Title: Security question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Security question

 *  Resolved [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/)
 * Someone is publishing posts on my blog as “admin”. They have been doing this 
   for a while now and I have been deleting the posts as they are garbage but I 
   like to put a stop to it. So far, I have not been able to figure out how they’re
   doing it. Has anyone else run into something like this or know how this could
   be done? Here’s a link to the blog and the posts’ title is always “what did I
   do on xx/xx/xx” [http://www.sowhatdidyouthink.net/swdidytblog](http://www.sowhatdidyouthink.net/swdidytblog).
   If you don’t see one now give it a little time and you will.
    Thanks in advance
   for your help.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086009)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086179)
 * Thank you. That was very helpful. He was coming through Twitter Tools plugin 
   and I cleared him out on the settings page.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086193)
 * Eeek! THIS Twitter Tools!?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/)
 * How did that happen?
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086199)
 * No sure. He was using it and bit.ly, not sure how he got in but I changed the
   Authentication Unique Keys along with the password and anything else I could 
   change. So far that seems to have stopped him. He was just using the site to 
   create back links.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086212)
 * Twitter password too, I hope.
 * Ugh. I wonder if it’s related to Twitter’s recent changes.
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086223)
 * No, I don’t think so. His links used bit.ly but didn’t do them right so the link
   goes to a 404 page. But it did post to my blog which bugged me a lot!
 *  [alexkingorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkingorg/)
 * (@alexkingorg)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086225)
 * Please be very careful with statements like this:
 * > He was coming through Twitter Tools plugin
 * From your description this sounds incorrect, and it is potentially damaging and
   unnecessary FUD.
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086232)
 * OK, how would you say it?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086241)
 * Alex’s point was why I was (a) hella shocked and (b) wondering how the guy got
   in.
 * The guy got in via twitter (Twitter Tools only pulls in from YOUR twitter stream,
   right?)
 * > I cleared him out on the settings page.
 * Can you elaborate what you mean here.
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086248)
 * Ok, I’ll try and remember. On the Twitter Tools setting page, the experimental
   section was filled in with his stuff. Then on the bit.ly section he had “admin”
   for a user name. I believe that is all that was there that I had not put in. 
   I hope that helps.
 *  [alexkingorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkingorg/)
 * (@alexkingorg)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086250)
 * Based on the information you have provided, it sounds most likely this person
   had/has access to your WordPress admin.
 *  Thread Starter [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * (@igwebs)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086257)
 * That’s possible. Anything is possible!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [igwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igwebs/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-3/#post-2086257)
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