This is heading for a 1 star review

  • Resolved briannie

    (@briannie)


    6 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve just installed this plug in and was surprised to see it has copied my username straight into the source code for all to see. My username and my password should both be secret. Anyone hacking in is not told which of those two is incorrect but simply that there is an error. This program is giving away half of that information.

    I should like a full explanation and quickly before I delete the plug-in and give it a one star as a warning to others.

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  • Plugin Author Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

    (@sasiddiqui)

    @briannie I think, you are talking about the Author information which comes under SCHEMA.

    This is the necessary information which requires to validate the SCHEMA otherwise your SCHEMA does not validated.

    Secondly, you are not seeing your username. In actual you are seeing the Page Author Name which is defined by WordPress and can easily be changed/updated from the User Edit Profile Page as shown here:
    https://www.screencast.com/t/sUlad3yBnvw

    WordPress already written that this is the Display name publicly as so, select the name whatever you want to use. By default, WordPress uses the username there.

    Whereas concerned about the Rating so, it is up to you either to give 1 or 5..

    Regards,
    Sami

    Thread Starter briannie

    (@briannie)

    Thank you for the prompt reply. I have amended that now but it might be an idea to include that information in your instructions. I cannot be the only one who is unaware and let us not give the hackers any assistance where we don’t have to.

    As for the review for me the jury is still out. I’m hoping this will assist in a more visible listing but it’s early days as yet.

    Plugin Author Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

    (@sasiddiqui)

    @briannie This is normal behavior but i will update this in my Plugin so, may customers got benefit from it.

    Thanks,
    Sami

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