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Is there a way to force a new username to be the email address rather than allowing the user to create a random username?
Hi, the following was quoted by one of the developers.
You can instruct your users to use their “Email Address” in the username field. And then in the future they will be able to use that to log into the site.
Our plugin has TWO columns in the database for username and email (they can be the same) but they BOTH require a value. You can’t get rid of one of the fields. We need these fields because the Core WordPress system uses the username and email address fields for WP users. We integrate with WP so we maintain the same architecture which makes the integration very easy.
Bottom line, both of those fields require a value when using our plugin.
Thank you, but not quite what I was asking.
To put it another way, I’d like to auto-populate the username field with the email address of the user. I understand the field has to exist, otherwise I’d have asked how to remove it. As that is not an option, I’d like for it to have the user’s email address in the username entry in the form, such as by automatically copying it from the initial registration.
Hi, sorry for misunderstanding you.
However what you are asking is not currently available in the plugin. I have submitted a message to the developers to investigate further your request.
Thank you
At the moment there is no option for this unfortunately. WordPress uses separate username and email fields so we needed to use it to maintain the 1 to 1 relationship.
Only available options are the following at this stage:
#1) After the registration, your members can log into the site using their email address or username. So the username doesn’t matter for them if they don’t want to use it. The login form states that they can enter either the username or the email address in there.
#2) You can have a message on the registration page telling the users to use their email address in the username field when they register.
#1) After the registration, your members can log into the site using their email address or username. So the username doesn’t matter for them if they don’t want to use it. The login form states that they can enter either the username or the email address in there.
Is this true? Because I have users who have used their email address as their username (but in a different case) and they cannot login with their email address in lowercase…
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