[_ck_]

I guess I can create some code to fix the display name issue in existing databases. Give me a few minutes.

update: actually it’s as simple as this in phpMyAdmin:

UPDATE wp_users SET display_name=user_login WHERE display_name=''

or via a mini-plugin:

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Fix Anonymous Members

*/

function fix_anonymous() {global $bbdb;

$bbdb->query("UPDATE $bbdb->users SET display_name=user_login WHERE display_name='' ");

} add_action('bb_init','fix_anonymous');

?>

save as _fix-anonymous.php (with leading underscore)

you only need to upload and run bbpress once with it loaded (no activation required) and then delete the plugin or it will slow down bbPress.

I am now writing a WordPress plugin to fix this without having to duplicate all the names in the table which is a horrendous waste of space.