checked for latest wp version 6.8 #### 2.0.1 * Minor changes in codebase only. #### 2.0.0 * Major changes in codebase. Compatibility checkup for latest wp version 6.7, updated bootstrap to latest, removed unused css and added confirmation before submitting username change form. #### 1.0.8 * Updated button type from default ‘submit’ to ‘button’ #### 1.0.7 * Checked for latest wp version 6.6 #### 1.0.6 * Fixed Plugin settings XSS vulnerability. #### 1.0.5 * Added additional email sender : User Only. Added bunch of shortcodes to use in the subject and email body. #### 1.0.4 * Checked for latest wp version 6.3 #### 1.0.3 * Checked for latest wp version & updated coding styles… major changes nothing #### 1.0.2 * Checked for latest wp version & updated coding styles… major changes nothing #### 1.0.1 * Checked for latest wp version & updated coding styles… major changes nothing #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.0.5** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-edit-username) * Tags * [ajax](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)[Change Username](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/change-username/) [profile-edit](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/profile-edit/)[user profile](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-profile/) [username](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/username/) * [Advanced View](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit-username/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-edit-username/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sajjad Hossain Sagor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sajjad67/) ## Support Got something to say? 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