Changes wordpress user slug for security, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site.
Author: | vahid (profile at wordpress.org) |
WordPress version required: | 4.0.1 |
WordPress version tested: | 6.0.1 |
Plugin version: | 1.1.2 |
Added to WordPress repository: | 15-06-2020 |
Last updated: | 25-07-2022 |
Rating, %: | 100 |
Rated by: | 1 |
Plugin URI: | https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-a... |
Total downloads: | 1 066 |
Active installs: | 90+ |
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The plugin Changes wordpress user slug for security reasons, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site.
By using “Simply Change Author URL” The WordPress default users(authors) Slug and URL addresses will be changed automatically.
By Default Author URL is: example.com/author/[username]/
after install this plugin URLs will be changed to: example.com/user/[user_id]/
This will protects the usernames from being easily accessible by cyber attackers.
This plugin also:
1. Removes wordpress api user endpoints. (they contain information about users)
1. Changes canonical links generated by yoast.
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