How to particall hide user’s username for privacy purpose.
Here is how it will look like.


The script snippet
function hide_middle_username($comment_author, $comment_ID) {
$length = strlen($comment_author);
if ($length <= 2) {
return $comment_author;
}
$first_char = substr($comment_author, 0, 1);
$last_char = substr($comment_author, -1);
$middle_chars = str_repeat('*', $length - 2);
return $first_char . $middle_chars . $last_char;
}
add_filter('get_comment_author', 'hide_middle_username', 10, 2);