Author URLs keep the old username after renaming
Author archive URL and user_nicename keep the old username after a rename, exposing the old login or email slug.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
6 public reports · first reported 30 March 2020 · last reported 13 May 2026
What's going wrong
Many site owners using Easy Username Updater find that the public author page address still uses the previous login name after a rename.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
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