Admin Username on Fresh WordPress instalation

[Andriy_Martynyuk]

Hi people,

Since last updates when we install new WP instance wia Plesk, use CUSTOM installation and put ANY admin login (for example "admin"), it gives details like:
Wordpress Login Details:
Username: admin
Password: <password>
BUT: if I check the DB I see admin username is autogenerated, like 3nd0xnCFwk etc.
So mannagers/clients have wrong data and can't login to dashboard.
Is there any fix for that?

 

[custer]

Hi Andriy,

If you specify "admin" as your username when installing WordPress via Plesk, we will replace that with more secure auto-generated username as a part of security measures deployed by WordPress Toolkit. If you specify anything other than "admin" as your username during the installation (for example, admin_23az), WPT will not change that.

Are you sure that Plesk modifies WordPress usernames different from "admin" when installing WordPress? I can't reproduce this behavior on our test servers.

 

[Andriy_Martynyuk]

Hi Custer, thanks for reply, but whe we specify "admin" - Plesk does change it, but does not say about it, noone knows the real login.

 

[custer]

That should not happen, Andriy - I've just checked our 12.0 test instance and it works like I've described - if you specify "admin" as a username, it gets changed and displayed correspondingly. I'd suggest you to contact our support as this seems to be a problem specific to your installation of Plesk. If this is indeed a bug in Plesk, you will get a refund.

 

[Andriy_Martynyuk]

Thank you for the responce. I'll contact support now.