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Extension name: Guest pseudonyms
Author: EmmaL
Extension description: Guest pseudonyms replaces members' real usernames with stable, per-member pseudonyms for anyone who is not logged in — guests and search-engine crawlers alike — so members' chosen names are not exposed publicly or indexed by search engines. Logged-in members always see real usernames as normal.

Substitution happens at render time via phpBB's central get_username_string(), so it covers usernames everywhere the board shows them:

• Post authors, topic and forum last-poster columns, the memberlist, member profiles, the online list
• Feeds and quoted posts
• Any other extension that renders usernames through the same function

A few places read phpBB's raw username column instead — the profile page title and breadcrumb, the "last bumped by" line, the member live search, and the member search and A-Z filters — and each is covered by its own hook, so the name a guest can see is also the only name a guest can search for.

Nothing stored in the database is changed — disabling the extension instantly restores real names. Outgoing e-mails and notifications keep real names (they are addressed to a known recipient).

Member controls (User Control Panel)

• A stable nickname the member can regenerate
• A three-way choice of what visitors who are not logged in see: hide my name and signature (the default), show my real username but hide my signature, or show both

Both are toggleable by the administrator. Search-engine crawlers are always treated exactly like guests — there is deliberately no separate switch, since the whole point is keeping real names out of search results.

Requirements: phpBB 3.3.15 or newer, and PHP 7.2 or newer (the minimum phpBB 3.3.15 itself requires). Earlier 3.3 releases are not supported — the profile event used to hide signatures only gained the variable it needs in 3.3.15, so the extension refuses to enable below that version rather than silently leave signatures visible.

Mentions: phpBB 3.3 has no @mention feature of its own, so mention handling only does something on a board that has added one. This extension requires no mention extension and depends on none — it recognises the ［smention u=…］ and ［mention］ tags, which on 3.3 are produced by Simple mentions (paul999/mention). Where those tags never appear, nothing matches and nothing is done. Quotes are covered on every board, mentions or not.

Languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (English fallback).

Source: https://codeberg.org/elaurijssens/guest-pseudonyms
Extension version: 1.3.3
Tested on phpBB version: 3.3.17

Download file: esp_guestpseudonyms_1.3.3.zip
File size: 80.25 KiB

Extension overview page: View

Except where otherwise noted, the phpBB Team is not responsible nor required to provide support for this extension. By installing this extension, you acknowledge that the phpBB Support Team or phpBB Extension Customisations Team may not be able to provide support.

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Extension validated/released Statistics: Posted by Extensions Robot — Tue Nov 03, 2026 11:54 pm

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