Title: mrvisionbasic's Replies | WordPress.org --- # mrvisionbasic [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[bbp style pack] One of my forums says “No Topics” under the “Last Post” column.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/one-of-my-forums-says-no-topics-under-the-last-post-column/) * Thread Starter [mrvisionbasic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * (@mrvisionbasic) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/one-of-my-forums-says-no-topics-under-the-last-post-column/#post-17307056) * Seems to have worked! Thank you!!! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[bbp style pack] Keymaster email address visible (no good solution?)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/) * Thread Starter [mrvisionbasic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * (@mrvisionbasic) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/#post-15624009) * Well, I’m okay with my solution. I don’t know if my forum will see tons of use— it’s just there for customer service (and not intended as a social gathering). I still have the concern that other webmasters might not know that their email might be visible, but if this is a WordPress matter or a web host matter, then I guess not much can be done to alert people. * But I am impressed by BBPress and I think the Style Pack is an excellent addition and helps to take care of some important settings! Keep up the good work! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[bbp style pack] Keymaster email address visible (no good solution?)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/) * Thread Starter [mrvisionbasic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * (@mrvisionbasic) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/#post-15619739) * From what I understand, the Username was defined when I first set up my site, and another person who posted a similar problem about his site had a comment stating that the username is set to the email address automatically when you create a WordPress site. I’m not sure if this is universal with all WordPress sites, but I don’t remember having the option to pick a username myself (maybe the host assigned it). * To answer your questions about my nickname and “Display name publicly as”, both are set to “Mr. Vision BASIC”. Next to the username field (containing my email address), it says “Usernames cannot be changed.” * As I stated before, the problem only arises when hovering over MY avatar and the text next to the avatar (nickname, I guess). And my email is compromised on my profile page (also stated before, I believe). During the “hovering” over the avatar (and nickname), the email address is displayed in small text in the lower left corner of the browser window (in a rectangular box). * There may be other posts about this issue, but these posts highlight the same problem (very old posts), I think (though I think the problem originally extended to all forum users): * [https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/email-masked/](https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/email-masked/) * and * [https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-profile-url-uses-the-username-can-that-be-changed/](https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-profile-url-uses-the-username-can-that-be-changed/) * I really don’t want to have to mess with PHP code myself. Like I said, I have things set up to “Show only users own Profile” and this seems to hide the email address (at least for hovering, and it prevents people from viewing my profile). * But again, there may be [some] site owners who implement BBPress and are unaware of the potential compromise (I certainly didn’t know it for a good bit). Email harvesting from bots is a concern for some, I’m sure (for a non-private forum). I’m just trying to make you aware of the issue. None of this is an attack on you of any sort. * And like I was trying to convey, this isn’t a problem for the typical “participant”. This would be a problem for Admins who also have their email used as the username( and again, it seems that WordPress assigned my email address as my username when I joined up with my web host, so I don’t recall ever having a choice). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[bbp style pack] Keymaster email address visible (no good solution?)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/) * Thread Starter [mrvisionbasic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrvisionbasic/) * (@mrvisionbasic) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keymaster-email-address-visible-no-good-solution/#post-15617649) * Your response (via email) had been sent to the “junk” folder in my email, so I only saw your update by chance. Sorry! * Like I said, this problem has been posted before by at least one or two others. When a person runs a WordPress website and has a BBPress forum, hovering over their nickname or avatar seems to reveal their email address — as such: * [https://mysite.com/forums/users/emailaddress-com/](https://mysite.com/forums/users/emailaddress-com/) * This can’t seem to be changed. In my BBPress profile, the top header says: * @Emailaddress-Com * (of course in both cases I’m doing a substitution for my real email address) * So anyhow, like I said previously, I have it set up to “Show only users own Profile” under the profile settings (to solve the hovering problem). This doesn’t allow people to view each other’s profiles, though. I suppose it’s not a big deal — I don’t think my forum will see a tremendous amount of use (it hasn’t yet anyhow). * But it’s important to bring up because other folks might be revealing their email addresses without knowing it (the webmasters anyhow). The customers get the luxury of having usernames formed from their first name and last name separated by a period. I can’t change my username myself as far as I can tell. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)