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How Hackers Find Your WordPress Username (and How to Stop Them)

April 11, 2026 by ovanapdesign

Typing ?author=1 on any WordPress site reveals the admin username. Attackers use this for brute force login. Here’s how to block author enumeration.

Categories Security Tags block-author-enum, hide wordpress username, wordpress ?author=1 vulnerability, wordpress author id hack, wordpress block author enumeration

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