Set public display name to "First-name Last-name" by default

  • shaulbarlev1

    (@shaulbarlev1)


    10 years ago

    I have no idea how to do this, I’ve looked over the web for some time and found nothing.
    Setting it per-user, one by one, is not what I’m looking for.
    Can It be set automatically when the user registers?
    Please help.

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  • wpfan1000

    (@wpfan1000)

    10 years ago

    You can develop a custom page template which gets the current user’s name and displays it.

    Thread Starter shaulbarlev1

    (@shaulbarlev1)

    10 years ago

    Ok, how?

    bemdesign

    (@bemdesign)

    10 years ago

    Thinking out loud… I suppose you could add custom fields to the user profile and then make those fields a required part of the registration process. Then you can build out the logic to use these fields in place of the public display name. Exactly how to implement that…not sure – it definitely would require some in-depth review of the WordPress codex!

    Thread Starter shaulbarlev1

    (@shaulbarlev1)

    10 years ago

    Yeah, I have custom fields for the first and last name, but I have absolutely no idea how to make them show up by default.

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    10 years ago

    How have you created the custom fields? Using the ACF plugin? Or through coding it yourself?

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    10 years ago

    Have you looked into using the User API?

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