Title: SX User Name Security Author: Daniel Roch Published: 8 març 2013 Last modified: 24 abril 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/user-name-security/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2369216) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/user-name-security/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2368789) # SX User Name Security Per [Daniel Roch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/confridin/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/user-name-security.zip) * [Details](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/#description) * [Reviews](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/#reviews) * [Installation](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/#installation) * [Development](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/) ## Descripcion WordPress show your WordPress login and ID in several places. It’s time to fix this! * WordPress automaticaly uses « User login » to fill in the « User Display Name». * WordPress also allows everyone to use the same value for Nickname, Display Name and Login. * The body_class function also shows to everyone your User ID and Login on author pages. A hacker can easily see then use your « NickName » or « Display Name » to find your real login. Once activated, SX User Name Security will prevent WordPress from showing those informations, and will warn you if you need to fix old users. **_Features_** **Body_class function:** * Removes User ID from body_class function (front-end users pages) * Removes User Nicename from body_class function (front-end users pages) **Current User informations:** * The plugin changes « Display Name » and « Nickname » to a random value (like ‘ Ticibe T. Aduvoguripe’, ‘Lagubo N. Agigerovibe’ or ‘Datela N. Orejadavino’) if they are identiqual to user login * If not, it changes « Display Name » to « Nickname » or « Nickname » to « Display Name » if one of them is identiqual to user login **New Registration:** * Display Name and Nickname are changed to random value during user registration. * Nicename is also changed (it’s used to generate the user permalink on the front- end). For previous user, a notice has been added to use another plugin to safely change old nicenames. **Other information:** All functions are translated into french and english. You can find me here on [SeoMix](https://www.seomix.fr), and here is the official french post about this plugin [https://www.seomix.fr/user-name-security/](https://www.seomix.fr/user-name-security/) Find here our other plugins: * [SEOKEY WordPress SEO plugin](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/seo-key/) * [SecuPress Security plugin](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/secupress/) ## Screenshots [⌊"SX User Name Security" hides your author nicename and ID (body_class function).⌉⌊" SX User Name Security" hides your author nicename and ID (body_class function).⌉[ « SX User Name Security » hides your author nicename and ID (body_class function). [⌊When a user Nickname or Display Name are identiqual to Login, the plugin uses a random value instead.⌉⌊When a user Nickname or Display Name are identiqual to Login, the plugin uses a random value instead.⌉[ When a user Nickname or Display Name are identiqual to Login, the plugin uses a random value instead. [⌊During registration, WordPress won't use the same Display Name and Login for new users : "SX User Name Security" uses a random value.⌉⌊During registration, WordPress won't use the same Display Name and Login for new users : "SX User Name Security" uses a random value.⌉[ During registration, WordPress won’t use the same Display Name and Login for new users : « SX User Name Security » uses a random value. [⌊An administrator is able to secure all users at once⌉⌊An administrator is able to secure all users at once⌉[ An administrator is able to secure all users at once ## Installacion Upload and activate the plugin. A notice and a button will be displayed to handle all users in order to hide their logins. Then, SX User Name Security will prevent WordPress from ever showing login and ID informations. ## FAQ ### Do I need to do anything else for this to work? Yes : just visit the admin user page to see if you have to modify some of your users. It’s also better to use SF Author URL Control (https://wordpress.org/plugins/sf- author-url-control/) combined with this plugin to also change current author permalinks( in order to hide login information). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5174bf2e0d07687f175ceab66e9021671897c8ef6764b9daeaf1f4410a6d18c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[New chains](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-chains/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luuk123/) 14 novembre 2018 1 reply New chains, came shackles. Very annoying solution. This remedy is almost worse than the disease. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3e988e369d1ab044a94e5395e66452f3bb7bbb3d06d8574a4e9f331a37899b7c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Parfait](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parfait-59/)󠁿 [Fredo73](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredo73/) 3 setembre 2016 Super plugin Merci [ Read all 13 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “SX User Name Security” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Daniel Roch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/confridin/) * [ Julio Potier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/juliobox/) * [ SecuPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/secupress/) * [ SeoMix ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seomix/) [Translate “SX User Name Security” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-name-security) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-name-security/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/user-name-security/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-name-security/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-name-security/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog **2024/01/06 – v.2.4** * Major performance improvements, especially on websites with many users * Minor Coding standards fixes **2020/09/21 – v.2.3.2** * Required version bumped to 4.6 * Updated plugin text domain **2017/11 – v.2.3.1** * Tested up to WordPress 4.9 * Improving warning information on admin pages * Code cleaning **2014/09/30** * Major fix for the « fix username » button : it will no longer generate 404 error pages (but people will still be able to guess your real login with your author URL). * Add a column in the admin user list showing « Display Name » for every user. * Add a better explanation about the « Fix Username » button. **2014/06/15** * Minor fix for the admin profil URL link. **2014/04/01** * Add a button (JS only) to handle all users created before the plugin installation. * Code improvements **2014/03/26** * Code improvement * Bug fixes (in some cases, user « Display Name » and « Login » were not modified) * Now an administrator can also trigger every function by saving a user (you don’t have to wait every user to log-in) * New alerts (admin notices) **2013/03/08** * first release ## Mèta * Version **2.4** * Last updated **1 annada ago** * Active installations **900+** * WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.8** * PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/) * Tags * [secure](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/secure/)[security](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/) [security plugin](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security-plugin/)[wordpress security](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-security/) * [Advanced View](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/user-name-security/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-name-security/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Daniel Roch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/confridin/) * [ Julio Potier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/juliobox/) * [ SecuPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/secupress/) * [ SeoMix ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seomix/) ## Support Got something to say? 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