WordPress hooks: user_register

Meta data: posted by Rares on 21 April 2011. Categories: Articles, Hooks, WordPress. 4 comments.

I’m gonna keep things short in this article and show you how you can automatically alter WordPress user data after registration.

Use Case: Changing the user’s Display Name

One of WordPress’ present shortcomings is the lack of a configuration option to specify a default display name format for your users. The last sentence was long, so let me give you an example.