[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14644: Administrator should be able to change usernames

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#14644: Administrator should be able to change usernames
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 Reporter:  holizz           |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by chriscct7):

 Replying to [comment:22 ideag]:
 > Are there any other problems, except for changes in permalinks, that
 could arise from allowing users/admins to change the usernames?
 > If not, I think a strongly worded remark next to the field/additional
 "are you sure?" confirmation loop should be sufficient to prevent users
 from doing this accidentaly.

 Among other things, it's stored in post meta, and many plugins are built
 around the idea of usernames not changing. If they've stored the username
 and are doing lookups by username instead of the user_id you break all of
 those.

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