Title: wordpress security
Last modified: December 30, 2016

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# wordpress security

 *  [scottiescotsman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottiescotsman/)
 * (@scottiescotsman)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-2/)
 * I have a specific username hidden that I login wit and publicly my name is something
   else. But when I go to author archive it shows my hidden name in the explorer
   search bar like /author/hidden name and not the name I want the public to see.
   So not good for security how I fix?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-2/#post-8602303)
 * Leaking the username is not considered a security risk. If you have a strong 
   password, it doesn’t matter who knows what your username is.
 * Anecdotally, compare that to almost every email provider where your email address(
   known by friends, family, and strangers alike) is your username.
 * Here’s some development discussion regarding this exact concern: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20235](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20235)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-2/#post-8602321)
 * Just for the sake of variety, a few more words on the matter at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-35/#post-5342725](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-35/#post-5342725)
   and [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/#post-7267357](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/#post-7267357)
 *  Thread Starter [scottiescotsman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottiescotsman/)
 * (@scottiescotsman)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-2/#post-8653466)
 * is there a way I could hide it ?

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 * [security hole](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/security-hole/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [scottiescotsman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottiescotsman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-2/#post-8653466)
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