Comments on: WordPress Simple Security — Replace the “admin” account

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Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:32:39 +0000

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By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:23 +0000

Rob, these articles are evergreen by design. Glad to be of help!
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By: Rob McCance

Rob McCance — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:58:13 +0000

Dave,

I know this post if from March 2009, but I just discovered it and followed it’s advice on all three of my sites.

Also had my brother do the same with his sites.

Deleted the default admin account and changed the default uname and pass to something much more difficult on all three.

Nothing like giving away the uname to hackers on all your sites!

“admin”
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By: Carlos Velez

Carlos Velez — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:42:27 +0000

ha! that was it. I choose to see this, not as a reflection of my inability to follow directions carefully, or even as a measurement of my common sense, but rather as a testament to your evil genius!

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:44:04 +0000

Wait til you get a load of what’s coming tomorrow.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:05:24 +0000

You were most likely logged in as “admin” user, and you can’t delete yourself when logged in.

By: Carlos Velez

Carlos Velez — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:26:40 +0000

I tried deleting my admin account the other day, and again this morning, and was greeted with this message:

You have specified these users for deletion:

ID #1: admin The current user will not be deleted.
There are no valid users selected for deletion.

I created a new user with admin role, selected the “admin” account, chose delete from the drop down menu, and voila.

Is this an option WordPress eliminated? maybe to keep dummies like me from killing their account?
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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:22:50 +0000

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