Peter Raschendorfer

The Smart User Slug Hider Plugin hides usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security
<h3>Retired Plugin</h3>
Development, maintenance and support of this plugin has been retired in october 2023. You can use this plugin as long as is works for you.
There will be no more updates and I won’t answer any support questions. Thanks for your understanding.
Feel free to fork this plugin.
<h3>Usage</h3>
The plugin automatically replaces user names with 16 digits coded strings. There are no settings. Just install and forget. Deactivating the Plugin restores the default WordPress behavior.
<h3>Why use this plugin?</h3>
WordPress uses the pattern <code>example.com/author/name</code> for author page URLs where <code>name</code> represents the users login name.
This means that the login names from all your users are publicly visible which is a serious security flaw.
The Smart User Slug Hider Plugin changes all author page URLs from e.g. <code>example.com/author/john</code> to something like <code>example.com/author/e9e716def73f76ac</code>.
The codes are generated automatically and its impossible to make conclusions about the user names. The WordPress default URLs will cause a 404 (not found) error.
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
The plugin adds three shortcodes you can use in your posts:
<ul>
<li><code>[smart_user_slug]</code> – the user slug of the post author – e.g. e9e716def73f76ac</li>
<li><code>[smart_user_url]</code> – the url of the post author’s profile page – e.g. example.com/author/e9e716def73f76ac</li>
<li><code>[smart_user_link]</code> – adds a link to the post author’s profile page</li>
</ul>
<h3>Theme Functions</h3>
The plugin adds two functions that can be used in theme files:
<ul>
<li><code>get_smart_user_slug( $author_id )</code> to get the user slug for the author – the parameter $author_id is optional, if omitted the author`s ID of the current post is used</li>
<li><code>the_smart_user_slug( $author_id )</code> to display the user slug for the author – the parameter $author_id is optional, if omitted the author`s ID of the current post is used</li>
</ul>
<h3>Plugin Privacy Information</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin does not set cookies</li>
<li>This plugin does not collect or store any data</li>
<li>This plugin does not send any data to external servers</li>
</ul>

Smart User Slug Hider

Hide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security

Kybernetik Services

Martin Stehle

WP Cool Tools

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The plugin Ultimate Post List for WordPress gives you an easy-to-use toolbox to make lists of posts. You can insert the lists
<ul>
<li>as widgets in every widget area per drag’n’drop easily</li>
<li>via configurable shortcodes in every post content</li>
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</ul>
You can switch between a vertical list layout or a responsive grid layout. A few options help you to get a nice layout without any need to code.
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You can switch on a “Load more posts” link or button which loads further posts without leaving the page. Its text is controlled easily for you.
The plugin is multi-widget capable. That is, you can have several widgets of Ultimate Post List on your blog, each with its own settings!
You can clone (duplicate, copy) every list with a single click on the action link.
The plugin is available in English, German (Deutsch) and Greek (Ελληνικά). It does not collect any personal data, so it is ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.
<h4>Demo</h4>
You want to test Ultimate Post List before installing on your site? Try it out on your individual and free dummy site and <a href="https://demo.tastewp.com/ultimate-post-list" rel="nofollow ugc">click here</a>.
<h4>Options you can set</h4>
The free version of Ultimate Post List offers you many options to type and click customized post lists easily. These are the options:
<ul>
<li>List Options
<ul>
<li>List Display Options
<ul>
<li>List Visibility</li>
<li>Text if no posts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>List Title Options
<ul>
<li>List title</li>
<li>URL of list title</li>
<li>HTML element of list title</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post List Options
<ul>
<li>Post List Options In General
<ul>
<li>Number of posts</li>
<li>Posts offset</li>
<li>Hide current viewed post in list</li>
<li>Show sticky posts on top of the list</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Posts Sort Order
<ul>
<li>Order by
<ul>
<li>Post date</li>
<li>Post title</li>
<li>Post author</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Order direction
<ul>
<li>Ascending</li>
<li>Descending</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Filter Options
<ul>
<li>Post Type Filter
<ul>
<li>Show posts of selected types: posts or/and pages</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Category Filter
<ul>
<li>Show posts of selected categories only</li>
<li>Show only posts that are in all selected categories</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post List Item Options
<ul>
<li>Post Data Order
<ul>
<li>Position of post thumbnail</li>
<li>Position of post title</li>
<li>Position of post date</li>
<li>Position of post author name</li>
<li>Position of post excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Display Options
<ul>
<li>Show post thumbnail (default)</li>
<li>Show post title (default)</li>
<li>Show post date</li>
<li>Show post author name</li>
<li>Show post excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Links Options
<ul>
<li>Set post title clickable (default)</li>
<li>Set post thumbnail clickable (default)</li>
<li>Set post date clickable, pointing to the month archive</li>
<li>Set post author clickable, pointing to the author’s archive</li>
<li>Set post excerpt clickable</li>
<li>Open post links in new windows</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Title Options
<ul>
<li>Maximum length of post title</li>
<li>Text after shortened title</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Date Options
<ul>
<li>Format of the post date (over 100 options available)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Thumbnail Options
<ul>
<li>Source of the post thumbnail
<ul>
<li>Featured image</li>
<li>First post content image if previously uploaded to the media library</li>
<li>Featured image if the first post content image is not available</li>
<li>First post content image if the featured image is not available</li>
<li>Avatars of post authors</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Use post title as the alternative text for the thumbnail</li>
<li>Use default thumbnail if no image could be ascertained
<ul>
<li>URL of default thumbnail</li>
<li>Thumbnail size </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Width of thumbnail in px</li>
<li>Height of thumbnail in px</li>
<li>Use aspect ratios of original images</li>
<li>Alignment of thumbnail
<ul>
<li>Align left</li>
<li>Align center</li>
<li>Align right</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Top image margin width in px</li>
<li>Bottom image margin width in px</li>
<li>Left image margin width in px</li>
<li>Right image margin width in px</li>
<li>Flow of text at the thumbnail (wrap right/left or side by side)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Excerpt Options
<ul>
<li>Maximum length of post excerpt</li>
<li>Text after shortened excerpt</li>
<li>Ignore post excerpt field as excerpt source</li>
<li>Ignore post content as excerpt source</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>“More” Element Options
<ul>
<li>“More” Element Appearance
<ul>
<li>Show a clickable “More” element for loading further list items at the bottom of the list</li>
<li>“More” element type
<ul>
<li>Show element as a link</li>
<li>Show element as a button</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Label of “More” element</li>
<li>Show icon while new posts are loaded</li>
<li>Icon style
<ul>
<li>Small icons
<ul>
<li>Small gray circle with rotating dot</li>
<li>Small turning wheel</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Big icons
<ul>
<li>Big gray circle with rotating dot</li>
<li>Big turning wheel</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Text that appears when no further posts have been found</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>List Layout Options
<ul>
<li>List Layout Type: vertical list or responsive grid</li>
<li>Grid item width in px</li>
<li>Minimal height of grid item in px</li>
<li>List Item Margin Options
<ul>
<li>Top item margin in px</li>
<li>Bottom item margin in px</li>
<li>Left item margin in px</li>
<li>Right item margin in px</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional options in the Pro version</h4>
The Pro version has all the options of the free version and many additional options for layouts, numbered lists, colors, custom post types and much more. <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/plugins/ultimate-post-list-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ultimate-post-list&utm_content=update-notice-readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Go to Ultimate Post List Pro</a>.
Pro users get premium support whilst free support is offered in the WordPress forums in our spare time.
<h4>Support</h4>
Support for this plugin will be provided in the form of Product Support. This means that we intend to fix any confirmed bugs, listen to ideas for this plugin and improve the user experience when enhancements are identified and can reasonably be accommodated.
Pro users get premium support whilst free support is offered in the WordPress forums in our spare time. If you are having trouble with this plugin in your particular installation of WordPress, we will not be able to help you troubleshoot the problem.

Ultimate Post List

Make up custom-tailored preview lists of the contents easily and place them in widget areas and post contents.

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