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Username Changer
A handy little tool that might accidentally lock you out of your site.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
It is a simple utility for single username changes but carries risks of site lockouts and multisite errors.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.5★
71 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+386%
Growing fast
48 → 231 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +386% in the last year
48/day a year ago→231/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayUsername Changer is a well-liked, simple utility for changing WordPress usernames that most users find quick and effective, but it carries real risks around outdated compatibility and multisite environments.
What people like
- +Simple and fast to use — changes a username in seconds without touching the database directly×8
- +Posts are automatically reassigned to the new username after the change
- +All other account details (email, password) remain intact after the username change
- +Useful for occasional admin tasks like customer username requests or SSO setup×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin has not been updated in several years, raising compatibility concerns with current WordPress versions×3
- −At least one user reported a complete wp-admin lockout (blank white page) after changing a username, requiring a full backup restore to fix
- −Does not update the wp_sitemeta site_admins entry on multisite installs, causing superadmins to lose network admin access
- −Does not change the user_nicename field, requiring a separate plugin for that
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.52★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-12-112025-09-072026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 71 total
Latest reviews · 71 analyzed
- 2026-05-19★★★★★Works perfectlyLi-An
- 2025-02-22★★★★★Blocked access to wp-adminsavingyourtail
- 2024-11-15★★★★★Worked greatmlipenk
- 2022-11-17★★★★★Easy and workingHabitable Solution
- 2022-09-15★★★★★It's perfect!!raizen441-shot
- 2021-09-14★★★★★Simple and still works just fineJon Fuller
- 2021-05-28★★★★★Super Easy!Cory Lamle
- 2021-03-18★★★★★Easy to change usernameromanivanov
- 2020-11-15★★★★★Does what it should dodotch
- 2020-08-04★★★★★Works perfectmcwebdigital
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
214
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
224
Prior 7-day baseline
138
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
869
Mean release-day peak (30d)
216
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.31
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.54 → 4.52★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered