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hi @famous,

so far i know, is the registration process a fully part of WordPress who use a function called wp_create_user.
This function requires 3 variables: name, pwd and user email to authenticate.

As a templated plugin, BP let you handle visualy a part of this process, particulary with extended profile fields. But BP doesn’t alter the orignal registry handling. The only 2 other things you can do is to change the NAME field name and allowing synchronization between WP and BP.

So the BP name field stays mandatory in any case and you cannot remove it.