I have the same problem. No email is triggered when a new user registers. Any idea what to do? This pretty much will ruin any chances of getting sign ups.
I’ve integrated a mailer (eg. Sendgrid) and other emails are going out ok such as comment notifications. But no activation email for a user who wants to sign up.
At the top is an image of what a regular comment looks like from a registered user on my site. Below that is what I want – it’s just like a regular comment but it also includes the user’s job title (which is to be pulled from the user’s profile). Any idea how I can go about doing this?
Completely agree with your post. It’s 2020 now, and there should be the functionality to at least make the display name optional. In searching the annals for answers, I see questions going back to 2013 asking for this because users were getting confused with usernames / display names. It would be great to have something like Reddit, where just a username / email is required. Despite this frustration, massive thanks to those working on BuddyPress.