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Change Username

by Danny van Kooten · 4,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Change Username is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Change Username
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
DvanKooten19 Jan 2017 to 20 Aug 2026, 16 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Change Username
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.6 from 7 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star6
4 star0
3 star0
2 star1
1 star0

Momentum

4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Change Username
4 May 202627
11 May 202673
18 May 2026117
25 May 2026123
1 Jun 2026107
8 Jun 2026116
15 Jun 20261,106
22 Jun 2026578
29 Jun 2026335
6 Jul 2026441
13 Jul 2026287
20 Jul 2026247
27 Jul 2026287
3 Aug 2026250
10 Aug 2026236
17 Aug 2026297
24 Aug 2026297
31 Aug 2026266
7 Sep 2026230
14 Sep 2026226
21 Sep 2026223
28 Sep 2026251
5 Oct 2026236
12 Oct 2026216
19 Oct 2026304
26 Oct 2026265
2 Nov 202646

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 22% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.0.3
AuthorDanny van Kooten
Added12 Jan 2017
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs4,000+
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryUser Management & Authentication > User Registration & Login
Tagslogin, users, username, multisite, user management

Other plugins by this author: MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress, Koko Analytics - Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics, Boxzilla - WordPress Popup Builder, Widget Content Blocks, MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar - Email Subscribe Notification Bar, Social Sharing (by Danny), MC4WP: WPML Integration, Add Plain-Text Email

Questions

Is Change Username still maintained?

Change Username was last updated on 20 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Change Username safe?

Change Username has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Change Username?

The wordpress.org author is Danny van Kooten. Recent committers: DvanKooten, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Change Username?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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