Single site to Multisite – Uppercase Usernames

  • Resolved Bat n Ball

    (@bat-n-ball)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,

    Multisite enforces lowercase letters and numbers only for usernames.

    So, what happens to existing users who might have uppercase letters in their usernames on a single wordpress install and the site owner changes to multisite?

    Do they remain uppercase? If so, what is the point in enforcing lowercase on a multisite?

    Thank you,

    Paul.

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  • Moderator Bet Hannon

    (@bethannon1)

    It’s my understanding that the restrictions on lowercase & numbers are a leftover of that bygone era when multisite was a separate version of WP.

    It’s also my understanding that this restriction is only for users registering themselves, and that admins can add users with symbols (the @ in an email address, for instance) & capitals. So I would imagine that existing users will be fine, and nothing will happen to them.

    FWIW, this came up recently with users in a network who needed to register themselves with an email address, and there may be a future upgrade to WP core to address this.

    Thread Starter Bat n Ball

    (@bat-n-ball)

    Hi Bet,

    Thanks for the info.

    Paul.

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