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Hello and good day,

I had wanted to know if there was a way to only show the user's first name.  Right now it shows their first and last name when they leave a comment.

Thank you and have a great day! 🙂



   
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Hi Deyson,

wpDiscuz doesn't show first and lt names, it shows DisplayNames. You can set any variant if DisplayName in account settings page.

More info: http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-or-change-your-full-name-in-wordpress/



   
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Thank you very much.  Do you know how to change the display name variant for all users instead of just one at a time?  

Thank you.  



   
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Please backup the wp_users table and try this SQL in cPanel > phpMyAdmin > WordPress Database > SQL Tab:

UPDATE wp_users SET display_name = (SELECT meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'first_name' AND user_id = ID);

If your tables prefix is not wp_ , don't forget to change it.

However this also may not work if you have a plugin which dinamically change all names to First + last names. Make sure this issue doesn't come from other plugins.

 



   
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Thank you, I will give this a shot.  Have an amazing day!



   
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