Topic: [Resolved] Username vs display name

[Resolved] Username vs display name

xWafflecakes
Participant

@xwafflecakes

10 years, 10 months ago

One thing about Buddypress that bothers me is the username vs display name. I have already managed to hide the display name field at registration and copy the value from the username, but users can still change their display name in their profile. Is there any way to prevent this?

If not, can you tell me how I let Buddypress use the username everywhere instead of the display name (for example, the header of the profile shows the display name, as well as the tab in your browser, etc)

Thank you very much, I hope someone can help me!

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xWafflecakes
Participant

@xwafflecakes

10 years, 10 months ago

Anyone?

Henry
Member

@henrywright-1

10 years, 10 months ago

Have you tried BuddyPress Usernames Only? https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/

aussiemike
Participant

@aussiemike

10 years, 7 months ago

That plugin works well throughout the site EXCEPT on the user profile where their real name appears. It would be good to be able to show just their username on the profile and not allow any editing.

I have searched far and wide through the forum here and search engines and there does not appear to be a simple solution. If anyone knows of a solution could they please let me know.

Regards
Michael

Renato Alves
Moderator

@espellcaste

10 years, 7 months ago

As far as I can tell, you can copy the template into your theme and from there, alter to the desired output without affecting future BP updates.

aussiemike
Participant

@aussiemike

10 years, 7 months ago

Thanks for your reply Renato
When you say ‘copy the template into your theme’ are you referring to copying the BP template folder into my WP theme directory?

I am not sure I really understand what you mean?

Regards
Mike

shanebp
Moderator

@shanebp

10 years, 7 months ago

He means you can over-ride a BP template by following the directions here

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

aussiemike
Participant

@aussiemike

10 years, 7 months ago

Thank you

Mike

Thunderpeel
Participant

@thunderpeel

10 years, 3 months ago

@xwafflecakes can you please share how you were able to do what you said in your first post?
xWafflecakes
Participant

@xwafflecakes

10 years, 3 months ago
Hey Thunderpeel, I used this code I found somewhere (just put it in your header somewhere):
```
<script>
var url = document.location.href;
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
//copy profile name to account name during registration
if (url.indexOf("register/") >= 0) {
    jQuery('label[for=field_1],#field_1').css('display','none');
    jQuery('#signup_username').blur(function(){
        jQuery("#field_1").val(jQuery("#signup_username").val());
    });
}
});
</script>
```