Creates invalid user_nicename [PATCH]

  • seand11

    (@seand11)


    14 years ago

    This plugin currently allows spaces and other characters in wp_users.user_nicename which is a problem for generating author links which will 404 because of the space (%20) and other characters.

    diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-social-login/includes/plugin.auth.php b/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-social-login/includes/plugin.auth.php
index 05a0b4c..f42a944 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-social-login/includes/plugin.auth.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-social-login/includes/plugin.auth.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function wsl_process_login()

 			'first_name'    => $hybridauth_user_profile->firstName,
 			'last_name'     => $hybridauth_user_profile->lastName,
-			'user_nicename' => $hybridauth_user_profile->displayName,
+			'user_nicename' => $user_login,
 			'display_name'  => $hybridauth_user_profile->displayName,
 			'user_url'      => $hybridauth_user_profile->profileURL,
 			'description'   => $hybridauth_user_profile->description,
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  • Thread Starter seand11

    (@seand11)

    14 years ago

    Additionally here is how you can update existing improper user_nicenames from your database with SQL:

    First, get a list of user_nicenames with spaces:

    SELECT user_nicename FROM wp_users WHERE user_nicename LIKE '% %'

    If it looks good, update to replace the space with underscores:

    UPDATE wp_users
SET user_nicename = replace(user_nicename, ' ', '_')
WHERE user_nicename LIKE '% %'

    Shivanand Sharma

    (@varun21)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Works like a charm. Not only author links it also breaks user (user profile) permalinks when using bbpress plugin.

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