Name instead of Username

[nilje]

Hello

In the registration form you can set the username, but not the pre- and surname. But that would be more important in my case.

Can I change that somehow?

Thanks!

[nilje]

Or maybe sync the username with the name? So it wouldn’t be a problem with the login?

so for example:
at the register there is
prename= anna
surname= smith

thats all the user has to fill out
the username will then be: anna-smith

is that possible?

[sharmstr]

This has been discussed on the buddypress forum many times. Search there.

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[nilje]

I haven’t found anything about that…

[nilje]

hi,
so I really don’t find anything about it.

I would like to consider custom work for that, could you do that?

I already wrote it down, but I think it was the wrong forum.
https://archived.seventhqueen.com/forums/topic/first-and-last-name-in-registration

thanks

[sharmstr]

Did you try this? https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-custom-name-fields-with-xprofile/

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[nilje]

wow, that was easy. Really sorry, haven’t found this.

what I just don’t get to work is the display name. So I have first and last name, but how will it take this for display name?
here is a line to modify it, but it will always show the username, not the name which is set of first and last name

COPY CODE

//you can modify that line to change the displayed name to something else than the nickname
	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE {$wpdb->users} SET display_name = %s WHERE ID = %d", $nickname, $user_id ) );

I tried that:

COPY CODE

//you can modify that line to change the displayed name to something else than the nickname
	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE {$wpdb->users} SET display_name = %s WHERE ID = %d", $firstname, $lastname, $user_id ) );

thank you!!

[sharmstr]

Perhaps you should ask the person who posted it 🙂

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[nilje]

Oh my 😀 sorry, I’m used to see just topics which are closed already, so I didn’t login the first time.
I’m not that annoying as it seems right now 😀

Thank you very very much! You saved my day.

[sharmstr]

You’re not annoying. You’re welcome.

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[nilje]

Hello again,

I’m searching a while now for the display issue and would like you to ask, if Kleo sets the default display name anywhere?
I can change the display name on the users’ profile at the backend manually, but it should do it right away.

I found many codes which would change the default display name from username to first and last name, but nothing works.

Do you have any idea why it wouldn’t change the default?

Thanks 🙂

[nilje]

GOT IT!

this works

COPY CODE

function set_default_display_name( $user_id ) {
  $user = get_userdata( $user_id );
  $name = sprintf( '%s %s', $user->first_name, $user->last_name );
  $args = array(
    'ID' => $user_id,
    'display_name' => $name,
    'nickname' => $name
  );
  wp_update_user( $args );
}
add_action( 'user_register', 'set_default_display_name' );

[love2playgames]

Hi 7Queen,

Vise Versa, I want to show their username instead (Globally), can you tell me how to do this using some kind of function?

The user now shown as example: JOHN HUDSON , although is just a nickname/alias of their first and name.

But I want the users to shown their username as example: SUGARBABY or @SUGARBABY

Please advise help,

[love2playgames]

Btw, I even tried this BuddyPress Usernames Only plugin, it doesn’t work?

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