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How to recover Phantom WordPress Username?
OK Wordpress junkies try this one:
A while back I started an account with a name we will call Username-1. For a bunch of reasons I then changed the username to something else which we will call Username-2. Once I did that I later also changed the e-mail address and today there is really no original connection with Username-1
Sio yesterday I went to start a new account and went to use Username-1. I was told this name already existed. WordPress had not deleted my old username, just changed it. But I can't get in with the password. Since I changed the email address, I get an error saying the e-mail address for a password reset is wrong and it is possible the username is unconnected to an e-mail. So Username-1 still exists, but like a Phantom in cyber space. I have no other programs I use so the other password reset options are useless to me.
Is there any way to recover Username-1? Or is it condemned to be like a ghost in the interwebz forevermore???
2 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
You'll need to get into the database and delete the username there. If you have CPanel, use phpMyAdmin to access the DB.
Brett Alan Bern
- .Lv 79 years ago
If you have your own standalone wordpress.org blog, Bretts' advice will work for you.
If you are on wordpress.com, it will not. You need to contact the support people at wordpress.com. username-1 is your original username and they will not delete it, tho you might be able to get other credentials reset like email and password.
