mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)

<p>Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.</p>
<p>The HTML5 <code>required</code> attribute is added, the text “(required)” is added next to the fields, and the data is verified to be non-empty on save.</p>
<p>Development of this plugin was supported by the <a href="http://globalshakespeares.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shakespeare Project</a>.</p>


Require First and Last Name

Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.

Peter Raschendorfer

<p>The Smart Custom Display Name Plugin allows you to set your Display Name to anything you like</p>
<h3>Retired Plugin</h3>
<p>Development, maintenance and support of this plugin has been retired in october 2023. You can use this plugin as long as is works for you.</p>
<p>There will be no more updates and I won’t answer any support questions. Thanks for your understanding.</p>
<p>Feel free to fork this plugin.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>The “Display Name” is the name shown as post author – e.g. “posted by John Doe”. WordPress only allows you to select from a few given values. This plugin changes the Display Name field to a regular text input field where you can type in anything you like. There are no settings. Just install and activate.</p>
<h3>Plugin Privacy Information</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin does not set cookies</li>
<li>This plugin does not collect or store any data</li>
<li>This plugin does not send any data to external servers</li>
</ul>


Smart Custom Display Name

Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string

Require First and Last Name vs Smart Custom Display Name