Title: User name appearing on posts
Last modified: May 11, 2020

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# User name appearing on posts

 *  [tprickett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tprickett/)
 * (@tprickett)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-appearing-on-posts/)
 * After seeing the number of unauthorized people attempting to login to my WordPress
   site, I’m now seeking to address some security issues. My first issue was to 
   not display the username on posts. To do so, I created a **Nickname **and a **
   Display name publicly as** that did not match the username. When looking at existing
   posts, however, I am still seeing the username and not the **Nickname **or **
   Display name publicly as** names.
 * Does changing those only affect NEW posts?
 * If so, is there a way to change existing posts to display the sanitized values?
 * If not, can anyone suggest what I did wrong?
 * Thanks,
    Todd

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-appearing-on-posts/#post-12816599)
 * You may find this helpful:
    [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-remove-author-name-from-wordpress-posts/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-remove-author-name-from-wordpress-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [tprickett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tprickett/)
 * (@tprickett)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-appearing-on-posts/#post-12821233)
 * Thanks for the info. That does give me some options.
 * I’m still unclear, though, why changing the **Display name publicly as** and 
   the **Nickname** don’t do this automatically. What are their purposes if not 
   this?

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 * Last reply from: [tprickett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tprickett/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-name-appearing-on-posts/#post-12821233)
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