Hi Guys in response to further details on my answer, so basically i searched for plugin solutions in preference to adding code (i am not a developer) and found a plugin that does the job very well called change display name publicly as. Hope this feedback is relevant and helpful. many thanks, J
this Article http://digwp.com/2010/12/login-register-password-code/ provides a great tutorial on how to create you own frontend register/login/restore password forms. or if you are looking for a plugin then i’ve used these before and can recommend them: Ajax Login/Register Login With Ajax Theme My Login
Since you mentioned wordpress.com, I assume you’re thinking of a blogging network. You can do that using WordPress Multisite. Here’s how to enable it: http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
This is a bug in the Register Plus Redux and has nothing to do with other plugins. Normally when you register with normal wordpress, it sends you a temporary password that you can modify after.. what happens with RPR is it sends you by email the temporary password generated by wordpress but puts in the … Read more
There are two plugins that do exactly what you want, and I have used them both extensively. First, ThreeWP-Broadcast. This plugin lets you “broadcast” posts from your sub blogs to your main blog (or the other way around). It also allows you to link to broadcasted post to the original, as well as auto create … Read more
Both modifying the fields and the styling of the user registration (as well as login, lost password, etc. pp.) page can be done programmatically as well as using plugins. The latter obviously being the much simpler way of achieving quick results. While I’m all for control and doing things on our own, in this case … Read more
You can create and page and assign template to that page. Some Demo of registration url i am sending. http://www.cozmoslabs.com/1012-wordpress-user-registration-template-and-custom-user-profile-fields/ http://www.tutorialstag.com/create-custom-wordpress-registration-page.html
This is an interesting area to work through … If you have the user’s tax id and you know the role they need, then why not pre-register them and then send them an invite to login? From my experience with WordPress, it’s easier to bulk add users and have them partial registered. You can import … Read more
Paste this into your functions.php file and edit according to comments. add_filter(‘login_redirect’, ‘redirect_user’, 10); function redirect_user(){ global $user; //where you want to redirect users too $redirect = home_url() . ‘/where-do-we-go-from-here/’; /* * each role listed in this array will be redirect to above URL * if you only have one user role to redirect then … Read more
Copy this function and modify it as per your needs. function custom_register_new_user( $user_login, $user_email ) { $errors = new WP_Error(); $sanitized_user_login = sanitize_user( $user_login ); $user_email = apply_filters( ‘user_registration_email’, $user_email ); // Check the username if ( $sanitized_user_login == ” ) { $errors->add( ’empty_username’, __( ‘<strong>ERROR</strong>: Please enter a username.’ ) ); } elseif ( … Read more