Title: Nickname problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Nickname problem

 *  Resolved [stokim2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stokim2012/)
 * (@stokim2012)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/)
 * Hello there,
 * Thank you for your awesome plugin. I started to use the plugin today and when
   configurating it, I found something quite confusing.
 * The default Display Name in Field Management is a Textbox, while in WordPress
   user profile setting, Display Name is a Dropdown.
    Because of (1), users are 
   able to be allowed to edit their Display Name using any strings, yet WordPress
   will override that with either the combination of First Name and Last Name, or
   Username. And there’s no Nickname in the default Field Management. Unless admins
   know the WordPress Nickname Meta Key, users are not able to set their own nicknames,
   and UM (or WP) uses their Username as their nicknames, which is not good. I suggest:
 * Display Name should be changed from Textbox to Dropdown, and perform in the same
   way as the WordPress default one.
    Provide Nickname in Field Management. Allow
   Nickname to be chosen as Display Name. Allow Nickname or custom field (which 
   is a textbox, for non-English users to type in English string other than their
   username) to be used as Profile Permalink Base for security reason. (A job which
   many WP custom author slug plugin can do well.)
 * Many thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemember/)
 * (@ultimatemember)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711326)
 * Ok Stokim,
 * This sounds reasonable. Let us discuss this as a team and see if we can make 
   these changes.
 * Thanks 🙂
 *  [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711566)
 * See this post here, same problem. I got the same “discuss this as a team” response.
 *  Thread Starter [stokim2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stokim2012/)
 * (@stokim2012)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711583)
 * Any progress on this topic?
 *  [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711594)
 * Seems like they’ve abandoned this issue?
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-name-versus-nickname-registration-field?replies=3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-name-versus-nickname-registration-field?replies=3)
 *  Plugin Author [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemember/)
 * (@ultimatemember)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711610)
 * Hi Guys, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. We’ve managed to discuss
   this today and we will be removing the display name field from form builder and
   adding in a nickname field to form builder instead. This will allow users to 
   set a nickname on registration. Then in UM settings you will be able to make 
   the nickname the display name which shows on profiles rather than usernames or
   first or last names. We should have this change available in next update.
 * Thanks!
 *  [jerrydavenport2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerrydavenport2/)
 * (@jerrydavenport2)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711611)
 * In addition, are you going to add the nickname filed to profile page so that 
   members can edit their nick name with ease?
 *  Plugin Author [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemember/)
 * (@ultimatemember)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nickname-problem/#post-6711612)
 * Yes that will be possible.

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