Search fields auto-populated with my login data

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your question.

Sorry, but this has nothing to do with Shield. This is autofill on the browser.

Maybe this article can be helpful for you:
https://support.iclasspro.com/hc/en-us/articles/218569268-How-to-Disable-and-Clear-AutoFill-Info-in-your-Browser

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Thanks.

Hey Jelena, thanks for your quick reply! Correct, my browser (Opera) does automatically put login data into fields that it thinks are login fields. It’s the behaviour I want from it, too, so I’d prefer not to have to disable this browser feature.

I already asked around in the Opera forums in March regarding this issue:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/39328/solved-opera-puts-my-login-into-wordpress-filter-fields/7

That’s when I found out the issue is connected to the Shield plugin. The search/filter fields stop getting populated like login fields as soon as I deactivate Shield.

I would assume Shield somehow tells the browser that these fields are login fields? How would I go about disabling this behaviour?

I just checked once more. This is what happens when Shield is disabled:
https://pasteboard.co/JcgWmQ7.png

You can see that the Search field remains empty; no auto-fill data is put into it. I also inspected it and there’s nothing in the HTML to indicate this should be a password/login field.

As soon as I enable Shield, my login data pops into the search field.
https://pasteboard.co/JcgYwdvq.png

Interestingly, nothing in the HTML changes, so I’m not sure why the browser would start suddenly doing this.

This happens on Chrome, Firefox and Opera on Linux and Windows 10.