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1. mhains
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   When new users create accounts, the display name defaults to their username, not their "firstname lastname" as I'd prefer. I don't expect my users will be saavy enough to make the change.

   How do I change the default display name?

   Thanks in advance
   Michael

2. levifig
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'll second this request!!
   I want to make "First Name && Last Name" the default display name...

   Thanks
   ~Levi

3. levifig
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   And along with us...

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/148622
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/151108
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/199672

   Possible solution for the more tech savvy (still think this should be an admin panel option):
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/188168

   Good luck

4. levifig
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Scratch that "possible solution"... It's not! :|

   Someone please help? :(

5. levifig
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ok, a fix for this:

   1. Change registration.php (/wp-includes).
   BEFORE
   

   if ( empty($display_name) )
   		$display_name = $display_name;
   	$display_name = apply_filters('pre_user_display_name', $display_name);

   AFTER
   

   if ( empty($display_name) )
   		$display_name = $first_name.' '.$last_name;
   	$display_name = apply_filters('pre_user_display_name', $display_name);

   This change will make the default write to the DB on a user creation be "Firstname Lastname" instead of their login ID. But this isn't enough...

   2. By default, on the profile edit page, the first line of the drop-down menu (and the default therefore) is, again, user login id. So when a user changes something on that page, it will write it back to the display name.
   To solve this, we edit user-edit.php (/wp-admin) and move the line:

   $public_display['display_firstlast'] = $profileuser->first_name.' '.$profileuser->last_name;

   to be the first line, right under:

   $public_display = array();

   BTW, not sure if this last chance is absolutely crucial, but at least this way it shows up correctly on the user edit page. :)

   Hope this helps someone else.
   Have fun guys! :)

6. talgalili
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi levifig, this did help.

   Other members - where can I suggest this as a core feature, or a plugin idea ?

   Tal

7. spedney
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Levifig,
   But, what if the first and last names are empty?
   It could happen that the person who registered the new user didn't enter these values in, so you could add a little check like this:
   

   if ( empty($display_name) ) {
   		if ( !empty($first_name) && empty($last_name))
   			$display_name = $first_name;
   		if ( !empty($last_name) && empty($first_name))
   			$display_name = $last_name;
   		if ( !empty($first_name) && !empty($last_name))
   			$display_name = $first_name.' '.$last_name;
   		}
   	if ( empty($display_name) )
   		$display_name = $user_login;
   	$display_name = apply_filters('pre_user_display_name', $display_name);
   		}
   	if ( empty($display_name) )
   		$display_name = $user_login;
   	$display_name = apply_filters('pre_user_display_name', $display_name);

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