[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5508: names displayed 2 or 3 times when you edit user's profile

[WordPress Trac]

#5508: names displayed 2 or 3 times when you edit user's profile
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 Reporter:  jopa                     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  closed   
 Priority:  normal                   |    Milestone:           
Component:  Administration           |      Version:  2.3.1    
 Severity:  normal                   |   Resolution:  invalid  
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch  |  
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Changes (by darkdragon):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid
  * milestone:  2.6 =>

Comment:

 This is expected behavior since WordPress uses the user's username for
 each of the three fields. It is likely to inform the user, albeit counter-
 intuitive to some users.

 Thinking about it, if you checked to see if username, nickname, and
 display name are the same and only display one, then a new user might not
 conceive that if they changed any of those that the values in the drop
 down will also change.

 It might seem like a bug, but it was helpful to me and I'm sure it is
 helpful to others to realize the true intent of the drop down.

 See wp_insert_user() for more details.

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