wp_users.nicename != wp_usermeta.nickname

  • I wanted to use the field “nicename” in the database table “wp_users”, but I can’t find a page to update it in admin page. I thought it was the nickname, but I was wrong. The nickname will be stored in the table “wp_usermeta”.

    Well, where can I edit and update wp_users.nicename?
    What is its usage in WordPress?

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  • You don’t really ‘edit’ the nicename field, it is formulated from the login field. Typically that nicename field is used to create a VALID URL to access an author’s posts.

    A user login of ‘Joe Smith’ would have a nicename of joe-smith and an author post URL might be https://sample.com/author/joe-smith/.

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