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1. stevepiercy
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Just installed a clean WP 1.5.2. A complete newbie registered with username:

   John O'Brien

   When John tried to login, the system claimed that his username did not exist. I looked in the database, and his username was stored as:

   John O\\\'Brien

   So either two things need to be done: (1) Do not allow users to register usernames containing any non-alphanumeric characters, or (2) don't escape single quotes when a user registers.

   Is there a plug-in that can perform either function, or is this a bug?

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Usually in usernames you don't use non-alphanumeric characters. The simple workaround is:
   - choose a username like "johnobrien"
   - when logged in change the nickname to "John O'Brien"
   - select display: John O'Brien.

3. Kafkaesqui
   
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   I agree though that WordPress should be doing some sanity checking for *bad* characters in the login.

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