Multiple members with same email ?

  • Resolved HubieDoobieDoo

    (@hubiedoobiedoo)


    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    Is it possible to set things up so that multiple members (e.g. family members) can use the same email?

    I am starting to configure things hoping to use WP-members to handle our club registrations, and I see one of the “dialogs” says: “Sorry, that email address already has an account.<br />Please try another.”, so I’m getting a little concerned.

    Multiple members/same email, is one of the requirements that will be hard to drop…

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  • I think this is fundamental to WordPress as you can login or recover password with either username or email.

    I had the same problem with some members of a croquet club. I was able to convince them that sharing an email account was a very bad idea as so many online systems take your email address as your identity.

    Plugin Author Chad Butler

    (@cbutlerjr)

    Allowing duplicate emails is nearly impossible to do in a robust manner. WP’s schema requires 2 unique elements for a user – a unique user_login (username) and a unique user_email. It’s fundamental to WP’s structure.

    There are ways to circumvent that, but I HIGHLY advise that you not go down that road. You’ll run into a lot of other unintended problems because WP has specific functions when creating and updating users that have to be circumvented. In some instances, such as the admin-side user profile update, you simply cannot circumvent that process. You end up running into a lot of unintended problems – and then when you think you have it working, something else will come up.

    This is fundamental to WordPress, not WP-Members, so even if you find some other plugin that does it, you’re circumventing something that is a core part of WordPress (read: NOT something that should be changed).

    Thread Starter HubieDoobieDoo

    (@hubiedoobiedoo)

    [oops, Chad, answers crossed, I apologize, post updated]
    @smfisher Thanks for your answer.
    I have the feeling you unfortunately may be right, but am seeking confirmation.

    If confirmed, it is going sadly going to be a blocking issue for us, I’m afraid, and I’ll have to look into another solution that does not equate “club member” and “WP user”.

    – – update
    @chad, thanks for your very prompt answer.

    I completely understand and I agree we shouldn’t try to abuse such a core WP structure. I think I will have to handle memberships outside WP, then.
    Unless I can find a club management plugin that does not handle “club membership” within the WP account management features.

    Thread Starter HubieDoobieDoo

    (@hubiedoobiedoo)

    Case closed, impossible/undesireable.
    Thank you for the plugin and the support.

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