Ability to show full customer names in front-end search?

  • Resolved Jonathon Harris

    (@demo38ltd)


    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hello, Thank you for the great plugin – quick question, using on a site with lots of users, and a search for a user first name, returns almost all results as first name only. Only one or two will show first and last name, so it’s difficult to tell them apart. Is there a way to always show first & last names for all users? All of the users do have their full names populated.

    Thanks for your help,
    Jonathon

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  • Plugin Author Jory Hogeveen

    (@keraweb)

    Hi @demo38ltd

    Thank you for your review!
    I’m currently on holiday so can’t be sure (replying on my phone) but I believe it’s returning the display name of a user.

    Cheers, Jory

    Thread Starter Jonathon Harris

    (@demo38ltd)

    Hi Jory,
    Thank you for the note – it’s only displaying the full display name for a couple users that I’ve found thus far – most users returned in the search are only showing up as first name only. For instance, the site has about 20 members with variations of “Jeff” in their names, and here are the top results: https://snipboard.io/jUBdEi.jpg

    I’ve double-checked, those users all have their first and last names populated in the admin.

    Any thoughts on how to tweak to always show full names (first and last) in the results?

    Thanks for your help,
    Jonathon

    Plugin Author Jory Hogeveen

    (@keraweb)

    Hello @demo38ltd

    Then those users probably only have their first name als the display_name setting. This is separate from the first and last names and is used by WordPress for display instead of the username.
    You can change this setting in the dropdown on a user edit screen.

    Could you please confirm?

    Thanks, Jory

    Thread Starter Jonathon Harris

    (@demo38ltd)

    Hi Jory,
    Thank you, thank makes perfect sense – I tweaked the imports to set up the First / Last Names for Display Names and all good to go now.

    Really appreciate your help.

    Best,
    Jonathon

    Plugin Author Jory Hogeveen

    (@keraweb)

    Hi @demo38ltd

    Glad to hear, no problem and let me know if you have more questions!

    Cheers, Jory

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