[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9568: Allow users to log in using their email address

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#9568: Allow users to log in using their email address
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:  Denis-de-Bernardy
     Type:  feature request    |      Status:  accepted         
 Priority:  high               |   Milestone:  2.9              
Component:  Users              |     Version:  2.8              
 Severity:  major              |    Keywords:  has-patch early  
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Comment(by westi):

 Not sure that making username optional is the right way to go.

 It feels like it would be nicer to work like quite a few other sites do
 and that is required you to pick a username on signup but then let you log
 in with your username or your email address at a later date.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9568#comment:32>
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