SF Author Url Control

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1. ★★★★★ Joan Morci

   9.9y ago

   Great work to make this plugin simple and intuitive way. I did an article written about this plugin in 2014, but took a time I’m going over old articles and video making to further facilitate things who don´t understand importance of some plugins. This plugin does a very important job. And I don´t understand how WordPress standard doesn´t solve this. The video is in Spanish: – WordPress: security failure Author URL (solution) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3n8PEvDPu4 Article in Spanish: WordPress: security failure Author URL (solution) http://joanmorci.com/fallo-seguridad-wordpress-author/ Greetings from Spain & thanks for this plugin! 🙂

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2. ★★★★★ Fredo73

   10.3y ago

   Super plugin Pile ce que je cherchais. Associé à “Move Login” et “SX User Name Security”, c’est nickel !!! Merci

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3. ★★★★★ neptun26

   11.1y ago

   Thanks man for the work you’ve done. I’ve been searching on the net since many days to fix what i considered a security breach. Your plugin did the work in a few seconds. Thanks one more time

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4. ★★★★★ afcab

   11.6y ago

   Simple and effective – should be a native function ! Thanks a lot

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5. ★★★★★ YogieAnamCara

   12.1y ago

   Along with SX User Name Security, SF Author Url Control makes WP a bit more secure!

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6. ★★★★★ master412160

   12.2y ago

   I like it.

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7. ★★★★★ wallyO

   12.3y ago

   Thanks very much. It has always seemed careless to me to publish user authentication credentials. You have given me control over this issue.

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8. ★★★★★ gotcha5832

   12.8y ago

   Merci Greg This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by gotcha5832.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 104 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 80 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-12-31 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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• Remove Taxonomy URL 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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SF Author Url Control: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sf-author-url-control