Lock the WordPress REST API for logged-out visitors. Allowlist routes, stop username enumeration, import from Disable REST API.
Alternatives to Disable User Enumeration
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Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Advanced security suite. Blocks REST API, disables XML-RPC, prevents user enumeration, and secures endpoints.
Protects the accounts that manage your site. Hides the login names of your users from visitors who are not logged in.
Stops WordPress user enumeration through author URLs, REST, login errors, XML-RPC, sitemaps, and oEmbed.
Helps secure your site against hacking attacks through detecting User Enumeration
Disable the WordPress REST API for logged out visitors and lock down your /wp-json endpoints, with a per route allow list so you stay in control.
Change your WordPress login URL and protect your site from brute-force attacks. Blocks default login paths with 404 errors.
Blocks common WordPress user enumeration methods and optionally hides public author archives.