How To Change Your Username | WordPress.com Support

This guide will show you how to change your display name (the name seen on your posts and comments) and your username (the name you use to log in) in your WordPress.com account.

In this guide

1. Change Your Public Display Name
2. Change Your Username

Change Your Public Display Name

Your Public Display Name is how you would like your name to be displayed publicly. It can be your name, a nickname, your brand name, or something else. The name you type here is the author’s name when you publish content on your website and comment on other websites with your WordPress.com. account.

If you do not wish for your username to be public, enter a Public Display Name to show instead. If you do not enter a Public Display Name, your WordPress.com username is shown instead.

To update your Public Display Name, follow these steps:

1. Click on your profile at https://wordpress.com/me.
2. In the box labeled “Public display name,” type the name you would like to use publicly with your WordPress.com account.
3. Click the “Save Profile Details” button at the bottom of the screen.

Change Your Username

Your username is the identifier you use to log into WordPress.com. It displays publicly if you have not entered a public display name.

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To prevent impersonation, changing a username will not release the old username to use with a new account. If you wish to change how your name appears on WordPress.com, update your Public Display Name instead.

To update your account’s username, take the following steps:

1. Click on your profile at https://wordpress.com/me.
2. On the left side, click on Account Settings.
3. In the box labeled Username, type the new username you wish to use for your account.
   • If you do not see this option available, please ensure you have activated your account by clicking the email we sent you when you signed up
4. A box labeled “Confirm Username” will appear below. Type your new username again to confirm the correct spelling.
5. The next step will ask if you would like to create a matching blog address
   • Selecting “Yes, create a new blog to match my new username” will create a new site for you. If your new username is newusername, the new site will be newusername.wordpress.com.
   • Selecting “No, don’t create a matching address.” will just change your username and make no changes to your site’s address.
6. Read the information presented on this page very carefully. It will tell you:
   • You will not be able to change your username back to the original or register a new account with the old username. To prevent impersonation, the old username will be unavailable forever.
   • URLs for other services that use your WordPress.com account information, such as Gravatar, may be affected.
7. Click the Save username button to save your changes and update your username.