SX User Name Security
SX User Name Security prevents WordPress from showing your real Login everywhere. It ovverides the body_class function, User Nicename, Nickname and Di …
4(13 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, SX User Name Security is a WordPress secure plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall….
4/513 reviews
1.0K+active installs
19K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
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)
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Ratings & Reviews
413 reviews
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Recent Reviews
New chains
·7 years ago·1 reply
New chains, came shackles. Very annoying solution. This remedy is almost worse than the disease.
Parfait
by Fredo73·9 years ago
Super plugin
Merci
Beware: Changes Are Permanent!
by mkb1967·10 years 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.
Great idea, but a real disaster if you make a mistake!
by Viridum·11 years ago·1 reply
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.
Great plugin to feel a bit more secure….
by YogieAnamCara·11 years ago
But I would love to have it work also from the Network or Superadmin pages to work!
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 2This week: 23Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.4
78.0%
v2.3
21.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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
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