diff --git a/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php b/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
index aedd6e8c..bd97b309 100644
--- a/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
+++ b/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Model\Tag;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module\Security\Login;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
@@ -200,7 +201,9 @@ function advancedcontentfilter_content(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (DI::args()->getArgc() > 1 && DI::args()->getArgv()[1] == 'help') {
-		$lang = $a->getUserValue('language');
+		$user = User::getById(local_user());
+
+		$lang = $user['language'];
 
 		$default_dir = 'addon/advancedcontentfilter/doc/';
 		$help_file = 'advancedcontentfilter.md';
diff --git a/opmlexport/opmlexport.php b/opmlexport/opmlexport.php
index 28689f5d..5d613941 100644
--- a/opmlexport/opmlexport.php
+++ b/opmlexport/opmlexport.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 
 function opmlexport_install()
 {
@@ -37,14 +38,15 @@ function opmlexport(App $a)
 		'network' => Protocol::FEED
 	];
 	$data = Contact::selectToArray([], $condition, ['order' => ['name']]);
+	$user = User::getById(local_user());
 
 	$xml = new \DOMDocument( '1.0', 'utf-8' );
 	$opml = $xml->createElement('opml');
 	$head = $xml->createElement('head');
 	$body = $xml->createElement('body');
 	$outline = $xml->createElement('outline');
-	$outline->setAttribute('title', $a->getUserValue('username') . '\'s RSS/Atom contacts');
-	$outline->setAttribute('text', $a->getUserValue('username') . '\'s RSS/Atom contacts');
+	$outline->setAttribute('title', $user['username'] . '\'s RSS/Atom contacts');
+	$outline->setAttribute('text', $user['username'] . '\'s RSS/Atom contacts');
 
 	foreach($data as $c) {
 		$entry = $xml->createElement('outline');
diff --git a/securemail/SecureTestEmail.php b/securemail/SecureTestEmail.php
index b40f3a6f..b3abcd50 100644
--- a/securemail/SecureTestEmail.php
+++ b/securemail/SecureTestEmail.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\App\BaseURL;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\IConfig;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig\IPConfig;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Object\Email;
 
 /**
@@ -46,13 +47,15 @@ class SecureTestEmail extends Email
 			$sender_email = 'noreply@' . $hostname;
 		}
 
+		$user = User::getById(local_user());
+
 		$subject = 'Friendica - Secure Mail - Test';
 		$message = 'This is a test message from your Friendica Secure Mail addon.';
 
 		// enable addon for test
 		$pConfig->set(local_user(), 'securemail', 'enable', 1);
 
-		parent::__construct($sitename, $sender_email, $sender_email, $a->getUserValue('email'),
+		parent::__construct($sitename, $sender_email, $sender_email, $user['email'],
 			$subject, "<p>{$message}</p>", $message,
 			[], local_user());
 	}
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index d0e96a01..1a3ba1f9 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ function statusnet_settings(App $a, &$s)
 	if (!local_user()) {
 		return;
 	}
+
+	$user = User::getById(local_user());
+
 	DI::page()['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="stylesheet"  type="text/css" href="' . DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/addon/statusnet/statusnet.css' . '" media="all" />' . "\r\n";
 	/*	 * *
 	 * 1) Check that we have a base api url and a consumer key & secret
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ function statusnet_settings(App $a, &$s)
 				$s .= '<div id="statusnet-info" ><img id="statusnet-avatar" src="' . $details->profile_image_url . '" /><p id="statusnet-info-block">' . DI::l10n()->t('Currently connected to: ') . '<a href="' . $details->statusnet_profile_url . '" target="_statusnet">' . $details->screen_name . '</a><br /><em>' . $details->description . '</em></p></div>';
 			}
 			$s .= '<p>' . DI::l10n()->t('If enabled all your <strong>public</strong> postings can be posted to the associated GNU Social account. You can choose to do so by default (here) or for every posting separately in the posting options when writing the entry.') . '</p>';
-			if ($a->getUserValue('hidewall')) {
+			if ($user['hidewall']) {
 				$s .= '<p>' . DI::l10n()->t('<strong>Note</strong>: Due your privacy settings (<em>Hide your profile details from unknown viewers?</em>) the link potentially included in public postings relayed to GNU Social will lead the visitor to a blank page informing the visitor that the access to your profile has been restricted.') . '</p>';
 			}
 			$s .= '<div id="statusnet-enable-wrapper">';
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 90e67610..56b5ead8 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ function twitter_settings(App $a, &$s)
 	if (!local_user()) {
 		return;
 	}
+
+	$user = User::getById(local_user());
+
 	DI::page()['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="stylesheet"  type="text/css" href="' . DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/addon/twitter/twitter.css' . '" media="all" />' . "\r\n";
 	/*	 * *
 	 * 1) Check that we have global consumer key & secret
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ function twitter_settings(App $a, &$s)
 				$s .= Renderer::replaceMacros($field_checkbox, [
 					'$field' => ['twitter-enable', DI::l10n()->t('Allow posting to Twitter'), $enabled, DI::l10n()->t('If enabled all your <strong>public</strong> postings can be posted to the associated Twitter account. You can choose to do so by default (here) or for every posting separately in the posting options when writing the entry.')]
 				]);
-				if ($a->getUserValue('hidewall')) {
+				if ($user['hidewall']) {
 					$s .= '<p>' . DI::l10n()->t('<strong>Note</strong>: Due to your privacy settings (<em>Hide your profile details from unknown viewers?</em>) the link potentially included in public postings relayed to Twitter will lead the visitor to a blank page informing the visitor that the access to your profile has been restricted.') . '</p>';
 				}
 				$s .= Renderer::replaceMacros($field_checkbox, [