E-mail address as username?

Hey all,

Yes, you can do it but you will need to add a code snippet to your functions.php file which is inside your theme’s folder. Here is the code:

add_action( 'user_registration_after_register_user_action', 'ur_insert_username', 1, 3 );
function ur_insert_username( $valid_form_data, $form_id, $user_id ) {
    global $wpdb;
    $user_login = $valid_form_data['user_email']->value;
    $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_login' => $user_login ), array( 'ID' => $user_id ) );
}

add_filter( 'user_registration_before_register_user_filter', 'ur_set_email_as_username', 10, 2 );
function ur_set_email_as_username( $valid_form_data, $form_id ) {
    $valid_form_data['user_login'] = $valid_form_data['user_email'];
    return $valid_form_data;
}

Now everyone who registers through our plugin will have their email set as their username.

Thanks!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by abhashdc.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by abhashdc.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Jan Dembowski.

If I add this code, and a user signs up, under their account page there is a user name of the start of the email without the “@gmail.com” etc. Yet in WP admin under users, the username is the whole email. Why is this?

e.g. under frontend account: username is xyz, under wp admin: username is xyz@gmail.com

• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by jmccx.