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Total downloads: 10,174
Active installs: 300
Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/17/2024 (623 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/31/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.3.7
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 623 days ago • 5 reviews

28/100

Is Smart Custom Display Name abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 623 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.3.7
Requires PHP: 7.0

Ratings

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Developers

Peter Raschendorfer (Owner)10

Languages

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Description

The Smart Custom Display Name Plugin allows you to set your Display Name to anything you like

Retired Plugin

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.

There will be no more updates and I won’t answer any support questions. Thanks for your understanding.

Feel free to fork this plugin.

Usage

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.

Plugin Privacy Information

  • This plugin does not set cookies
  • This plugin does not collect or store any data
  • This plugin does not send any data to external servers

Installation

No installation instructions available

Frequently Asked Questions

What about an empty Display name?

WordPress does not allow an empty Display name and resets the Display name to the Username on saving if its blank. You don’t have to care about.

Where can I find the settings page?

Nowhere – the plugin does not need any config.

Review feed

No reviews available

Screenshots

  1. Original WordPress User Profile

    Original WordPress User Profile

  2. User Profile with activated Smart Custom Display Name plugin

    User Profile with activated Smart Custom Display Name plugin

Changelog

5.0.3 (2024-04-17) URGENT BUGFIX

  • Bugfix after Cleanup

5.0.2 (2024-04-16) CLEANUP

  • Cleanup

5.0.1 (2022-10-03) FINAL VERSION

  • removed all links to webiste
  • removed request for rating

5.0.0 (2022-06-01)

  • rewritten based on my Plugin Foundation PPF08, no functional changes

4 (2019-03-13)

  • UI improvements
  • code improvement

3 (2018-04-19)

  • minor code- & UI-improvements

2.1 (2017-11-16)

  • faulty display in WP 4.9 fixed

2.0 (2017-06-14)

  • redesigned admin interface
  • code improvement

1.2 (2016-10-11)

  • Some changes under the hood, no functional changes

1.1 (2016-06-23)

  • Code optimization, some UI work, no functional changes

1.0 (2015-08-31)

  • Initial Release
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