Title: Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames Author: thapa.laxman Published: February 18, 2017 Last modified: December 28, 2018 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames.svg) # Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames By [thapa.laxman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thapalaxman/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/#description) * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/#reviews) * [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/#installation) * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/) ## Description ### Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames removes the rss feeds like below. For a simple CMS site it is not required. * http:// example.com/feed/ * http://example.com/feed/rss/ * http://example.com/feed/rss2/* http://example.com/feed/rdf/ * http://example.com/feed/atom/ #### Why Hide WordPress Usernames WordPress usernames can easily be guessed. If guessed it makes the attackers’ life easier especially in case of a targeted WordPress hack attack. Attackers can use a tool such as WPScan to guess your WordPress username or simply by entering a URL such as the following: http://www.example.com/?author=1 If the author ID is valid then they will be redirected to the author URL, for example: http://www.example.com/author/admin The above is possible even when you change the WordPress user IDs. For example if you changed the user ID to 1000, then by requesting the URL http://www.example.com/? author=1000 the attacker can guess the username. This means that you would be delaying the guessing attack but not completely eliminating it. WordPress usernames can also be found in the source of rss feeds. ### Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames hides the usernames to make it harder for the attacker. ## Installation 1. Install using the WordPress built-in Plugin installer, or Extract the zip file and drop the contents in the `wp-content/plugins/` directory of your WordPress installation. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97e2e89f0c1a880085e140a22389ef63f59ccdc1e23591a9a830d77206931d19? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does exactly what it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-exactly-what-it-says-219/)󠁿 [dingdang](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dingdang/) March 4, 2021 If you need to do what is says in the title, get it. Ignore the 2star review where someone is unhappy that it disables the feeds as well. Whoever is not OK with that– make your own plugin – its 10 lines of code if you open it (remove the lines regarding the feeds). ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/988fc13b9a2ae059b7e14387efee075becf7903a74b5ceb7e263595304dc84c8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[working well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-well-91/)󠁿 [devendra_karanje](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devendra_karanje/) November 17, 2019 Thanks.. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d6a2679f33a6146b412974eb7710895d8fc9ead5ded174e3e228984379703805? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Disable Feeds is not ok](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-feeds-is-not-ok/)󠁿 [CoCoowordpress](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cocoowordpress/) July 2, 2019 Hide Usernames is ok Disable Feeds is not ok 5.2.2 please update，thank u [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ thapa.laxman ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thapalaxman/) [Translate “Disable Feeds And Hide Usernames” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.0.30** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/) * Tags * [disable feeds](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-feeds/)[remove rss](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-rss/) * [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-feeds-and-hide-usernames/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ thapa.laxman ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thapalaxman/) ## Support Got something to say? 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