Synced First Name and Last Name fields - How-to and Troubleshooting

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Florian — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:26:49 +0000

Please discuss this. It is very common for social logins to store the First and Last Name. If this info can't be edited by the user it also creates a data privacy problem! According to the GDPR, users have to be able to edit the data they provided.

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Sofy — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:14:09 +0000

@florian

I'm sorry, but wpForo is designed to work this way. Of course, we'll discuss with our team to include the First Name and Last Name fields for future releases.

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Florian — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:52:57 +0000

I got that. But why do you not add these fields into the core version of the plugin? WordPress has a First Name and Last Name field for user accounts, why should it be missing in the forum profile?

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Sofy — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:34:36 +0000

Thank you very much @florian,

The wpForo user is the same WordPress user. But the wpForo – User Custom Fields add-on is designed just to extend the forum profile system. The fields designed with this add-on cannot be synchronized with Wordpress fields.

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Florian — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:13:34 +0000

But why can't you add a synchronized field just as the username, screen name or email address are synchronized?

I really love the plugin but the default answer to any suggestion here is always "that's not possible".

RE: Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Sofy — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:46:15 +0000

Hi @florian,

I'm really sorry, but it's not possible. When you create a new field it cannot be synchronized based on its name. It cannot recognize that the newly created field should be synchronized with the already existing one.

Synced First Name and Last Name fields

Florian — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:38:47 +0000

Can you please add "First Name" and "Last Name" as member fields? I know that I can add them manually with the Member Fields addon (which I bought), but those values are not synchronized with the ones in the WordPress backend.