Editing the Wordpress Admins Email

Don’t Be An Admin: Part Two

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So I recently got a request to expand on my previous post about changing the default user, Admin, into a neutered user to help protect against potential hacks. OK, so its really just as simple as setting up a new user. Firstly though we need to change your current user (Admin). Log in to your […]

Don’t be an Admin

How To's, Security / , /

When you first set up a Wordpress blog your username is usually Admin and this is what hackers (especialy the 12 year old variety) tend to look for first to try and hack. By creating a new user and giving it admininstration rights and then reducing the original Admin users rights to ‘subscriber’ or ‘no role for […]