Fake hidden users still found - How-to and Troubleshooting https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/ Discussion Board en-US Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:31:40 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54446 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:23:57 +0000 How-to and Troubleshooting AgendaVolo https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54446 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54440 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:35:05 +0000 @agendavolo ,

The usergroup who can see the user with custom usergroup is the Guest, you should disable Guest to see them to solve the problem. Please see the screenshot and disable the "Can view members" and "Can view profile":

https://wpforo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-10_13-32-27.png

Not loggin users are the guests, If you disable these options for guests nobody can see the users without login. The user whose permission is disabled can logout and see users as guests, so you should first prevent the guest permission then other permissions.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54440 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54401 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:56:37 +0000 Can I ask you what Guests has got to do with a custom role I created (fake-users)? Are you suggesting that any custom role is interpretated as Guests (read-only)?

You can find attached the Guests permissions as it is. But the problem is that non-logged in users are able to see profiles of members that are completely hidden (i.e. fake-users with no-access permission).

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting AgendaVolo https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/paged/2/#post-54401 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54386 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:11:00 +0000 @agendavolo ,

I asked you to show me the guest usergroup permissions. Your issue is related to Guests, you say that non-login users can see other user profile pages, so please edit the Guest usergroup, take a screenshot and leave here. Your both screenshots are not related to the guest.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54386 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54244 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:40:54 +0000 here attached

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting AgendaVolo https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54244 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54242 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:32:41 +0000 @agendavolo ,

Please show me the screenshot of the Guest Usergroup permissions in Dashboard > Forums > usergroups admin page.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54242 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54235 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:02:52 +0000 ...thank you for investigating this issue. You can find my forum here, and you can see that the members list shows empty. However, I can browse to one user or another user if I know their names.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting AgendaVolo https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54235 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54227 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:14:27 +0000 @agendavolo ,

Something is wrong with your configuration for sure. Please leave an example of a user profile page URL. We'll try to figure it out.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54227 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54146 Sat, 29 May 2021 16:35:26 +0000 trust me, the problem is visible without being logged in as Admin. All checkboxes in usergroup are disabled. This is hackers' job because the website has not traffic yet they view any user they want. I need to fight this.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting AgendaVolo https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54146 RE: Fake hidden users still found https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/fake-hidden-users-still-found/#post-54119 Sat, 29 May 2021 06:50:51 +0000 @agendavolo,

That because you're admin. You can see anything. If you've correctly configured Guest and Regular usergroup permissions then they cannot see that pages.

  • https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/hide-members-tab/#post-852
  • https://wpforo.com/community/general-discussions/question-about-no-index/#post-31490
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