As of April 2026, No User Enumeration is a WordPress wpscan plugin with 200 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Stop User Enumeration.
In many WordPress installations is possible enumerate usernames through the author archives, using urls like this:
http://wpsite/?author=1
http://wpsite/?author=1/
http://wpsite/?bypass=1&author%00=1
http://wpsite/?author%00=%001
http://wpsite/?%61uthor=1
And recently wordpress since 4.7 comes with a rest api integrated that allow list users:
curl -s http://wpsite/wp-json/wp/v2/users/
curl -s http://wpsite/?rest_route=/wp/v2/users
curl http://wpsite/?_method=GET -d rest_route=/wp/v2/users
Know the username of a administrator is the half battle, now an attacker only need guest the password.
This plugin stop it.
Also, is possible get usernames from the post entries.
This plugin, hide the name of the author in a post entry if he is not using a nickname.
Also, hide the url page link of a…
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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