Title: Force First and Last Name as Display Name Author: Andrew Lima Published: 6 Ctember 2013 Last modified: 18 Unbir 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/force-first-last/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3188031) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/force-first-last/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3188031) # Force First and Last Name as Display Name By [Andrew Lima](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewza/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/force-first-last.1.2.2.zip) * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/#description) * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/#installation) * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/) ## Description This plugin hides the « Display Name » field on the Edit Profile screen for all users. Instead of allowing users to set this field, the plugin will always set the User field display_name to their first and last name. If these field are empty, display_name will be set to their username. Display names are set when the user registers as well as when a user’s profile is updated via the WordPress admin. The plugin includes a batch process to update the display name for existing users. Navigate to Settings > Force First Last in the WordPress admin to run the update. ## Screenshots * [[ * Display Name field is removed from the User Profile in WordPress admin. ## Installation #### Download, Install and Activate! 1. Upload `force-first-last` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Visit Settings > Force First Last to run an initial update for all of your users. ## FAQ ### How do I update existing display names on my site? Navigate to Settings > Force First Last to run a script that will update all existing users. ### In my location, names are formatted as LAST FIRST. How do I switch the order? You will need to use a custom filter to adjust the display order. See this code for an example: https://gist.github.com/kimcoleman/dc3227b9cebec79fa983261827df7485. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4052db434ab982650d5b4b61527674cb287ed637871440b1ddc8333bad5463be? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Отлично!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%be%d1%82%d0%bb%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%be-326/)󠁿 [Andrew](https://profiles.wordpress.org/papex/) 4 Ctember 2023 То, что надо! Одной кнопкой изменяет для всех сразу отображаемое имя. Сразу навёл порядок. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b732c6ac4b931013edefd032b79b3f8fab42fccea7366f9dba6c09b892bd51d1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-36253/)󠁿 [Lucas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luquerias/) 24 Furar 2023 It does what it is supposed to do. Good plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5241a5efbdc14ccce1a2495cb77838da714827f79e8df8de2a02638043e918a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[a must have](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-have-450/)󠁿 [Suki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sukinoz/) 30 Yunyu 2025 What is really useful is that it HIDES THE “PUBLIC DISPLAY NAME” FIELD WHEN EDITING USER NOTE: If only the “Last name” is filled in, it takes the username. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2923f0e2a48c8442f0039b91aef6b21a9fc035de63daa58970b5f02514b3a955? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-32158/)󠁿 [emarketingclusters](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emarketingclusters/) 21 Ctember 2021 It works great with Wordpress 5.8.1. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/de3b3f769b9f7b445660fda3807f9257c56d4af62bb603f5b15b9e91627e3b1a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Used to work but stopped WP 5.6.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/used-to-work-but-stopped-wp-5-6-1/)󠁿 [lefonk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lefonk/) 16 Furar 2021 Unfortunately it doesn’t work with new user registrations. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/be207795e10757acca1e624b790c5f12669e819a85fc2f15dcc08b7ee3058471? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still works for the most part. If you want woocommerce support do this.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-for-the-most-part-if-you-want-woocommerce-support-do-this/)󠁿 [hotcooler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hotcooler/) 6 Ibrir 2020 Replace one hook with another Find add_action("user_register", "ffl_fix_user_display_name", 20); replace with add_action("woocommerce_created_customer", "ffl_fix_user_display_name", 20); [ Read all 18 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Force First and Last Name as Display Name” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Andrew Lima ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewza/) “Force First and Last Name as Display Name” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-first-last/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Force First and Last Name as Display Name” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-first-last) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/force-first-last/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/force-first-last/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-first-last/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-first-last/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.2 – 2024-11-13 * ENHANCEMENT: Update tested up to WordPress 6.7. * ENHANCEMENT: Preparing plugin to be transferred. #### 1.2.1 – 2023-03-14 * SECURITY: Added nonce to bulk « Update Existing Users » admin page to protect from CSRF vulnerability. (Thanks, @mikhail-net) #### 1.2 – 2021-03-12 * ENHANCEMENT: Added `ffl_display_name_order` filter to allow custom code to change display name to last first. * ENHANCEMENT: Tested up to WordPress 5.7. #### 1.1 – 2020-08-13 * ENHANCEMENT: Adding support for the Paid Memberships Pro frontend member profile edit screen. * ENHANCEMENT: Improving the settings page appearance. * ENHANCEMENT: Tested up to WordPress 5.5. * ENHANCEMENT: Added pmpro_ffl_hide_display_name_profile filter. Set to return false if you’d like the display name field to show up on the edit user page in the WP dashboard. #### 1.0 * Change priority of the user_register hook to 20 so it will run after plugins setting first/last name etc. * Let’s call this official at 1.0 #### .2 * Added settings page to update existing users. * Hiding display name dropdown on profile page. #### .1 * Initial version. ## Meta * Version **1.2.2** * Last updated **2 n iseggasen ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/), akked [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-first-last) * Tags * [display-name](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/display-name/)[first name](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/first-name/) [force](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/force/)[last name](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/last-name/) [user](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user/) * [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/force-first-last/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 14 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-first-last/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Andrew Lima ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewza/) ## Support Got something to say? 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