SX User Name Security

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1. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   7.8y ago

   New chains, came shackles. Very annoying solution. This remedy is almost worse than the disease.

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2. ★★★★★ Fredo73

   10.3y ago

   Super plugin Merci

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3. ★★★★★ mkb1967

   11.2y ago

   Tried the plugin. Didn’t like the resulting user names. Deactivated and deleted the plugin The changed user names remain. I will have to restore the database from backup.

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4. ★★★★★ Viridum

   12.0y ago

   Before you install this plugin, make sure you are committed 100% cause there is no way to just deactivate and delete the plugin and think you can go back to how things were before. The plugin is a great idea, but a total disaster if you make a small mistake when setting up users. Let me explain: I installed the plugin and unfortunately I clicked the button to fix users automatically. This meant that the names turned into strange randomized name. This is really a bad thing for a blog, I guess it’s a bad idea for any site. I wanted to change all the weird names and enter my own display name for users to protect. The author of the plugin told me that this is not possible, so I’m stuck with strange author names, unless I have my hosting service roll back the whole database to a previous date. Disaster considering work done in the mean time!! Now all my posts’s meta author links points to strange sounding author name pages. And after deactivating the pluging all author pages are now 404. Even reactivating the plugin didn’t help. I advice the plugin creators to remove the randomization function, forcing the user to enter the alternative display names manually instead.

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5. ★★★★★ YogieAnamCara

   12.1y ago

   But I would love to have it work also from the Network or Superadmin pages to work!

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6. ★★★★★ master412160

   12.3y ago

   plugin I must say

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7. ★★★★★ wallyO

   12.3y ago

   I see you. I’ve been lurking around the wp support forum for years waiting for a usable solution to this user authentication credential leak. I hate watching the brutes hammering away at my random string admin username.

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8. ★★★★★ inthylight

   12.4y ago

   Why give malicious hackers half of the key to your WP site’s front door? You don’t have to. Install this. You will love yourself. Your users will love you. You’ll rest easier. And world peace will follow. (Okay, maybe not the last one…)

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-26 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security 40K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
• SP Move Login 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
• WebDefender Security – Protection & AntiSpam 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• BulletProof Security 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• L Lockdown WP Admin 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D

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SX User Name Security: 900+ active installs, 4.0★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/user-name-security