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Replace full name with a username

Hi everyone. New to fluent community. Is there a way to change the display name which is currently full name to a username/placeholder/nickname? Use case is to allow users to post without full name.

I can see there isn't a setting for this. Can it be achieved with a plugin or css please? Thanks

Newman

Anyone help with this?

Mike R

I've been asking Shahjahan JewelΒ for this for a couple months now with no luck. One of my communities is getting very little interaction because of it.

Posted Here: https://community.wpmanageninja.com/portal/space/vip_lounge/post/use-a-display-name

Also Commented on this post. Shahjahan JewelΒ responded but then I didn't hear anything else after explaining further what I was requesting: https://community.wpmanageninja.com/portal/post/fluentcommunity-1-2-0-release?comment_id=16127

There is a feature request in the roadmap, currently at 51 votes, not sure if these are taken serious though since most never move out of User Submitted tab.

https://community.wpmanageninja.com/fluentcommunity-roadmp/#/idea/258/

Newman

Mike RΒ I'm in the same boat. My users would not like their full names on display and a display name like you've stated would be a great solution

We are thinking about a solution. Will update you about it.

Newman

Shahjahan JewelΒ thank you Shahjahan! Using a display name instead of first name + last name and toggling it on or off by admins would be perfect

Mike R

Shahjahan JewelΒ Is the new privacy option in the latest release your solution? It doesn't seem to accomplish what is being asked for.

Timm3h

You can easily bypass this.
First name is required, last name is not. You can insert any name you want as a first name.

But this is a bad practice workaround IMO, it should be a standard feature for privacy reasons.