Title: Nickname REQUIRED??
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Nickname REQUIRED??

 *  Resolved [kilerb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilerb/)
 * (@kilerb)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-required/)
 * I have to go in and add first and last names to all my users (I imported them
   from another CMS, and it did not take that info. When I’m adding the names, I
   noticed it says “Nickname (Required)” on all their profiles… I have to do this
   to 1100 profiles, so I don’t want to have to come back and add a nickname later.
   Is this REALLY necessary? It seems to be saving fine after I put just their first
   and last names. Why does it say (Required)?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [kilerb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilerb/)
 * (@kilerb)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-required/#post-1895422)
 * Nevermind… I see it updates with username after it’s updated.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-required/#post-1895422)
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