How to Delete Invisible WordPress Admin Users

How to Delete

Admin Users

By Jim Walker, HackRepair.com / @hackrepair

Invisible WordPress admin users are the

sometimes left behind artifacts of a sloppy

hacker or following the cleanup of a hacked

website

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There is no automated way to remove these invisible WordPress

users




“phpMyAdmin may seem a bit intimidating at first. Think of it like a text editor for databases and you’ll be

fine.”




The steps to removing INVISIBLE USERS

in WORDPRESS




1 Be sure to use a backup plugin, like Updraft Plus or Backup Buddy, to make a database backup

These backup plugins will not only help you generate a backup in

seconds

They’ll likewise allow you to recover your prior

database with just a few clicks of your mouse

Website will not be wiped clean

by editing a couple database

tables




2 Add a new Administrator (user)

After creating your new user, log out, then log back in as the new

Administrator

Maybe you are still using Admin as your username?

If that’s the case, this would be a great opportunity to change that to something less guessable.




3 Log into phpMyAdmin. Scary, huh?

I have to agree, phpMyAdmin is probably the most intimidating login screen you’ll encounter in your WordPress career

You’ll find the username and password for your phpMyAdmin by viewing the text within your wp-config.php file




4Once logged in, find your database in the left column and click it once.

That will reveal a list of tables. We only care about two tables: wp_usermetaand wp_users

Let’s start with wpusers. Click that table link and you’ll see something like this

What’s important here are the numbers in the User ID column. Note how one is 2 and the other is101011. These are good users in our installation. Hint:

“Remember this.




5 Ok, the truly scary part. Sorry, you’ll have to trust me on this. We are going to do a database query to identify the invisible users. Click the SQL tab.

Next, copy/paste the text below into the box and click the “Go” button bottom right

This will do a quick search for all currently set administrator users




6 And now to the callback. After our search in #5 above, notice the extra users Mr/Mrs. Sherlock?

“Excellent!” I cried. “Elementary,” said he.” – Arthur Conan Doyle




7 Now kill the other users. Clicky-clicky on the big red X next to each bad users until your enemy has been defeated

If you are victorious in your quest, you’ll see something like this when you refresh your WordPress dashboard Users list

BEFORE AFTER




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