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                        <title>RE: Unlink user Display Name and About Me</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/unlink-user-display-name-and-about-me/#post-53181</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Posted by: @motorhype 
If I brought the User Custom Fields addon, could I remove the &quot;About Me&quot; section using code and then create a new section similar but call it something else maybe &quot;Ab...]]></description>
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<div class="wpforo-post-quote-author"><strong> Posted by: @motorhype </strong></div>
<p>If I brought the User Custom Fields addon, could I remove the "<span>About Me" section using code and then create a new section similar but call it something else maybe "About"?</span> and then remove "Display Name" with code and make a new section called "Name" and then use code to display is where "Display" Name used to be?</p>
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<p>No, you cannot. You can remove the Display name, then create new fields, but the new fields will not change the display name in forum posts. Forum posts populate the display name field, they not use any custom fields.</p>
<p>The "About" field can be removed and changed to another field. Just make sure the new field is inserted in both "Profile home" and Account pages.</p>
<p>Next time please use the <a href="https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-user-custom-fields/" target="true">Pre-Sale Tab</a> or the <a href="https://gvectors.com/forum/" target="true">gVectors Forum</a> for addons related questions. Here we only support the main wpForo plugin.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Unlink user Display Name and About Me</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/unlink-user-display-name-and-about-me/#post-53180</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@robert Could you please let me know a.s.a.p because I would like to buy a couple of addons and need to know weather or not to also buy the Custom Fields addon?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[@robert Could you please let me know a.s.a.p because I would like to buy a couple of addons and need to know weather or not to also buy the Custom Fields addon?]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Unlink user Display Name and About Me</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/unlink-user-display-name-and-about-me/#post-53093</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@robert
Thank you for getting back to me, I don&#039;t really want to remove them.
If I brought the User Custom Fields addon, could I remove the &quot;About Me&quot; section using code and then create a ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@robert</p>
<p>Thank you for getting back to me, I don't really want to remove them.</p>
<p>If I brought the User Custom Fields addon, could I remove the "<span>About Me" section using code and then create a new section similar but call it something else maybe "About"?</span> and then remove "Display Name" with code and make a new section called "Name" and then use code to display is where "Display" Name used to be?</p>
<p>If this would work, could you please provide the code and I will purchase the addon?</p>
<p>Or if you have any other ideas please let me know.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Unlink user Display Name and About Me</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi @motorhype,
I&#039;m sorry, but there is no way to unlink them.
As an alternative solution you can remove the Display Name and About fields from Forum Account fields and prevent them to edit...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi @motorhype,</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but there is no way to unlink them.</p>
<p>As an alternative solution you can remove the Display Name and About fields from Forum Account fields and prevent them to edit that data. You should put this hook code in the <span style="color: #ff0000">functions.php</span> file of your current WordPress active theme or use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/" target="true">Code Snippet</a> plugin:</p>
<pre style="color: #000000;font-size: 12.0pt" contenteditable="false"><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">function </span><span style="color: #0000e5;font-weight: bold">wpforo_custom_remove_user_fields</span>( <span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$fields </span>)<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">   </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$remove_fields </span><span style="color: #000080">= </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">array</span>(<span style="color: #c64741">'about'</span><span style="color: #000080">, </span><span style="color: #c64741">'display_name'</span>)<span style="color: #313131">;<br /></span><span style="color: #313131">   </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">if</span>( <span style="color: #000080">!</span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">empty</span>(<span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$fields</span>) )<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">      </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">foreach</span>( <span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$fields </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">as </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$r </span><span style="color: #000080">=&gt; </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$rows </span>)<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">         </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">foreach</span>( <span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$rows </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">as </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$c </span><span style="color: #000080">=&gt; </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$cols </span>)<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">            </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">foreach</span>( <span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$cols </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">as </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$f </span><span style="color: #000080">=&gt; </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$field </span>)<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">               </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">if</span>( <span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$field </span><span style="color: #000080">&amp;&amp; </span><span style="color: #0000e5;font-style: italic">in_array</span>(<span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$field</span><span style="color: #000080">, </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$remove_fields</span>) )<span style="color: #5163ac">{<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">                  </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">unset</span>(<span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$fields</span><span style="color: #000080"></span>)<span style="color: #313131">;<br /></span><span style="color: #313131">               </span><span style="color: #5163ac">}<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">            }<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">         }<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">      }<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">   }<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">   </span><span style="color: #008d00;font-weight: bold">return </span><span style="color: #4985c9;font-weight: bold">$fields</span><span style="color: #313131">;<br /></span><span style="color: #5163ac">}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000e5;font-style: italic">add_filter</span>( <span style="color: #c64741">'wpforo_get_account_fields'</span><span style="color: #000080">, </span><span style="color: #c64741">'wpforo_custom_remove_user_fields'</span>)<span style="color: #313131">;</span></pre>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Unlink user Display Name and About Me</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/unlink-user-display-name-and-about-me/#post-53012</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello,
Is there away to unlink user Display Name and About Me from the website?
For example when I change the Display Name and About Me section on the forum it also changes it in other pla...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Is there away to unlink user Display Name and About Me from the website?</p>
<p>For example when I change the Display Name and About Me section on the forum it also changes it in other places on the website and I would like to keep them separate?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>]]></content:encoded>
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