Title: wordfence and wordpress default users
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# wordfence and wordpress default users

 *  [Anthyx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthyx/)
 * (@anthyx)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-and-wordpress-default-users/)
 * Hi,
 * today WF sent me a message informing me that someone from China tried to access
   my site using the ‘admin’ username and was blocked after 20 attempts.
 * So, I checked the active users on my site. I found these:
 * admin
    admin26 admin32 administrator root uxapp*****
 * all with administrator privileges.
 * Please keep in mind I just use ‘uxapp*****’ and I’ve NOT created any other user.
 * SO, is it a problem? Should I delete all the other users apart from ‘uxapp*****’?
   If so, is it enough?
 * Many thanks in advance.
 * Antonio
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-and-wordpress-default-users/#post-6314870)
 * I’d say it is a big problem. Remove any but yourself. You might leave one, but
   change the password to something long (64 characters) and random and then attribute
   the deleted posts from each one to it so you can filter the posts page to see
   what they have posted and remove them. Then delete it. Follow this guide as well,
   paying particular attention to the section about removing all unused plugins 
   and themes and updating core, themes, and plugins you plan to keep.
    [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/My_site_was_hacked._How_do_I_use_Wordfence_to_clean_it%3F](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/My_site_was_hacked._How_do_I_use_Wordfence_to_clean_it%3F)
 * tim
 *  Thread Starter [Anthyx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthyx/)
 * (@anthyx)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-and-wordpress-default-users/#post-6314963)
 * Hi,
 * ok I’ve deleted all the user accounts except mine.
 * I’ve compared old core / theme / plugin files with the originals: no problems.
 * I’ve completed a complete scan: no problems found.
 * It seems that my site is not in google blacklist.
 * Please tell me everything is fine and I’m defended by wordfence from now on!
 * Any other security check / suggestion is much appreciated, of course.
 * Thanks a lota.
 * Ciao
 * Antonio
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-and-wordpress-default-users/#post-6315011)
 * Email me your options page and reference this post url. Include your forum username
   also. wftest [at] wordfence.com I’ll check if you missed anything.
 * tim

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