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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WP 4.4.2 still allows visibility of usernames (admins, post authors) – CONTINUED](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/#post-7267920)
 * I agree with you wholeheartedly Otto. I also recognize the argument that “Usernames
   are a security feature” is played out with the majority leaning toward the “meh”.
 * However “They never have been” doesn’t mean “they shouldn’t be.”
 * I also know there are plugins to disable login attempts etc. I employ them on
   several sites and I personally have built a fair amount of trust in them. But
   I am not every WordPress User Persona. I and not “New user to the platform looking
   for something secure to setup my family store blog” or web store.
 * My concern is for the Users who don’t employ LastPass or 1Password tools for 
   long passwords. New Users getting to know and learn WordPress. There are a ton
   of plugins on the market and that can be overwhelming to New users of the WP 
   Platform. Telling them to go forth and find something for their needs is not 
   a good default practice, they might as well just go forth and choose another 
   platform. But maybe they want something easy and something trustworthy because
   they are trying to build up business.
 * The thought process should be, “why make it any easier for the attackers?”
    Not“
   They can guess your Username from _____ sites anyway so why go to the trouble
   of having WordPress Provided Theme/Plugin obfuscate it?”
 * Simply this: Make it a choice for the user to obfuscate the login name by default
   when they set a Display Name. Not vice-versa.
    They don’t have to set a display
   name, it defaults to the username anyway. But if they have any concern of sharing
   their login credential then they can use the Display Name for Public Display.
 * Teach Theme Devs and Plugin Dev’s not to include user ID’s in URL Strings, when
   the core offers the option of including the “Display Name” in it’s stead.
    [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.5.2/src/wp-includes/author-template.php#L296](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.5.2/src/wp-includes/author-template.php#L296)
 * Also, weather we recognize User Name as a key or not, it is part of the login
   workflow. If you don’t give it away it DOES make it harder to guess the entry,
   as you stated it makes the pass-code longer. Weather it is expected to by development
   or not. Taking the stance of Teaching users/themeDevs/pluginDevs to keep the 
   login name private adds a layer. It’s there as an option.
 * The argument that “the other industry leaders do it” is not a good evaluation.
   If other industry leaders are jumping off a cliff, should WordPress? Other Industry
   leaders have security Teams, End Users of WordPress may not. They rely on WordPress
   to be trustworthy and not share login credentials unexpectedly.
 * The argument that WordPress users need to turn to another service/tool for 2FA“
   something you have” component. Is also not a great one, though relevant, it still
   relies on End Users picking/building trust in another unknown tool. Expecting
   your end users to go away from Core Services and choose some other thing to maintain
   is not a good policy for any platform. That harks of old Operating System perspective
   to Security. People had to turn to myriad of other Firewalls, breaking trust 
   in the Core Product ability to be secure.
 * Perhaps if WP were to Make 2FA – “something you have” – an option as part of 
   WP Core Service and then this debate might end. The user has the option to enable
   it; or not: and they don’t have to go elsewhere for the service.
 * Also, most OS’s now, you can choose to show as List of registered users or a 
   Name and Password form (like WP Login displays). The point of this is, someone
   sitting down to try logging in, would need be savvy with the OS tech to search
   for the available registered user names just to begin cracking the password field.
   If the computer is not encrypted, they could find the names in the Users directory.
   
   So why leave the username field hidden anyway if you are not going to encrypt
   it? because it makes it harder to guess at the entry point.
 * What can we do to make it harder for attackers? obfuscate the login name.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WP 4.4.2 still allows visibility of usernames (admins, post authors) – CONTINUED](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-431-still-allows-visibility-of-admin-usernames-continued/#post-7267917)
 * Quite. But why give hackers the identity mechanism in the first place?
    If you
   have two locked locks on a door, do you leave one key under the mat and take 
   the other with you? No because that eliminates 50% of the time it takes to pick
   both locks.
 * If an attacker doesn’t have the login name you can use WordFence to Block (X)
   attempts to login from a certain IP. With a high amount of assurance that it’s
   not you trying random user names…
 * Attacker visits website.
    attacker discovers blog author names attacker attempts
   login in by author names over and over and over attacker only needs to guess 
   the password.
 * The User Name may be currently a “public key” by Default for WordPress but you
   can choose as a user to keep that key Private by setting a “Display Name” on 
   your user Profile.
    A Display Name, which cannot be used for login.
 * You can now treat your “Public Key” – your login name as a “Private key”
 * You may “login everywhere” with an e-mail address, and thats great for Facebook
   and Google. Because they have SecOps teams to monitor security and attacks.
 * You are a mom and pop shop setting up your own WordPress site, you probably don’t
   have a SecOps team or money for a SecOps Team. Maybe you pay for WordFence or
   iThemes or DUO. But do you really NEED to???
 * 2FA aside. 2FA is not part of WP Core.
    Telling an End User, new to the platform
   to go use this other third party service; destroys Trust in WordPress Brand Identity.
   Thats like saying, Oh, we’re not concerned with Security at WordPress. Go ask
   those guys over there with the printed security badges.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/page/2/#post-2835710)
 * yes it looks as though yours is still loading the previous flexslider
 * wp-content/themes/sksmatt-Digital-Store-94830de/js/inc/jquery.flexslider-min.
   js
 * Just go grab the most up to date “flexslider-min.js” as outlined in the earlier
   posts.
 * replace it in your plugin folder —> replace the v1.8 with the latest
 * clear cache and reload.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/page/2/#post-2835708)
 * whats the website URL? I’ll be happy to take a gander.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/page/2/#post-2835706)
 * clear your cache?
 * If not, I would inspect the page in your favorite debug-tool and check if you
   have any other script nodes pulling in flexslider for any other plugins that 
   load after the g2s flexslider.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Check if post has gallery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-if-post-has-gallery-1/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-if-post-has-gallery-1/#post-2661416)
 * Heres a Snippet I made, not sure if it’s the right thing to do, but it worked
   for me on a “from Scratch” theme I built:
 *     ```
       //place within the PHP on your functions.php page
   
       function mypost_has_gallery($postid)
       	{
       		//SELECT * FROM <code>wp_posts</code> WHERE
       		//((<code>wp_posts</code>.<code>post_type</code>="attachment")
       		//AND (<code>wp_posts</code>.<code>post_parent</code>="postID")
       		//AND (LOCATE("image",<code>wp_posts</code>.<code>post_mime_type</code>)>0))
       		global $wpdb;
       		$table = $wpdb->prefix . "posts";
       		$sql = "SELECT * FROM <code>&quot; . $table . &quot;</code> WHERE ((<code>&quot; . $table . &quot;</code>.<code>post_type</code>=\"attachment\") AND (<code>&quot; . $table . &quot;</code>.<code>post_parent</code>=\"" . $postid ."\") AND (LOCATE(\"image\",<code>&quot; . $table . &quot;</code>.<code>post_mime_type</code>)>0))";
       		if ( $wpdb->get_var($sql) != 0 ){
       			return true;}
       		else{
       			return false;
       		}}
   
       //Insert on the page
       <?php $postid = get_the_ID();
       if ( mypost_has_gallery($postid) ) {?>
               	//do something
              <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 * Here is what’s on my page (There’s a default image for pages in the last else
   statement)
 *     ```
       <div id="postimage" >
       		<?php if( has_post_thumbnail()) {
       				//check for featured image on page or post
                       $image_src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id(), "full" );
                       echo "<img border=\"0\" src=\"". $image_src[0] ."\" >"; //IE image Border 0 for images inside links
               		} // if the page doesn't have a featured image, but instead has a gallery of attached images do this...
       				else if ( mypost_has_gallery($postid) ) {
                   		// Place the Gallery automagically on the page
                   		echo do_shortcode('[gallery link="post"]');
       				} // if there is no image fallback to this default
       				else { ?>
                       	<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/featimg.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
       		<?php }	?>
              </div>
       ```
   
 * If that was clear as mud, I’ll try to de-obfuscate it, let me know.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/page/2/#post-2835700)
 * No prob bob, glad I could help! Welcome back!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Revolves through a couple of images then main image disappears](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-revolves-through-a-couple-of-images-then-main-image-disappears/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-revolves-through-a-couple-of-images-then-main-image-disappears/#post-2908100)
 * Please reference [This Post](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image?replies=15#post-3001856)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] New plugin breaks on third image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-new-plugin-breaks-on-third-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-new-plugin-breaks-on-third-image/#post-2831210)
 * Please reference:
 * [This Post](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image?replies=15#post-3001856)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/#post-2835688)
 * [@leowys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leowys/) Sorry you are right
    wp-
   content/plugins/gallery-to-slideshow/js/libs/flexslider is the correct directory(
   I was looking at his build files on his repo)
 * I would say verify the “jquery.flexslider-min.js” file you have installed says
   this at the top
    /* * jQuery FlexSlider v2.0 * Copyright 2012 WooThemes * Contributing
   Author: Tyler Smith */
 * Then clear cache in the browser and re-load maybe?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/#post-2835682)
 * [@slengteng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slengteng/) Yeah, me too; the
   simplicity of Matt’s code and the ability to easily manipulate the style is why
   I was so tenacious about finding a solution. I just couldn’t see anything in 
   his code files that was the root cause.
 * I highly recommend the built in Chrome debug tools, the ability to record a timeline
   as the page loaded was what helped me find that the break was in the “jquery.
   flexslider-min.js”.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/#post-2835665)
 * The answer is it wasn’t Matt’s code:
 * A bug in the file
    /gallery-to-slideshow/tags/1.4.5/js/libs/flexslider/jquery.
   flexslider-min.js
 * it is v1.8
 * go download v2.0 @ [http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/](http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/)
 * and replace the file.
 * Should work!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Gallery to Slideshow] [Plugin: Gallery to Slideshow] Stops working after sliding second image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/)
 *  [Twintails](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twintails/)
 * (@twintails)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-gallery-to-slideshow-stops-working-after-sliding-second-image/#post-2835660)
 * Hi Matt,
 * I love this plugin, very clean, Very easy to manipulate the CSS. I’m using the
   latest 1.4.5 so I can put it in the template.
 * I just have one snag, after the second image (even on your personal demo site
   [http://www.mattvarone.com/featured-content/gallery-to-slideshow/](http://www.mattvarone.com/featured-content/gallery-to-slideshow/))
   the Image Disappears if you just let it run. Unless the user interacts and interrupts
   the flow of the script by clicking on another image; if you click to skip, it
   will run continuously.
 * I was trying to debug and see if I could assist in getting it working for everyone,
   but I figured since you are more familiar with the code, you might know right
   where to look.
 * Thank you Sir for an awesome plugin!

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