Title: Modify name requirement
Last modified: July 5, 2017

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# Modify name requirement

 *  Resolved [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/)
 * (@gulliver)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/)
 * Is it possible to modify the first/last name requirement… to instead have a single‘
   name’ field (which can then be a business name)?

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 *  Plugin Author [awesomesupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awesomesupport/)
 * (@awesomesupport)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/#post-9290309)
 * You can create your own registration form and then let Awesome Support know about
   it in the TICKETS->SETTINGS->Advanced tab. There are a number of tools and plugins
   that will create a custom registration page. We have an article on our site that
   shows you how to do this with GRAVITY FORMS: [How To Create A Custom Ticket Registration Form With Gravity Forms](https://getawesomesupport.com/create-custom-ticket-registration-form-gravity-forms/)
 * Hopefully this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/)
 * (@gulliver)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/#post-9294473)
 * Speedy reply – thanks.
 * Not a GF user, is it possible to instead use a modified registration.php in a
   theme/awesome-support folder?
 * My initial attempts to do so, by removing either the first/last name code block(
   from $first_name = to echo $first_name->get_output();) result in a ‘field is 
   mandatory’ error.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/).
 *  Plugin Author [awesomesupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awesomesupport/)
 * (@awesomesupport)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/#post-9297579)
 * Hi:
 * You can modify the theme files but I suspect you’ll have to modify more than 
   that to remove or workaround the logic that applies checks for those fields as
   well. And that might mean you end up messing around with the core plugin code.
 * You also might be able to just give one of the fields a default value, hide it
   and then use a wordpress registration hook to remove the default value that was
   inserted.
 * Keep in mind that WordPress itself has two fields for names so if you use only
   one field for name then one of the fields in the user profile will end up being
   blank.
 *  Thread Starter [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/)
 * (@gulliver)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/#post-9297860)
 * Thanks.
 * Great… more digging-around in the innards for something which should be easier.
   😉
 * Easier? Yep – business users may prefer to register a business name, and so require
   an appropriate (a single ‘name’) field.
 * I wrongly thought that a simple change of ‘required => true’ (to false) would
   be enough to at least enable submission.
 * From memory, basic WP registration doesn’t require a name, and hence I’m wondering
   where (beyond the registration template) I need to look when considering mods.
 * I’m not expert in this, but am happy to learn-as-I-go.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/).

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 * Last reply from: [gulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gulliver/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-name-requirement/#post-9297860)
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