Title: Empty log-in name error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Empty log-in name error

 *  Resolved [afinab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afinab/)
 * (@afinab)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-log-in-name-error/)
 * I am trying the plug-in, and at first it worked for a test import (and an email
   was sent.
    By further testing, no email was sent. I deleted the subscriber again,
   and tried again; import failed
 * The error log says
    [Line 1] Cannot create a user with an empty login name.
 * However: Looking in PhPMyAdmin:
    In the user_table the user_login is imported
   into the user_login column But in the user_meta data table, it seems to get imported
   as nickname.
 * Also the user_meta data seem to hold onto data from deleted subscribers, is that
   supposed to be that way?
 * I am at my wit’s end
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/import-users-from-csv/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/import-users-from-csv/)

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 * Last reply from: [afinab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afinab/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-log-in-name-error/)
 * Status: resolved