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1. spiff06
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hello, and great work all!

   Spent a little time today trying to figure out why the full name wasn't displaying in the sidebar when pasting in the default code.

   It turns out that all users only have a first name, never a last name, yet the php function (author-template.php) expects both fields to be present to display the full name:

   if ( $show_fullname && ($author->first_name != '' && $author->last_name != '') )
   	$name = "$author->first_name $author->last_name";

   I think changing the above code to the following might make sense:

   if ( $show_fullname && ($author->first_name != '' || $author->last_name != '') )
   	$name = trim("$author->first_name $author->last_name");

   This way, the actual name will be displayed as long as there's either a first name or a last name defined.

   Comments? Was there a specific design reason why both first and last names were required?

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Maybe something you should report to http://trac.wordpress.org

   Use your forum login/password to login there.

   See Reporting Bugs

3. spiff06
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Done.

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