Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames

Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames

removes the rss feeds like below. For a simple CMS site it is not required.
* http://example.com/feed/
* http://example.com/feed/rss/
* http://example.com/feed/rss2/
* http://example.com/feed/rdf/
* http://example.com/feed/atom/

Why Hide WordPress Usernames

WordPress usernames can easily be guessed. If guessed it makes the attackers’ life easier especially in case of a targeted WordPress hack attack. Attackers can use a tool such as WPScan to guess your WordPress username or simply by entering a URL such as the following:

http://www.example.com/?author=1

If the author ID is valid then they will be redirected to the author URL, for example:

http://www.example.com/author/admin

The above is possible even when you change the WordPress user IDs. For example if…