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Henry Wright replied to the topic Full name in the URL in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting 9 years, 8 months ago

Hi @deepjain81

This isn’t currently possible. Full name may have all kinds of characters in it that will play havoc with the URL. For that reason, BuddyPress uses username and doesn’t provide a way to change it.

If you really need to go down this route, then it most probably is possible, but will need quite a lot of custom work done in order to…[Read more]
Henry Wright replied to the topic Full name in the URL in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting 9 years, 8 months ago

Hi @deepjain81

This isn’t currently possible. Full name may have all kinds of ‘awful’ characters in it that will play havoc if in the URL. For that reason, BuddyPress uses username and doesn’t provide a way to change it.

If you really need to go down this route, then it most probably is possible, but will need quite a lot of custom work done in…[Read more]