Description
Easy Username updater is a plugin which allows administrators to change usernames on their site. It provide list of users with their email address,username and role. It changes display name as well.
This plugin also do following:
- Search the user by username, email address, or role.
- Send the updated username to user by email.
How to install?
- Unzip the downloaded ‘username-updater.zip’ file
- Upload the ‘username-updater’ folder to ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory of your WordPress installation
- Activate the plugin via the WordPress Plugins page
- A new submenu will automatically create on users menu
Screenshots
The main interface 
Update username
Installation
- Unzip the downloaded ‘username-updater.zip’ file
- Upload the ‘username-updater’ folder to ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory of your WordPress installation
- Activate the plugin via the WordPress Plugins page
- A new submenu will automatically create on users menu
FAQ
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Is that plugin ready for multi-site use?
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Not for multisite now.
Reviews
November 23, 2025
This was recommended in jetpack article but it did not work for me. The name (admin) was not changed when I checked it. I then tried to change it with another plugin but it said it was already taken, so I tried going back into this plugin to “update” it back to admin, and it said I could not because it was already taken. To fix the problem….I just created a new admin account with a new email, logged back in, deleted the original admin and then created a new user with the original email address and new name I was trying to update to.
November 6, 2025
This plugin works great for me. I’m able to update the username, yet the user’s account still functions as before with their subscription and settings remaining active/unchanged. Thank you!
October 31, 2025
works just fine! somehow, one of the editors managed to change the main username of the website (so we ended up with 2 identical usernames for 2 email accounts!!), didn’t wanna touch the DB so this plugin saved me 🙂
January 28, 2025
it just works and i’,m glad about ti!
January 22, 2025
Congrats on your fantastic plugin!
It would be great to have an option to change the slug along with the username. Also, a hint about purging object cache (e.g., for LiteSpeed users) would be helpful.
Thanks!
January 9, 2025
If you’ve ever had to do this manually then you’ll love this plugin especially if you are updating multiple usernames for security reasons.
Contributors & Developers
“Easy Username Updater” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
Version 1.0
- Initial release
Version 1.0.1
- Converted to class-based structure
Version 1.0.2
- Added the user search feature
Version 1.0.3
- Added the send email feature
Version 1.0.4
- Added the dataTable
