Username displayed is the nickname

  • wy

    (@wesyah234)


    3 years, 4 months ago

    When viewing the activity log after updating a user’s profile, the activity log shows that the profile was updated, however in the metadata column it says Username: followed by the users nickname. (rather than what I would expect, the actual username)

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  • Plugin Author ArielK

    (@arielk-1)

    hi @wesyah234,

    I’m not sure what do you mean exactly. As far as I know by default you can not change the username in WordPress without a plugin or by changing directly in the database, so we take the username itself not the nickname to avoid confusion.

    Thread Starter wy

    (@wesyah234)

    I’m not talking about changing the username, I’m pointing out that when looking at the activity log, and I’m trying to see which user did a certain activity, the log shows the user’s nickname, rather than showing the user’s username. Even though the column is labeled Metadata, and the metadata displayed shows the words “username:” followed by NOT the username but the nickname.. this is confusing, if it’s going to display the nickname, it should say “nickname: ” If I could upload a screenshot here I would, and things would be easier to explain.

    Plugin Author ArielK

    (@arielk-1)

    I’m not sure what do you mean, so if you can share any screenshot with explanation and uploading it to image hosting like https://imgur.com/ it will be helpful.

    Tnx

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