How To Change Your Username | WordPress.com Support

You can change both your WordPress.com account username (the name you use to login) and your display name (the name that is seen on your posts and comments).

Once you change your username you will not be able to change it back and the old name will not be available for you or anyone to use. If you just want to show your name differently please only change your Display Name.

In this guide

1. Change Display Name (Nickname)
2. Change Username

Change Display Name (Nickname)

Watch the video below for a quick overview of changing your public display name, and read below for additional instructions.

Video Transcript

Hi, and welcome to WordPress.com. This video will show you how to change your WordPress.com display name.

You can change both your WordPress.com account username, the name you use to log in, and your display name, which is the name that is seen on your posts and comments.

Once you change your username, you will not be able to change it back, and the old name will not be available for you or anyone to use.

If you just want to show your name differently, you can change your display name as many times as you want.

To change your display name, go to your My Profile page. Enter your name under Public Display Name and click Save Profile Details.

And that’s it! For more tips and tricks, visit the WordPress.com support site.

1. Go to your My Profile page
2. Enter your name under Public Display Name
3. Click Save Profile Details.

Change Username

Watch the video below for a quick overview of changing your username, and read below for additional instructions.

1. Log into WordPress.com using your existing username
2. Access your Account Settings and enter the username you want under Username
3. In the box Confirm Username that appears, enter your new username again
4. The next step will allow you to change or create a matching blog address:
   • If your current username matches your blog address:
     • Selecting “Yes, change example.wordpress.com to match my new username and discard the old address” will change the address of your current blog. If your new user name is newusername, your blog’s address will be changed to newusername.wordpress.com. (You won’t be able to use the old address again.)
     • Selecting “Yes, change example.wordpress.com to match my new username and create an empty blog with the old address” will change the address of your current blog (if your new user name is newusername, your blog’s address will be changed to newusername.wordpress.com), and create an empty blog at your old blog address.
   • Selecting “Yes, create a new blog to match my new username” will create a new blog for you. If your new user name is newusername, the new blog will be newusername.wordpress.com
   • Selecting “No, don’t create a matching address.” will just change your username and make no changes to the address of your blog.
5. Read the information presented on this page very carefully. Important: You will not be able to change your username back. The old name will be reserved and no one will have access to it. URLs for other services such as Gravatar may be affected.
6. Click Save Username to save your changes and update your username.

Once you’ve done all of that you’ll be rocking WordPress.com with your new username.

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If you’re looking to change your website’s address, you can register a custom domain name. The custom domain is free for the first year with any annual or multi-year plan.