Title: Usernames
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Usernames

 *  [HenriT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrit/)
 * (@henrit)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usernames/)
 * Hello. I have a question on how this issue is solved: phpBB allows many special
   characters in usernames that are not allowed in wordpress.
 * I have installed the bridge successfully but when a user logs in with an account
   that has specialchars in it’s username the username created in wordpress will
   be without the specialchars. Is there a connection made between the accounts 
   in WP and phpBB? I dont see that, so i’m interested if the system will crash 
   at some point?
 * I know it’s possible to disable sanitize_user() in WP but i’m not sure if this
   is a secure method.
 * I will be waiting your reply!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-phpbb-bridge/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-phpbb-bridge/)

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 *  [zeoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeoz/)
 * (@zeoz)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usernames/#post-3177639)
 * you can also do this in phpbb under: User registration settings
 * > Limit username chars:
   >  Restrict type of characters that may be used in usernames,
   > spacers are: space, -, +, _, [ and ].

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