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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Do you happen to have Word Fence or another security plugin installed? WF can block what’s called author enumeration. From the All Options menu in the Word Fence part of the dashboard

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    Thread Starter raywarburton

    (@raywarburton)

    Thanks Steven. That did indeed solve the issue. Now it produces a list of all my Posts. Since I am the only person who Posts on my site that isn’t really useful, but it is better than a 404 error.

    It does raise the question: am I opening myself up to any issues by disabling the prevention of user name discovery?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    No. User IDs are not considered a security risk.

    Thread Starter raywarburton

    (@raywarburton)

    Thanks Steven. Good to know.

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