Limit username to specific characters (A-Z and 0-9)
Using the regex posted by Moaz (and adding capitals), we will need to hook into the registration_errors filter: // Restrict username registration to alphanumerics add_filter(‘registration_errors’, ‘limit_username_alphanumerics’, 10, 3); function limit_username_alphanumerics ($errors, $name) { if ( ! preg_match(‘/^[A-Za-z0-9]{3,16}$/’, $name) ){ $errors->add( ‘user_name’, __(‘<strong>ERROR</strong>: Username can only contain alphanumerics (A-Z 0-9)’,’CCooper’) ); } return $errors; }