thomaskonrad

This plugin to avoids user enumeration in the WordPress login form. It does so by simply always returning the same error 
message, no matter whether only the password is incorrect or both the username an the password. The message returned 
(English) is “Invalid credentials.”.

No Login User Enumeration

This plugin to avoids user enumeration in the Wordpress login form. It does so by simply always returning the same error message, no matter whether on …

Carlos

In many WordPress installations is possible enumerate usernames through the author archives, using urls like this:
http://wpsite/?author=1
http://wpsite/?author=1/
http://wpsite/?bypass=1&author%00=1
http://wpsite/?author%00=%001
http://wpsite/?%61uthor=1
And recently wordpress since 4.7 comes with a rest api integrated that allow list users:
curl -s http://wpsite/wp-json/wp/v2/users/ 
curl -s http://wpsite/?rest_route=/wp/v2/users 
curl http://wpsite/?_method=GET -d rest_route=/wp/v2/users
Know the username of a administrator is the half battle, now an attacker only need guest the password. 
This plugin stop it.
Also, is possible get usernames from the post entries. 
This plugin, hide the name of the author in a post entry if he is not using a nickname. 
Also, hide the url page link of an administrator author.
The main goal is hide the administrators usernames. 
Obviously, is better not choose “admin” as the username because is easiliy guessable.

No Login User Enumeration vs No User Enumeration