We have a new forum from migrated content (with several years of conversations) and are struggling with how to balance public visibility with privacy. Can we hide all user names / usernames unless people are logged in? In other words, all messages content is visible and indexed on the web, but but …

It might be possible to have a plugin that would change the username in the user and topic and post models for anonymous users. It would be tricky to do it without breaking stuff. Also, quotes that mentioned users would either include their names or also need to be modified. If it’s worth $2000 to $…

Thanks for the info. I was afraid that would be the case! Yes it’s a bit unfortunate how the SSO integration went for us, but this is the situation we’re in now for better or worse.

Hi, I was looking for something similar as it is good to benefit from the public forum features while staying private : -For user names There is a plugin though but I haven’t tested it yet Always-Anonymous Categories Plugin - #42 by joo -For full names From what I understand, you can hide full …

[image] opcourdis: From what I understand, you can hide full names but only for everyone except admins with the setting : enable_names I think OP was referring to the fact that the username would be their actual name, and I believe no names, which can be changed by users themselves.

[image] wisedesk: Can we hide all user names / usernames unless people are logged in? im not sure, but anyway, we’ll see if op comes back here with an update on its situation if it still exist. Theis help me to discover a new plugin to hide usernames in certain categories, so I am happy that …

How to hide just names and usernames for anonymous users

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) August 13, 2025, 11:24pm 6

I think OP was referring to the fact that the username would be their actual name, and I believe no names, which can be changed by users themselves.

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How to hide just names and usernames for anonymous users

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